Data: Q2 FY2025 · Source: SSA Public Data

Michigan

MI · Region CHI

38.8%

DDS Approval Rate

-1.1pp vs national avg

DDS Approval Rate

38.8%

National: 39.8%

3-Year Change

-0.6pp

Annual Receipts

66,212

FY2024

Hearing Offices

42 ALJs

Latest Monthly DDS Data

Initial Receipts

5,427

Initial Determinations

5,410

Initial Allowance Rate

36.3%

Initial Pending

20,659

Recon Determinations

1,868

Recon Allowance Rate

14.5%

Data period: 2026-02

Hearing Offices in Michigan

Office	Rank	Processing Days	Pending	Approval Rate	Judges
LANSING	13	233	1,219	52.4%	5
GRAND RAPIDS	16	235	1,563	57.7%	6
MT PLEASANT MI	34	246	1,156	64.6%	8
LIVONIA MI	48	252	2,207	56.6%	9
DETROIT	69	266	2,065	55.4%	11
FLINT	116	298	1,240	56.3%	6

ALJs in Michigan

42 judges, sorted by approval rate

Judge	Office	Approval Rate	Decisions	Awards
Ambrose, Christopher	LANSING	79.2%	259	205
Turner, Joy	DETROIT	75.7%	407	308
Raterink, Dennis	GRAND RAPIDS	73.0%	407	297
Ohanesian, Nicholas M	GRAND RAPIDS	70.9%	227	161
Raeber, Jeffrey	MT PLEASANT MI	69.9%	123	86
O'Leary, JoErin	MT PLEASANT MI	69.9%	269	188
Lupisella, Mikel	MT PLEASANT MI	69.4%	360	250
Chess, Laura	MT PLEASANT MI	67.4%	402	271
Rabaut, John J	DETROIT	66.7%	9	6
Xenos, Elias	DETROIT	65.7%	373	245
Himebaugh, Kevin	GRAND RAPIDS	65.7%	460	302
D'Amato, Donald G	LIVONIA MI	64.7%	464	300
Chavez, Robert J	LIVONIA MI	64.1%	354	227
Dale, Adam	MT PLEASANT MI	63.3%	412	261
Quandt, Nicole	FLINT	63.3%	499	316
Tobin, Therese	DETROIT	61.2%	399	244
Sloss, Andrew G	FLINT	61.2%	417	255
Nguyen, Manh H	MT PLEASANT MI	60.7%	89	54
Rosenberg, Amy L	LANSING	60.6%	381	231
Overstreet, Jennifer	DETROIT	60.1%	346	208
Harmon, Cynthia S	GRAND RAPIDS	59.3%	430	255
Smisek, Sarah R	LIVONIA MI	58.8%	393	231
Dunn, Michael R	FLINT	58.7%	138	81
Mattia, Christopher J	LIVONIA MI	57.2%	283	162
Guyton, Carol	DETROIT	57.1%	77	44
Mason, Jr., David A	LIVONIA MI	57.1%	196	112
Smereka, Anthony R	LIVONIA MI	54.6%	441	241
White-Simmons, Crystal L	DETROIT	52.7%	279	147
Sobrino, Regina	FLINT	50.4%	113	57
Dietz, Allison	LIVONIA MI	49.7%	449	223
McClinton, Jacquelyn A	DETROIT	48.3%	329	159
Read, David	LANSING	45.8%	428	196
Mamelka, Colleen M	DETROIT	45.3%	172	78
Burgtorf, Brian	LANSING	44.2%	385	170
Fernandez, Ramona L	LIVONIA MI	43.5%	46	20
Reamon, William G	GRAND RAPIDS	43.2%	382	165
Hodgson, Jessica	CINCINNATI	42.2%	346	146
Fallis, Kevin W	FLINT	41.6%	377	157
Burstein, Lauren G	LIVONIA MI	41.6%	202	84
Jones, Paul W	LANSING	41.2%	371	153
Tjapkes, Robert J	GRAND RAPIDS	40.3%	466	188
Morrow, Mary D.	DETROIT	32.3%	371	120