Last updated: April 29, 2026 — using SSA data through September 26, 2025
Why the judge assigned to your case may matter as much as your medical record
Applying for Social Security disability is a long process. Most initial applications are denied. Most reconsiderations are denied. By the time most claimants reach a hearing, they’ve been waiting 12–24 months and are facing an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who has the final say over whether or not their claim gets approved.
Here’s the part most claimants don’t realize until they’re already at the hearing: the specific judge assigned to your case can move your odds by 30, 40, or even 50 percentage points. Two claimants with nearly identical medical records, work histories, and limitations can walk into hearings in the same building and walk out with opposite results — because they drew different judges.
We pulled the most recent ALJ Disposition Data published by the Social Security Administration, covering decisions through September 26, 2025. The data is public — anyone can download it from SSA.gov . What it shows is striking: across 1,439 ALJs nationwide , individual approval rates range from under 10% to over 90%.
This post breaks down what the 2025 numbers actually say at the national, regional, and office level, what the variance means for your case, and what an experienced disability lawyer does to insulate a strong case from judge variance.
The national picture in 2026
Across all hearings decided in the most recent SSA reporting period:
1,439 ALJs decided cases nationwide.329,700 decisions were issued (excluding dismissals).192,119 of those were awards (fully or partially favorable).National approval rate: 58.3%. The median ALJ approved 58.8% of the cases they decided.
248 ALJs approved 75% or more of their cases.59 ALJs approved 25% or fewer of their cases.
In other words, the national average is a coin flip slightly tilted in the claimant’s favor — but that average hides huge variation. The judge you draw can move your odds dramatically in either direction.
How the 1,173 ALJs with at least 50 decisions break down
Approval rate Number of ALJs Share 0–25% 21 1.8% 25–40% 87 7.4% 40–55% 365 31.1% 55–70% 439 37.4% 70–85% 227 19.4% 85%+ 34 2.9%
Most ALJs cluster in the 40–70% band. But the tails — judges who approve almost everyone, and judges who deny almost everyone — exist in every region of the country.
Approval rates by historical SSA region
For decades, the Social Security Administration organized its hearing operations into 10 numbered regions. As of November 2025, SSA reorganized into 5 Hearings Hubs (A–E) that are not geographically grouped — hearing offices in the same state can fall under different Hubs. The disposition data below uses the legacy region codes that match the structure during the reporting period (through September 26, 2025), and is presented here for historical context. For the current authoritative list of hearing offices, see the SSA Hearing Office Locator .
The 2025 data shows meaningful variance from region to region:
Region (HQ) States Covered ALJs Decisions Approval Rate Region 2 (New York) NY, NJ, PR, USVI 131 28,947 65.1% Region 10 (Seattle) AK, ID, OR, WA 37 8,468 63.9% Region 9 (San Francisco) AZ, CA, HI, NV 158 28,964 60.2% Region 4 (Atlanta) AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN 389 81,106 59.1% Region 8 (Denver) CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY 34 9,313 58.1% Region 1 (Boston) CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT 56 12,778 57.4% Region 6 (Dallas) AR, LA, NM, OK, TX 175 40,269 57.4% Region 5 (Chicago) IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI 197 58,926 57.0% Region 3 (Philadelphia) DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV 125 34,401 55.5% Region 7 (Kansas City) IA, KS, MO, NE 68 16,225 52.0%
The gap between Region 2 (New York, 65.1%) and Region 7 (Kansas City, 52.0%) is more than 13 percentage points. The same medical case, heard in different parts of the country, faces meaningfully different baseline odds at the regional level — before you even get to the office or judge level.
The 10 highest-approval and 10 lowest-approval hearing offices
Looking at hearing offices that decided at least 1,000 cases in the reporting period:
10 highest-approval hearing offices
Office ALJs Decisions Approval Rate Queens (NY) 7 1,499 77.8% Long Island (NY) 8 2,063 75.0% Mobile (AL) 11 2,874 73.1% Oklahoma City 17 3,186 72.7% Spokane (WA) 7 1,375 72.1% Charlotte (NC) 12 2,911 71.9% New York Varick 6 1,217 70.9% Seven Fields (PA) 7 2,637 70.8% Tucson (AZ) 7 1,584 70.7% Dayton (OH) 6 1,389 70.5%
10 lowest-approval hearing offices
Office ALJs Decisions Approval Rate Springfield (MO) 6 1,259 40.5% Little Rock (AR) 12 3,351 40.8% Topeka (KS) 4 1,025 42.8% Harrisburg (PA) 6 1,626 43.0% Charlottesville (VA) 4 1,311 43.7% Stockton (CA) 5 1,049 43.8% Colorado Springs (CO) 5 1,454 44.1% San Francisco (CA) 10 1,286 45.4% NHC St. Louis 7 1,312 45.5% Orland Park (IL) 9 2,583 46.1%
The gap between the highest-approval office (Queens, 77.8%) and the lowest (Springfield, 40.5%) is 37 percentage points . Two claimants with the same condition, work history, and evidence package can have radically different odds based purely on their zip code.
Individual judge variance — the most important number
Office-level averages are useful, but they hide the variance that actually decides your case: individual judge approval rates within the same office. Among ALJs who decided at least 100 cases in the reporting period, the highest approval rate was 92.8% (ALJ Stalley, D.B. — Mobile office). The lowest was 8.7% (ALJ Kadlec, Kathleen — Orland Park office). Both judges hear federal disability cases under the same regulations.
This isn’t an artifact of where these judges are located. Within a single hearing office, individual approval rates routinely span 30–50 percentage points. A claimant who happens to draw the more favorable judge in their office may get approved on a case that would have lost in front of the office’s tougher judges — and vice versa.
Why approval rates vary so much
ALJs apply the same federal regulations and the same Listings of Impairments. So why the variance?
The honest answer is that disability adjudication is unavoidably discretionary at several points:
How much weight to give a treating physician’s opinion — particularly opinions about pain, fatigue, or mental functional limitations that don’t show up on imaging.How to evaluate the credibility of a claimant’s symptom testimony — pain, mental symptoms, and side-effects of medication aren’t directly measurable.How to question and weigh vocational expert testimony about what jobs a claimant can still perform.How to translate moderate B-criteria limitations in mental impairment cases into specific work-related restrictions in the Residual Functional Capacity (RFC).How to evaluate combination-of-impairments cases where no single condition meets a Listing but the combination is disabling.
