Texas

TX · Region DAL

DDS approval rate

38.3%

-1.5 pts vs national

DDS approval rate

38.3%

National: 39.8%

3-year change

+4.6 pts

Annual receipts

146,999

FY2024

Hearing offices

71 ALJs

Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-02

Initial receipts

13,176

Initial determinations

10,270

Initial allowance rate

35.9%

Initial pending

133,056

Recon determinations

4,175

Recon allowance rate

16.5%

Hearing offices in Texas

Office	Rank	Processing days	Pending	Approval	Judges
HOUSTON NORTH	7	225	2,571	56.6%	9
SAN ANTONIO	31	243	4,796	51.9%	22
FORT WORTH	37	248	1,620	55.5%	10
HOUSTON WEST	48	252	2,371	55.4%	11
RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX	79	272	538	58.5%	4
DALLAS DOWNTOWN	98	284	1,746	59.2%	10
DALLAS NORTH OHO	107	291	3,211	63.1%	11

ALJs in Texas (71)

Sorted by approval rate.

Judge	Office	Approval	Decisions	Awards
Haigler, Jr., Whitfield	DALLAS NORTH OHO	90.6%	341	309
Liken, Joseph	DALLAS NORTH OHO	87.4%	429	375
Strong, Helen F	HOUSTON WEST	86.4%	309	267
Gazda, Peter F	SAN ANTONIO	83.8%	340	285
Walters, Charles	DALLAS NORTH OHO	83.3%	348	290
Murdock, Alexis	SAN ANTONIO	79.1%	301	238
Thames, Tammy A	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	77.9%	308	240
Kinkade, Jana	DALLAS NORTH OHO	76.0%	363	276
Gutierrez, David R	HOUSTON NORTH	73.4%	413	303
Simmons, D'Lisa	HOUSTON NORTH	72.5%	440	319
Bach, Laura	HOUSTON WEST	71.0%	441	313
Lahat, Gal	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	69.5%	282	196
Phillips, Derek N	DALLAS NORTH OHO	67.3%	355	239
Burdette, Robert N	HOUSTON WEST	67.3%	333	224
Maiben, Evelyn	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	65.8%	357	235
Wilkerson, Dwight D	SAN ANTONIO	65.7%	283	186
Kramer, Ilene B	SAN ANTONIO	65.0%	206	134
Skarda, Trevor	STOCKTON	64.4%	177	114
McPhail, Robert M	SAN ANTONIO	64.4%	309	199
Hamner, Darren	FORT WORTH	64.0%	381	244
Williams, Jr., Harry L	HOUSTON NORTH	63.7%	190	121
Patel, Hiral D	RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX	63.6%	459	292
Hertzig, Michael S	METAIRIE	63.6%	118	75
Suing, Timothy	HOUSTON WEST	62.9%	70	44
Bowen, Carol K	FORT WORTH	61.4%	189	116
Wyatt, Kimberly O	SAN JUAN	61.1%	203	124
Kinnell, Tresie	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	60.7%	298	181
Gilbert, Richard A	HOUSTON WEST	59.4%	433	257
Howard, William B	HOUSTON NORTH	58.6%	331	194
Jones, Marc	SAN ANTONIO	58.3%	24	14
Roberts, Laura	FORT WORTH	58.2%	407	237
Perez, Lissette C	SAN ANTONIO	57.4%	277	159
Meyer, Gerald L	HOUSTON NORTH	56.3%	407	229
Sartor, Rebecca B	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	55.8%	240	134
Shilling, Ralph F	DALLAS NORTH OHO	55.5%	238	132
Cima, Brock	FORT WORTH	53.8%	381	205
Allen, Matthew	SAN ANTONIO	53.5%	385	206
Reeves, William P	RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX	52.9%	240	127
Kirkpatrick, Melinda W	SAN ANTONIO	52.4%	332	174
Foley, David	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	52.3%	398	208
Sauve, Michael	DALLAS DOWNTOWN	52.2%	366	191
McKay, Bernard J	SAN ANTONIO	52.1%	334	174
Carvalho, Sherrill A. L	FORT WORTH	51.5%	373	192
Kerber, Carrie	TOLEDO OH	51.4%	214	110
Wurm, David R	SAN ANTONIO	51.2%	389	199
Hebert, David J	HOUSTON NORTH	51.0%	339	173
Helget, Thomas J	HOUSTON NORTH	49.8%	488	243
Barnett, Ben	SAN ANTONIO	49.5%	297	147
Eason, Kimani R	HOUSTON WEST	49.1%	391	192
Boyle, Solomon	HOUSTON WEST	49.0%	304	149

Showing the top 50 of 71 judges.

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