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 · 2026-06

Initial receipts

7,044

Initial determinations

5,637

Initial allowance rate

40.1%

Initial pending

20,562

Recon determinations

771

Recon allowance rate

18.9%

Office	Rank	Processing days	Pending	Approval	Judges
AKRON OH	17	234	2,424	52.1%	7
CLEVELAND	34	240	3,401	51.3%	11
CINCINNATI	40	243	1,917	50.6%	5
TOLEDO OH	57	249	2,244	53.8%	8
COLUMBUS	93	262	2,195	63.5%	7
DAYTON	126	282	1,729	67.4%	5

Sorted by approval rate.

Judge	Office	Approval	Decisions	Awards
Vitellio, Gabrielle R.	TOLEDO OH	84.7%	314	266
Southern, Heidi	DAYTON	79.9%	309	247
Aliberti, Louis	CLEVELAND	79.2%	288	228
Barnes, Kevin	DAYTON	78.1%	333	260
Hockensmith, Mark	SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE	74.0%	173	128
Meadows, Cristen	CINCINNATI	73.3%	333	244
Cromer, Kimberly	COLUMBUS	72.2%	273	197
Hixson, Traci M	CLEVELAND	70.3%	313	220
Horan, Patrick M.	COLUMBUS	68.6%	153	105
Winfrey, Matthew	COLUMBUS	68.3%	252	172
Hartranft, Jeffrey	COLUMBUS	65.9%	249	164
Rose, Joseph	CLEVELAND	65.8%	190	125
Hubler, Lloyd	CINCINNATI	63.3%	128	81
Lohr, Mary	AKRON OH	61.8%	275	170
Budney, Amy	CLEVELAND	61.1%	275	168
Balter, Michael	AKRON OH	61.0%	354	216
Adamo, Genevieve	CLEVELAND	60.3%	307	185
Southern, Noceeba	TOLEDO OH	60.1%	286	172
Wang, Thomas	COLUMBUS	56.8%	146	83
Leland, William	CLEVELAND	56.6%	316	179
Kerber, Carrie	DAYTON	56.5%	329	186
Tepley, Jason P.	COLUMBUS	56.4%	298	168
Shinn, Charles	AKRON OH	55.8%	364	203
Kearney, Keith	CLEVELAND	54.7%	349	191
Westley, Eric	CLEVELAND	54.1%	314	170
Lesperance, Jeannine	COLUMBUS	53.6%	179	96
Cendrosky, Sharlee	AKRON OH	52.9%	331	175
Jacques, Meredith	TOLEDO OH	52.1%	351	183
Kenyon, Gregory	DAYTON	48.7%	267	130
Carey, Patricia	TOLEDO OH	48.2%	340	164
Panek, Jason	AKRON OH	48.1%	312	150
Tindale, Christopher	CINCINNATI	46.4%	263	122
Ashford, Earl	TOLEDO OH	46.3%	365	169
Nguyen, Thuy-Anh	CINCINNATI	40.9%	242	99
Schmitz, Michael F.	AKRON OH	37.5%	347	130
Winters, Kathleen	TOLEDO OH	37.1%	124	46
Mantel, Dianne	TOLEDO OH	36.8%	302	111
Beatty, Gregory M.	AKRON OH	35.3%	68	24
Loucas, Penny	CLEVELAND	32.1%	308	99
Hodgson, Jessica	CINCINNATI	31.1%	296	92
Hajjar, Joseph	CLEVELAND	23.2%	314	73
Ma, Catherine	CLEVELAND	9.1%	264	24

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