Different judges weight these factors differently, and those weights compound across thousands of decisions, producing the variance you see in the data. It is not random. It is the natural result of human discretion applied at many decision points within a complex regulatory framework.
Find your Administrative Law Judge by state and hearing office
This section lists every Administrative Law Judge in the September 2025 SSA dataset, grouped by state and then by hearing office. Click on any state to expand its listings. You can also use Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to search for a specific judge’s name on this page — all 1,439 names are present in the page text even when sections are collapsed. ALJs with very few decisions during the reporting period (newly appointed, recently transferred, or near retirement) may have approval rates that don’t reflect their long-term tendencies.
Note on SSA structure (as of November 2025): The Social Security Administration recently reorganized its hearing operations into 5 Hearings Hubs (Hubs A–E) overseeing 158 Hearing Offices, 8 Satellite Offices, and 5 National Hearing Centers, replacing the prior 10-region structure. The Hubs are not geographically grouped — hearing offices in the same state can fall under different Hubs — so this directory is organized by state for ease of use. The disposition data itself is unaffected by the reorganization. For the current authoritative list of hearing offices, see the SSA Hearing Office Locator .
Alabama — 34 ALJs across 3 offices · 64.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 34 ALJs · 8,509 decisions · 5,498 awards
BIRMINGHAM Hearing Office — 14 ALJs · 2,956 decisions · 52.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Brown, Cynthia W 56 30 53.6% Guthrie, Clarence 445 173 38.9% Helmer, Mary E 349 139 39.8% Jackson, Monica D 291 157 54.0% Johnson, Lisa M 287 124 43.2% Kraft, Emilie 337 178 52.8% Lawson, William 159 122 76.7% McDonald, Sheila E 86 44 51.2% Merchant, George W 390 154 39.5% Munford, Jerome L 20 5 25.0% Reeves, Ronald 117 78 66.7% Satisfield, Renee B 54 30 55.6% Turner, Brian 350 294 84.0% Waller, Robert 15 12 80.0%
MOBILE Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,874 decisions · 73.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Boucher, Kevin 309 178 57.6% Campbell, Daniel S 322 214 66.5% Guice, Tracy S 251 181 72.1% McCaghren, Marni R 288 172 59.7% Murchison, David R 183 117 63.9% Muth II, Thomas M 283 226 79.9% Nelson, Roger A 254 216 85.0% Robinson, Laura L 313 237 75.7% Sheely, Ben E 283 238 84.1% Stalley, D B 264 245 92.8% Waller, Robert 124 78 62.9%
MONTGOMERY Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,679 decisions · 69.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Akins, George M 306 185 60.5% Barnett-Jefferson, Reni F 343 231 67.3% Intoccia, Vincent P 352 294 83.5% Langland, John B 338 191 56.5% Latham, Carol L 282 141 50.0% Naylor, Amy H 191 155 81.2% Oakes, Brian A. 262 187 71.4% South, Ricky V 342 235 68.7% Strong, Claire R 263 237 90.1%
Arizona — 22 ALJs across 3 offices · 61.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 22 ALJs · 4,484 decisions · 2,735 awards
PHOENIX DOWNTOWN Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,907 decisions · 56.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alegre, Dante M 369 129 35.0% Duann, Tom 0 0 — Elias, Yasmin 5 4 80.0% Fletcher, Guy E 324 242 74.7% Gaffney, John 390 286 73.3% Isherwood, Paul 194 54 27.8% Kirby, Marti 1 1 100.0% Mucerino, Kathleen 132 117 88.6% Paternoster, Sasha 153 75 49.0% Waters, Carla L 339 165 48.7%
PHOENIX NORTH Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 993 decisions · 54.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Armbruster, Ted W 318 237 74.5% Bucci, Patricia A 71 25 35.2% Businger, Thomas D 272 140 51.5% Schum, Randolph E 40 11 27.5% Walls, Kelly 292 129 44.2%
TUCSON Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,584 decisions · 70.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baum, Peter J 277 194 70.0% Chen, Tin Tin 244 199 81.6% Davis, Charles 355 264 74.4% Elias, Yasmin 86 59 68.6% Havens, Laura S 318 156 49.1% Johnson, Larry E 303 247 81.5% Paternoster, Sasha 1 1 100.0%
Arkansas — 18 ALJs across 2 offices · 45.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 18 ALJs · 4,629 decisions · 2,121 awards
FORT SMITH Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,278 decisions · 59.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Davis, Harold D 37 28 75.7% Helget, Thomas J 0 0 — Jones, Bill 437 261 59.7% McGee, Elisabeth 441 239 54.2% Monahan, Camille 170 99 58.2% Neel, Glenn A 193 128 66.3%
LITTLE ROCK Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 3,351 decisions · 40.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alexander, Kevin T 336 108 32.1% Chaparro, Eliaser 212 95 44.8% Cheffins, Thomas 435 132 30.3% Davis, Bradley L 383 108 28.2% Ferguson, Mark 456 250 54.8% Foley, David 0 0 — Fraiser, Jim 3 1 33.3% Goree, John H 403 255 63.3% Hansen, Dennis 287 131 45.6% Schafer, Mark 379 120 31.7% Wood, Paul 453 166 36.6% Wurm, David R 4 0 0.0%
California — 118 ALJs across 17 offices · 59.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 118 ALJs · 22,499 decisions · 13,465 awards
FRESNO Hearing Office — 15 ALJs · 1,300 decisions · 62.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bechtold, Young L 77 27 35.1% Bozarth, Shiva 259 168 64.9% Chan, Eva 183 100 54.6% Duann, Tom 1 1 100.0% Elias, Yasmin 1 1 100.0% Engel, David W 19 16 84.2% Loo, Katherine 1 0 0.0% Mastin, Jeffrey 11 8 72.7% Mengesha-Brown, Trina 0 0 — Rauenzahn, MaryKay 8 6 75.0% Septer, Scot 361 211 58.4% Stewart, Nancy M 327 228 69.7% Suing, Timothy 8 5 62.5% Valkavich, Helen 20 15 75.0% Yasutomi, Mark 24 20 83.3%
