Ohio

OH · Region CHI

DDS approval rate

36.2%

-3.6 pts vs national

DDS approval rate

36.2%

National: 39.8%

3-year change

-0.7 pts

Annual receipts

81,533

FY2024

Hearing offices

42 ALJs

Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-03

Initial receipts

7,282

Initial determinations

5,736

Initial allowance rate

37.7%

Initial pending

18,167

Recon determinations

1,738

Recon allowance rate

13.0%

Office	Rank	Processing days	Pending	Approval	Judges
AKRON OH	14	232	2,371	53.1%	7
CLEVELAND	34	240	3,671	51.2%	11
CINCINNATI	44	244	1,914	50.2%	5
TOLEDO OH	63	251	2,168	54.0%	8
COLUMBUS	96	263	2,266	63.6%	7
DAYTON	123	281	1,713	68.1%	5

Sorted by approval rate.

Judge	Office	Approval	Decisions	Awards
Vitellio, Gabrielle R.	TOLEDO OH	84.2%	284	239
Southern, Heidi	DAYTON	80.5%	277	223
Aliberti, Louis	CLEVELAND	79.0%	252	199
Barnes, Kevin	DAYTON	78.4%	287	225
Hockensmith, Mark	SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE	76.6%	154	118
Meadows, Cristen	CINCINNATI	74.4%	297	221
Hixson, Traci M	CLEVELAND	71.7%	276	198
Cromer, Kimberly	COLUMBUS	70.5%	241	170
Horan, Patrick M.	COLUMBUS	68.6%	153	105
Winfrey, Matthew	COLUMBUS	67.8%	239	162
Hartranft, Jeffrey	COLUMBUS	67.0%	230	154
Rose, Joseph	CLEVELAND	65.7%	169	111
Balter, Michael	AKRON OH	62.5%	301	188
Lohr, Mary	AKRON OH	61.8%	246	152
Hubler, Lloyd	CINCINNATI	61.5%	96	59
Budney, Amy	CLEVELAND	61.3%	248	152
Southern, Noceeba	TOLEDO OH	59.8%	261	156
Adamo, Genevieve	CLEVELAND	58.8%	267	157
Kerber, Carrie	DAYTON	57.6%	297	171
Leland, William	CLEVELAND	57.3%	307	176
Shinn, Charles	AKRON OH	57.1%	333	190
Tepley, Jason P.	COLUMBUS	56.4%	264	149
Lesperance, Jeannine	COLUMBUS	56.1%	164	92
Wang, Thomas	COLUMBUS	55.0%	120	66
Cendrosky, Sharlee	AKRON OH	54.9%	293	161
Kearney, Keith	CLEVELAND	54.4%	316	172
Westley, Eric	CLEVELAND	52.2%	274	143
Jacques, Meredith	TOLEDO OH	52.1%	305	159
Carey, Patricia	TOLEDO OH	50.3%	304	153
Kenyon, Gregory	DAYTON	49.4%	243	120
Panek, Jason	AKRON OH	48.3%	267	129
Tindale, Christopher	CINCINNATI	45.8%	225	103
Ashford, Earl	TOLEDO OH	45.2%	332	150
Nguyen, Thuy-Anh	CINCINNATI	39.0%	210	82
Winters, Kathleen	TOLEDO OH	38.7%	111	43
Schmitz, Michael F.	AKRON OH	38.0%	313	119
Beatty, Gregory M.	AKRON OH	37.5%	56	21
Mantel, Dianne	TOLEDO OH	35.4%	260	92
Loucas, Penny	CLEVELAND	32.5%	280	91
Hodgson, Jessica	CINCINNATI	32.4%	275	89
Hajjar, Joseph	CLEVELAND	23.2%	272	63
Ma, Catherine	CLEVELAND	8.7%	231	20

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