LONG BEACH Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,204 decisions · 52.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Coburn, D. 373 116 31.1% Floyd, Cynthia 303 198 65.3% Gallegos, Kimberly M 98 49 50.0% Hertzig, Michael S 3 0 0.0% Marcee, Joseph 164 91 55.5% Thompson, Michelle 3 3 100.0% Williams, Jr., Harry L 0 0 — Yerkey, Marc A 260 174 66.9%
LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,101 decisions · 62.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Gunn, Evelyn M 203 111 54.7% Irias, Sigrid 375 238 63.5% Park, Sung 334 183 54.8% Thompson, Michelle 189 151 79.9%
LOS ANGELES WEST Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,386 decisions · 62.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Breen, Richard T 388 196 50.5% Lishner, Elizabeth R 149 126 84.6% Reason, Sally C 263 105 39.9% Reich, Gail 299 234 78.3% Rosenbluth, Robin 283 206 72.8% Yasutomi, Mark 2 2 100.0% Yerkey, Marc A 2 1 50.0%
MORENO VALLEY Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,057 decisions · 53.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Arno, Josephine 351 192 54.7% Chau, Amy 357 142 39.8% Gallegos, Kimberly M 305 172 56.4% Kirby, Marti 199 121 60.8% Midles, Matt 285 167 58.6% Skarda, Trevor 0 0 — Watson, Elizabeth 201 116 57.7% Yamada, Brian 349 184 52.7% Yasutomi, Mark 10 5 50.0%
NORWALK Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,246 decisions · 66.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Carberry, James 369 231 62.6% Coulter, Paul 267 151 56.6% Duann, Tom 294 217 73.8% Minter, Cynthia A 2 1 50.0% Nguyen, James P 314 223 71.0%
OAKLAND Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,669 decisions · 64.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alis, E. 298 180 60.4% Gill, Kevin 167 108 64.7% Hernandez, Evangelina P 228 169 74.1% LaBarre, David 358 198 55.3% Lunderman, MaryAnn 0 0 — Lunsford, Lisa 309 212 68.6% Underwood, Debra M 309 213 68.9%
ORANGE Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,324 decisions · 62.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Kays, John 65 49 75.4% Lenzini, Robert 324 262 80.9% Lisiecki III, Joseph P 206 133 64.6% Radensky, Michael D 362 164 45.3% Zimmerman, Stacy 367 218 59.4%
PASADENA Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,676 decisions · 66.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Chau, Ken H 130 98 75.4% Cooper, Bruce T 333 226 67.9% Dunn, Barbara 346 268 77.5% Lacy, David 458 240 52.4% Magana, Ghermann 409 279 68.2%
SACRAMENTO Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,951 decisions · 65.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Blume, David M 417 293 70.3% Gillis, Sara A 413 223 54.0% Grooms, Odell 1 0 0.0% Knowdell, Christopher C 349 200 57.3% Martin, Lisa B 340 216 63.5% Skarda, Trevor 0 0 — Villere Jr., Plauche F 431 345 80.0%
SAN BERNARDINO Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,274 decisions · 62.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benjamin, Daniel 51 36 70.6% Paternoster, Sasha 3 2 66.7% Silva, Troy 307 198 64.5% Stevens Bentley, Elizab 330 216 65.5% Tracy, Joel 366 207 56.6% Yasutomi, Mark 217 138 63.6%
SAN DIEGO Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,704 decisions · 57.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benham, Eric V 94 57 60.6% Delphey, James 166 104 62.7% Elias, Yasmin 22 9 40.9% Iafe, Robert 331 167 50.5% Kirby, Marti 0 0 — Messer, Kevin W 289 163 56.4% Richardson, Michael B 260 192 73.8% Suing, Timothy 1 1 100.0% Treblin, Howard K 205 146 71.2% Verne, Andrew 336 135 40.2%
SAN FRANCISCO Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,286 decisions · 45.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cabotaje, Michael A 1 1 100.0% Duann, Tom 1 1 100.0% Horne, Jennifer M 0 0 — Loo, Katherine 102 65 63.7% Midles, Matt 43 19 44.2% Parnow, Mary P 307 155 50.5% Pellegrino, Gloria 287 172 59.9% Surh, Matilda 187 87 46.5% Thompson, Michelle 4 2 50.0% Yurich, Melinda 354 82 23.2%
SAN JOSE Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 855 decisions · 57.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Kelsey, Roxanne J 170 89 52.4% McLaughlin, Corinne T 258 143 55.4% Wolking, Tova 204 125 61.3% Yee, Davis 223 138 61.9%
SAN RAFAEL Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 785 decisions · 61.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cabotaje, Michael A 91 63 69.2% Hong, Serena S 361 242 67.0% Kwon, K. 332 177 53.3% Thompson, Michelle 1 1 100.0%
SANTA BARBARA Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 632 decisions · 73.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Duann, Tom 2 1 50.0% Koltys, Henry 253 156 61.7% Masterson, Aubri 222 196 88.3% Pierce, Katie H 1 1 100.0% Rolph, John W 43 32 74.4% Thompson, Michelle 20 20 100.0% Winkelman, Roger E 91 61 67.0%
STOCKTON Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,049 decisions · 43.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bechtold, Young L 230 91 39.6% Chan, Eva 234 111 47.4% Marcee, Joseph 115 61 53.0% Misenti, Vincent A. 293 82 28.0% Skarda, Trevor 177 114 64.4%
Colorado — 16 ALJs across 2 offices · 56.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 16 ALJs · 4,175 decisions · 2,338 awards
COLORADO SPRINGS Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,454 decisions · 44.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Boudreau, Debra L 174 118 67.8% Davis, Diane S 323 72 22.3% Henry, Bryan 398 201 50.5% Kawalek, Matthew C 424 171 40.3% Schuman, Kurt D 135 79 58.5%
DENVER Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,721 decisions · 62.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Denney, Debra J 318 200 62.9% Ginsberg, Lynn 49 33 67.3% Holappa, Jeffrey N 333 184 55.3% Hugar, Terrence 320 257 80.3% Justice, Erin 425 248 58.4% Kidd, M. S 3 2 66.7% Kurbegov, Sasha 300 245 81.7% LaRiccia, Rebecca 369 163 44.2% McGovern, Shane 253 148 58.5% Millington, Jennifer B 351 217 61.8% Sochaczewsky, Mark 0 0 —
Connecticut — 17 ALJs across 2 offices · 56.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 17 ALJs · 3,161 decisions · 1,789 awards
HARTFORD Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,850 decisions · 59.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alger, Ryan A 293 174 59.4% Bonsangue, Louis 353 201 56.9% Borre, Alexander P 353 173 49.0% Lemoine, Brian W 138 109 79.0% Molleur, John T 7 2 28.6% Noel, John 339 248 73.2% Sweeney, Edward F 367 196 53.4%
NEW HAVEN Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,311 decisions · 52.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bell, Stephan 1 0 0.0% Borre, Alexander P 1 0 0.0% Boyd, Eskunder 428 296 69.2% Harrington, I. K 283 137 48.4% Kuperstein, Matthew 230 116 50.4% Michalec Olszewski, Lau 0 0 — Molleur, John T 168 60 35.7% Pantuso, Gina 3 2 66.7% Ramos, John P 2 0 0.0% Thomas, Ronald J 195 75 38.5%
Delaware — 3 ALJs across 1 office · 63.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 3 ALJs · 865 decisions · 545 awards
DOVER Hearing Office — 3 ALJs · 865 decisions · 63.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Butler, Steven L. 367 231 62.9% Reeves, Anthony 347 233 67.1% Reiling, Bernadette 151 81 53.6%
District of Columbia — 11 ALJs across 1 office · 60.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 11 ALJs · 2,319 decisions · 1,406 awards
WASHINGTON Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,319 decisions · 60.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ayer, F. H 208 137 65.9% Begley, David J 136 75 55.1% Blount, NaKeisha 336 256 76.2% Bryant, S A 290 242 83.4% Chaykin, Benjamin 86 50 58.1% Cutlar, Malik 300 195 65.0% Emerson, Andrew M 248 124 50.0% Haaversen, Hortensia 38 29 76.3% Hannan, B. 99 55 55.6% Kotval, Raghav 301 148 49.2% Krasnow, M. 277 95 34.3%
Florida — 78 ALJs across 8 offices · 59.1% state approval
Statewide totals: 78 ALJs · 18,246 decisions · 10,786 awards
FORT MYERS FL Hearing Office — 3 ALJs · 1,297 decisions · 68.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Johannes, Ryan 375 283 75.5% Northington, Maria C 407 339 83.3% Rodgers, Raymond 515 263 51.1%
FT LAUDERDALE Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 3,023 decisions · 48.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alonso, Sylvia H 157 42 26.8% D’Alessio, Rossana L 356 252 70.8% Hunn, Wendy 228 152 66.7% Jarvis, Valencia 331 59 17.8% Labrousse, Lissette 349 146 41.8% Neel, Angela L 415 95 22.9% Ortiz-Valero, Richard J 400 233 58.2% Pasvantis, Denise 311 165 53.1% Pustizzi, Jennifer 160 73 45.6% Sprague, Jonathan 316 244 77.2%
JACKSONVILLE Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,566 decisions · 54.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Collins, Yelanda 231 172 74.5% Droker, Robert 177 92 52.0% Fitzgerald, Kelley 214 93 43.5% Froehlich, Gregory J 268 153 57.1% Furcolo, Richard 273 86 31.5% Greer, William H 289 174 60.2% Koster, Guy 199 125 62.8% Landrum, Bruce 281 178 63.3% Morris, Scott T 223 103 46.2% Porter, Bernard 304 148 48.7% Terry, Ken B 107 61 57.0%
MIAMI OHO Hearing Office — 15 ALJs · 2,217 decisions · 67.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Aranda, Clara H 271 167 61.6% Cartledge, James C 330 306 92.7% Celaya, Gracian A 300 171 57.0% De Gruy, Elizabeth 7 4 57.1% Dixon III, Andrew 3 2 66.7% Hemming, Norman 224 150 67.0% Herin, Jr., Walter C 1 1 100.0% Hill, Vincent 4 3 75.0% Jones, Brian 5 3 60.0% Leibowitz, Tracey B 319 197 61.8% Messina, Christopher 7 5 71.4% Pennock, Carol J 224 171 76.3% Reynolds, Lornette 273 123 45.1% Vallecillo, Gonzalo 4 4 100.0% Wolfe, Rebecca 245 179 73.1%
ORLANDO Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 2,882 decisions · 62.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Detherage, Kevin J 278 181 65.1% Houston, Pamela 341 227 66.6% Kirk, Emily 360 227 63.1% Mahon, Janet 349 212 60.7% Mandry, Maria T 286 189 66.1% Messina, Christopher 9 5 55.6% Ocampo, Julio 141 104 73.8% Rodriguez-Quilichini, E 376 204 54.3% Silva, Mario G 2 1 50.0% Statum, Emily R 301 126 41.9% Tejada-Rivera, Pedro 156 125 80.1% Walker, Douglas A 283 187 66.1%
ST PETERSBURG FL OHO Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,427 decisions · 63.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alderisio, James P 414 266 64.3% Gartner, Richard P 58 42 72.4% Green, Gloria W 4 3 75.0% Kafkas, Peter 407 240 59.0% Lowther, Sheila 28 18 64.3% Messina, Christopher 34 28 82.4% Smith, Donald G 436 279 64.0% Sprague, Anne V 46 25 54.3%
TALLAHASSEE FL OHO Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,479 decisions · 62.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Dixon III, Andrew 214 146 68.2% Heller, Joshua R 310 184 59.4% Herman, David 299 159 53.2% McCamley, Janet 86 44 51.2% Paddack, Stacy 301 258 85.7% Raleigh, Lisa 269 137 50.9%
TAMPA OHO Hearing Office — 13 ALJs · 3,355 decisions · 58.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ballieu, Robert 235 159 67.7% Craig, Margaret 249 153 61.4% Dawkins, John 322 183 56.8% Downs, Amber 242 76 31.4% Kirzner, Ryan 296 150 50.7% Marzan, Shirley A 363 246 67.8% McGhee, Carl C 297 213 71.7% McIntosh, Melissa J 373 245 65.7% Pierce, Katie H 1 1 100.0% Slahta, Steven D 196 119 60.7% Vallecillo, Gonzalo 114 64 56.1% Watkins, Glen H. 375 151 40.3% Zanotti, Barbara J 292 192 65.8%
Georgia — 48 ALJs across 5 offices · 57.7% state approval
Statewide totals: 48 ALJs · 9,840 decisions · 5,674 awards
ATLANTA DOWNTOWN Hearing Office — 16 ALJs · 2,711 decisions · 64.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bentley, Lisa B 297 141 47.5% Childs, J. S 291 213 73.2% Crocker, Boyce 1 1 100.0% Dail, Grant 151 92 60.9% Dula, Melinda L 18 10 55.6% Egemonye, Ucheakpunwa 369 223 60.4% Flanagan, Brendan F 95 21 22.1% Gray, Stacy 47 35 74.5% Littlefield, Suzanne A 190 136 71.6% Lykins, Raymond M 316 187 59.2% McHenry, Laura G 166 146 88.0% McMichael, Carla 194 103 53.1% Messina, Christopher 3 0 0.0% Miller, Hilton R 305 223 73.1% Murray, S. Charles 266 215 80.8% Rodgers, Raymond 2 2 100.0%
ATLANTA NORTH Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 1,671 decisions · 48.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bedell, Laurie 329 217 66.0% Callahan, William 243 81 33.3% Colarusso, Todd 380 216 56.8% Conlon, James 297 157 52.9% Fons, Gregory 330 116 35.2% Henry, Tracy 4 1 25.0% Lowther, Sheila 4 3 75.0% Narvil, Jeffrey C 2 2 100.0% Weaver, Cynthia G 82 24 29.3%
COVINGTON GA Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,130 decisions · 67.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bestul, Joseph 311 194 62.4% Davis, L. E 285 197 69.1% Glover, Kristen 248 126 50.8% Grounds, Sonya 86 68 79.1% Hogan, William L 31 19 61.3% Jordan III, Wylly 272 142 52.2% McAdam, Paul 255 188 73.7% McIntyre, Melinda 337 304 90.2% Werner McEckron, Brooke 305 205 67.2%
MACON Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 1,781 decisions · 48.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cornelius, David 321 194 60.4% Fulcher, Eric S. 297 162 54.5% Guard, Christine 181 113 62.4% Hemming, Norman 0 0 — Hill, Vincent 57 24 42.1% Howard, Emily Y 268 67 25.0% Oetter, George 210 86 41.0% Thompson, Stephen 263 138 52.5% Uren Roberson, Amy 184 73 39.7%
SAVANNAH Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,547 decisions · 52.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Dennard, Michael 360 207 57.5% Evans, Vickie 362 235 64.9% Ferguson, Jeffrey A 187 86 46.0% Petersen, Craig R 342 141 41.2% Taylor, Linda D 296 140 47.3%
Hawaii — 7 ALJs across 1 office · 67.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 7 ALJs · 677 decisions · 459 awards
HONOLULU Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 677 decisions · 67.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cabotaje, Michael A 65 39 60.0% Elias, Yasmin 1 1 100.0% Hatfield, Jeffrey 121 95 78.5% Kirby, Marti 17 11 64.7% Meyer, Ruxana 425 287 67.5% Romeo, David 46 24 52.2% Yasutomi, Mark 2 2 100.0%
Illinois — 35 ALJs across 5 offices · 53.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 35 ALJs · 10,102 decisions · 5,434 awards
CHICAGO Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,574 decisions · 56.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Barezky, Bonny S 100 79 79.0% Carey, Margaret A 315 163 51.7% Garelick, Jordan 333 143 42.9% Laskaris, Bill 377 212 56.2% Logan, Michael 288 209 72.6% Mellman, Nathan 325 150 46.2% Saame, Brian 49 38 77.6% Skidmore, David 314 179 57.0% Suffi, Carla 324 206 63.6% Woltering, Luke 149 74 49.7%
EVANSTON Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,125 decisions · 56.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bassett, Lovert F 287 161 56.1% Inouye, Jessica 412 180 43.7% Johnson, Lana 349 181 51.9% Lewin, Lee 90 46 51.1% MacDonald, James E 419 291 69.5% Pope, Stephen 210 121 57.6% Vodak, Kevin 358 212 59.2%
OAK BROOK Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,111 decisions · 57.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bruning, Janice M 239 136 56.9% Fina, Joel G 126 83 65.9% Studzinski, Edward P 436 170 39.0% Travis, Claudia 310 244 78.7%
ORLAND PARK Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,583 decisions · 46.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Akers, Janet 263 82 31.2% Bruce, David R 401 237 59.1% Giesen, Deborah M 80 9 11.2% Hellman, Michael 311 103 33.1% Kadlec, Kathleen 263 23 8.7% Pendola, Michael 223 189 84.8% Sayon, Karen 418 185 44.3% Smith, Gregory 453 261 57.6% Supergan, Patricia W 171 103 60.2%
PEORIA Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,709 decisions · 56.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Luker, Daniel 429 235 54.8% Schwartz, Robert H 415 239 57.6% Strickler, Nathaniel E 404 271 67.1% Wilson, Shreese M 124 64 51.6% Wood, John M 337 155 46.0%
Indiana — 30 ALJs across 4 offices · 58.9% state approval
Statewide totals: 30 ALJs · 9,667 decisions · 5,691 awards
EVANSVILLE Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 2,058 decisions · 54.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Janney, Stuart T 368 173 47.0% Johns, Marcus 389 194 49.9% Martin, Kevin R 366 222 60.7% Onderak, Matthias D 131 74 56.5% Scurry, Michael 405 231 57.0% Yoder, Jason R 399 233 58.4%
FORT WAYNE Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,194 decisions · 60.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Blackmore, Alice F 85 53 62.4% Jacques, Meredith L 99 39 39.4% Katich, Stephanie 208 122 58.7% Miller, Terry 401 278 69.3% Pierson, William D 401 227 56.6%
INDIANAPOLIS Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 4,503 decisions · 60.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Allen, Noell F 307 225 73.3% Ciegel, Jeffrey S 467 203 43.5% Kroenecke, Teresa A 382 205 53.7% LaPolt, Monica 411 270 65.7% Mages, Daniel J 458 337 73.6% Odell, Jody H 409 284 69.4% Roberson, Fredric 442 267 60.4% Turner, Timothy 149 105 70.5% Veal, Shelette 406 266 65.5% Velasquez, Albert J 258 188 72.9% Walker, Kevin 446 205 46.0% Whitfield, Gladys 368 188 51.1%
VALPARAISO IN Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,912 decisions · 57.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Crisman, Alison 343 172 50.1% Foster, Leeanne 431 256 59.4% Hubert, Mary P 154 105 68.2% Jake, Tiffani T 360 228 63.3% LaMarche, Dina 434 245 56.5% Morales, Livia 56 25 44.6% Scales, Romona 134 71 53.0%
Iowa — 9 ALJs across 1 office · 54.9% state approval
Statewide totals: 9 ALJs · 2,525 decisions · 1,385 awards
DES MOINES Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,525 decisions · 54.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Andrews, Tom 51 38 74.5% Fields, Kim A 396 133 33.6% Gordon, Matthew J 380 258 67.9% Hamilton, Henry 397 316 79.6% Larner, Michael L 355 181 51.0% Mills III, John P 102 51 50.0% Priester, John 430 251 58.4% Sandbothe, John E 59 36 61.0% Schmidt, Erin T 355 121 34.1%
Kansas — 10 ALJs across 2 offices · 47.4% state approval
Statewide totals: 10 ALJs · 2,150 decisions · 1,020 awards
TOPEKA KS Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,025 decisions · 42.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Burrichter, Michael D 288 109 37.8% Hardy, Pearline 156 87 55.8% Johnson, Scott 320 130 40.6% Tran, Lauren K. 261 113 43.3%
WICHITA Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,125 decisions · 51.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Brookins, Alison K 24 12 50.0% Evans, Edward E 300 118 39.3% Leary, Mary J 61 23 37.7% Neal, Toni 4 1 25.0% Page, David 358 282 78.8% Toth, Susan 378 145 38.4%
Kentucky — 48 ALJs across 4 offices · 53.1% state approval
Statewide totals: 48 ALJs · 8,645 decisions · 4,591 awards
LEXINGTON Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 3,660 decisions · 51.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bowling, Robert B 154 59 38.3% Crocker, Boyce 460 214 46.5% Eastham, Lyle 349 197 56.4% Holsclaw, Greg 373 167 44.8% Isaacs, Davida H 342 186 54.4% Jackson, Karen R 400 193 48.2% Kleber, Kendra S 89 61 68.5% Lovitt, Jerry 321 166 51.7% Saragas, Antony 404 206 51.0% Sheppard, Christopher C 387 227 58.7% Stanley, Jonathan 381 221 58.0%
LOUISVILLE Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,650 decisions · 54.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Anschuetz, Eric 68 43 63.2% Brock, Susan 385 231 60.0% Collins, Steven 356 162 45.5% Foster, Stacey L 376 243 64.6% Hall, Brandie 178 126 70.8% Isaacs, Davida H 1 1 100.0% McDaniel, Candace A 330 137 41.5% Morholt, Neil 156 81 51.9% Pickett, Dennis L 417 220 52.8% Zuber, William C. 383 193 50.4%
MIDDLESBORO Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,272 decisions · 52.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Appleton, Stacy 240 96 40.0% Dula, Melinda L 92 35 38.0% Gray, Stacy 175 123 70.3% Hansen, Dennis 5 0 0.0% Mangus, Tommye C 367 200 54.5% Oakes, Brian A. 116 77 66.4% Spangler, Todd 175 82 46.9% Tran, Lauren K. 102 51 50.0%
PADUCAH Hearing Office — 19 ALJs · 1,063 decisions · 55.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
De Gruy, Elizabeth 4 3 75.0% Dixon III, Andrew 5 5 100.0% Eaton, Marci P 153 100 65.4% Evans, III, George L 35 19 54.3% Ferguson, Jeffrey A 5 4 80.0% Firestone, Scott C 4 2 50.0% Hall, Lisa R 149 67 45.0% Hansen, Dennis 25 7 28.0% Messina, Christopher 3 3 100.0% Naylor, Amy H 5 4 80.0% Peeples, David 329 182 55.3% Pustizzi, Jennifer 5 3 60.0% Satisfield, Renee B 3 3 100.0% Selland, R. Dirk 5 4 80.0% Silva, Mario G 6 2 33.3% Spangler, Todd 5 3 60.0% Thawley, John A 4 3 75.0% Turner, Marty S 312 173 55.4% Waller, Robert 6 6 100.0%
Louisiana — 29 ALJs across 4 offices · 58.3% state approval
Statewide totals: 29 ALJs · 6,573 decisions · 3,834 awards
ALEXANDRIA Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,347 decisions · 58.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Able, Devona 312 152 48.7% Daniels Smoke, Stephani 332 215 64.8% Grant, Robert 394 275 69.8% Molinar, Kathleen S 415 303 73.0% Rachal, Steven M 351 149 42.5% Ragona, Lawrence T 210 83 39.5% Smilie, Carolyn 333 197 59.2%
METAIRIE Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,457 decisions · 57.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benedict, David 281 136 48.4% Exnicios, Richard M 266 150 56.4% Hansen, Holly 292 181 62.0% Hertzig, Michael S 118 75 63.6% Juge, Christopher H 250 150 60.0% Sartor, Rebecca B 3 2 66.7% Shilling, Ralph F 0 0 — Volz, III, Louis J 1 1 100.0% Wiedemann, Karen 246 139 56.5% Wurm, David R 0 0 —
NEW ORLEANS Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,384 decisions · 52.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Anderson, Monica J 360 186 51.7% Fraiser, Jim 397 168 42.3% Mendola, Mark J 4 3 75.0% Morgan, Jeffery D 331 133 40.2% Suing, Timothy 11 8 72.7% Volz, III, Louis J 279 230 82.4% Wright, Charlotte A 2 2 100.0%
SHREVEPORT Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,385 decisions · 64.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Abbondondelo, Mary 329 269 81.8% Antonowicz, John 350 191 54.6% Dail, Grant 210 131 62.4% Thomason, Samuel 402 251 62.4% Wright, Charlotte A 94 54 57.4%
Maine — 5 ALJs across 1 office · 62.2% state approval
Statewide totals: 5 ALJs · 1,293 decisions · 804 awards
PORTLAND ME Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,293 decisions · 62.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cutter, Christine 384 236 61.5% Flynn, Robert W 329 265 80.5% Holbrook, Todd S 380 194 51.1% Hubert, Mary P 171 96 56.1% Martin, Paul G 29 13 44.8%
Maryland — 13 ALJs across 1 office · 66.3% state approval
Statewide totals: 13 ALJs · 2,867 decisions · 1,901 awards
BALTIMORE Hearing Office — 13 ALJs · 2,867 decisions · 66.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baker Jr, Robert 310 214 69.0% Ball, Gary 274 187 68.2% Ball, Nelisbeth 116 64 55.2% Farnes, Milagros 69 56 81.2% Forrest-Doyle, Mary 355 298 83.9% Manico, William M 88 67 76.1% Massengill, Scott 239 117 49.0% Neely, Donald K 350 247 70.6% Olmscheid, Melvin G 392 269 68.6% Ortis, Jesus 1 0 0.0% Posner, Tara J 275 165 60.0% Simmonds, Clary 377 199 52.8% Turner-Banks, Tamara 21 18 85.7%
Massachusetts — 20 ALJs across 3 offices · 56.3% state approval
Statewide totals: 20 ALJs · 4,239 decisions · 2,387 awards
BOSTON Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,498 decisions · 53.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Hurley, Francis 294 183 62.2% Klibaner, Alexander 181 114 63.0% Ramsey, William 71 47 66.2% Rodgers, Sujata 395 179 45.3% Ross, William T 239 153 64.0% Sharrard, Anne 78 38 48.7% Teehan, Sean 240 85 35.4%
LAWRENCE MA Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,692 decisions · 57.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baird, Jonathan P 284 203 71.5% Belford, Timothy 413 253 61.3% Benson, John 407 213 52.3% Bush, Ellen P 174 81 46.6% Dziepak, Anthony 375 202 53.9% Klibaner, Alexander 39 20 51.3%
SPRINGFIELD MA Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,049 decisions · 58.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bauer, Edward T 290 187 64.5% Danialzadeh, Payam 290 163 56.2% Griswold, Kim K 255 135 52.9% Leland, William 0 0 — Masengill, Addison C 80 44 55.0% Molleur, John T 5 1 20.0% Pinkus, Joshua 129 86 66.7%
Michigan — 55 ALJs across 7 offices · 59.2% state approval
Statewide totals: 55 ALJs · 16,102 decisions · 9,527 awards
DETROIT Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,823 decisions · 56.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Burstein, Lauren G 61 25 41.0% Guyton, Carol 77 44 57.1% Mamelka, Colleen M 172 78 45.3% McClinton, Jacquelyn A 329 159 48.3% Morrow, Mary D. 371 120 32.3% Overstreet, Jennifer 346 208 60.1% Rabaut, John J 9 6 66.7% Tobin, Therese 399 244 61.2% Turner, Joy 407 308 75.7% White-Simmons, Crystal L 279 147 52.7% Xenos, Elias 373 245 65.7%
FLINT Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,716 decisions · 57.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Dunn, Michael R 138 81 58.7% Fallis, Kevin W 377 157 41.6% Mattia, Christopher J 172 116 67.4% Quandt, Nicole 499 316 63.3% Sloss, Andrew G 417 255 61.2% Sobrino, Regina 113 57 50.4%
GRAND RAPIDS Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 2,372 decisions · 57.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Harmon, Cynthia S 430 255 59.3% Himebaugh, Kevin 460 302 65.7% Ohanesian, Nicholas M 227 161 70.9% Raterink, Dennis 407 297 73.0% Reamon, William G 382 165 43.2% Tjapkes, Robert J 466 188 40.3%
LANSING Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,824 decisions · 52.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ambrose, Christopher 259 205 79.2% Burgtorf, Brian 385 170 44.2% Jones, Paul W 371 153 41.2% Read, David 428 196 45.8% Rosenberg, Amy L 381 231 60.6%
LIVONIA MI Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,828 decisions · 56.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Burstein, Lauren G 202 84 41.6% Chavez, Robert J 354 227 64.1% D’Amato, Donald G 464 300 64.7% Dietz, Allison 449 223 49.7% Fernandez, Ramona L 46 20 43.5% Mason, Jr., David A 196 112 57.1% Mattia, Christopher J 283 162 57.2% Smereka, Anthony R 441 241 54.6% Smisek, Sarah R 393 231 58.8%
MT PLEASANT MI Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,704 decisions · 66.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ambrose, Christopher 0 0 — Chess, Laura 402 271 67.4% Dale, Adam 412 261 63.3% Hodgson, Jessica 49 21 42.9% Lupisella, Mikel 360 250 69.4% Nguyen, Manh H 89 54 60.7% O’Leary, JoErin 269 188 69.9% Raeber, Jeffrey 123 86 69.9%
OAK PARK Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,835 decisions · 67.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alaga-Gadigian, Janet L 338 256 75.7% Blackmore, Alice F 136 80 58.8% Christensen, Timothy J 168 122 72.6% Contorer, Beth J 341 276 80.9% Deming, Kari 78 59 75.6% Gruenburg, Dawn M 443 374 84.4% Herring, Virginia 316 179 56.6% LaRoche Jr., Roy E 327 131 40.1% McKay, Patricia S 286 112 39.2% Paige, Melody 402 318 79.1%
Minnesota — 11 ALJs across 1 office · 54.5% state approval
Statewide totals: 11 ALJs · 3,149 decisions · 1,716 awards
MINNEAPOLIS Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 3,149 decisions · 54.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ayling, Corey 399 225 56.4% Crisman, Alison 91 47 51.6% Grey, Nicholas 339 181 53.4% Hart, Jeffrey W 348 202 58.0% Kimball, Peter 391 221 56.5% Klasic, Joshua 423 205 48.5% Lough, Sarah 414 231 55.8% Pharris, Micah 321 157 48.9% Saame, Brian 23 17 73.9% Sammer, Julie 399 229 57.4% Thrasher, Richard 1 1 100.0%
Mississippi — 21 ALJs across 3 offices · 54.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 21 ALJs · 5,286 decisions · 2,898 awards
HATTIESBURG Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,471 decisions · 48.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Burkes, Felicia D 338 108 32.0% Elkins, James S 342 295 86.3% Gilmer, Douglas 204 74 36.3% Grayson, Lori S 302 134 44.4% Grayson, William C 324 141 43.5% Harbart, Michael D 198 57 28.8% Hollingsworth, Wendy 309 203 65.7% Jones, Brian 128 77 60.2% Porciello, Laurie H 312 96 30.8% Williams, Lanier 14 5 35.7%
JACKSON MS OHO Hearing Office — 5 ALJs · 1,468 decisions · 55.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Brand, Marilyn R 355 209 58.9% De Gruy, Elizabeth 125 70 56.0% Melvin, Patricia 314 142 45.2% Narvil, Jeffrey C 368 174 47.3% Stroud, Larry J 306 215 70.3%
TUPELO Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,347 decisions · 66.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Barkley III, H.J. 337 224 66.5% DePrimo, Michael 190 111 58.4% Jones, Brian 28 19 67.9% Lott, Roger 351 225 64.1% Maddox, Gregory A 119 86 72.3% Mashburn, Shannon 322 233 72.4%
Missouri — 43 ALJs across 4 offices · 52.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 43 ALJs · 9,591 decisions · 5,043 awards
COLUMBIA MO Hearing Office — 3 ALJs · 729 decisions · 58.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Campbell, Kellie 232 149 64.2% Pico, Gerardo R 103 56 54.4% Ruth, Vicky 394 220 55.8%
KANSAS CITY Hearing Office — 16 ALJs · 3,541 decisions · 53.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ambuehl, Christel 12 8 66.7% Barnes-Williams, Janice E 172 62 36.0% Comisky, Michael 288 155 53.8% Cooke, Christine A 333 200 60.1% Deans, Joan H 343 176 51.3% Erickson, Diana 269 194 72.1% Gulick, Scot 93 32 34.4% Jung, P. H 259 160 61.8% Kelly, Robert A 355 79 22.3% Kidd, M. S 4 1 25.0% Lehr, Michael A 331 252 76.1% Mein, Christina Y 370 140 37.8% Naggi, Mark 305 268 87.9% Neal, Toni 38 13 34.2% Rabaut, John J 9 1 11.1% Werner, Michael 360 162 45.0%
SPRINGFIELD MO Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,259 decisions · 40.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Buell, David G 0 0 — Clayton, Mark A 371 136 36.7% Draper, Jo Ann L 14 6 42.9% Franklin, Perry L 399 214 53.6% Hellums, Walter R 422 130 30.8% Leary, Mary J 53 24 45.3%
ST LOUIS Hearing Office — 18 ALJs · 4,062 decisions · 54.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Allen, Chandreka 263 135 51.3% Davis, Alaina 353 251 71.1% DeWoskin, Henry 308 171 55.5% Hanan, Bradley 370 276 74.6% Hanekamp, Stephen M 346 181 52.3% Hopkins, Richard 74 44 59.5% Imsland, Lori 330 175 53.0% Jecklin, Katherine 267 95 35.6% Leslie, Lisa 326 100 30.7% Luetkenhaus, Robert V 359 132 36.8% Meyr, Gerald 2 0 0.0% Mueller, Koren 106 45 42.5% Neal, Toni 21 5 23.8% Pico, Gerardo R 2 1 50.0% Plucker, Nathaniel 139 88 63.3% Price, John R 474 239 50.4% Wallis, William 316 265 83.9% Wilson, Shreese M 6 2 33.3%
Montana — 8 ALJs across 1 office · 64.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 8 ALJs · 1,699 decisions · 1,087 awards
BILLINGS Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,699 decisions · 64.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Brennan, Luke A 417 259 62.1% Bridges, Kathryn 118 69 58.5% Dvarishkis, Tanya 393 302 76.8% Fuller, Roxanne 2 2 100.0% Henry, Brian J 286 182 63.6% Henry, Bryan 11 7 63.6% Kays, John 299 213 71.2% Kramzyk, Henry 173 53 30.6%
Nebraska — 6 ALJs across 1 office · 50.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 6 ALJs · 1,959 decisions · 991 awards
OMAHA Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,959 decisions · 50.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bring, Matthew 71 37 52.1% Buell, David G 360 215 59.7% Dawson, Matthew C 372 173 46.5% DeLaittre, David J 394 290 73.6% Dutton, Jan E 389 171 44.0% Yokus, Chris 373 105 28.2%
Nevada — 11 ALJs across 2 offices · 60.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 11 ALJs · 1,304 decisions · 783 awards
LAS VEGAS Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 1,068 decisions · 60.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Freedman, Robert 59 28 47.5% Gatto, David K 335 231 69.0% Hoover, Cynthia R 171 69 40.4% Kadlec, Kathleen 1 0 0.0% Kirby, Marti 3 2 66.7% Morholt, Neil 198 108 54.5% Ray, Thomas M 143 123 86.0% Sokolski, Deanna L 31 21 67.7% Zeidman, Arthur 127 59 46.5%
RENO Hearing Office — 2 ALJs · 236 decisions · 60.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baum, Peter J 52 42 80.8% O’Brien-Persons, Wynne 184 100 54.3%
New Hampshire — 7 ALJs across 1 office · 58.5% state approval
Statewide totals: 7 ALJs · 2,026 decisions · 1,186 awards
MANCHESTER Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,026 decisions · 58.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Groeneveld-Meijer, Lisa 415 253 61.0% LaChance, Tracy 363 254 70.0% Levin, Matthew G 345 148 42.9% Malfa, Matthew 3 3 100.0% Malvey, Edward 328 211 64.3% Martin, Paul G 187 119 63.6% Menard, Joshua 385 198 51.4%
New Jersey — 32 ALJs across 3 offices · 63.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 32 ALJs · 8,603 decisions · 5,485 awards
JERSEY CITY Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,732 decisions · 64.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Addison, Andrea 368 293 79.6% Barr, Sheena 211 190 90.0% Gonzalez, Robert 203 129 63.5% Kenneally, Kevin 416 276 66.3% Loewy, Dina R 224 132 58.9% Moore, Trina 335 153 45.7% Morgan, Aaron M 2 2 100.0% Pantuso, Gina 264 160 60.6% Russak, Jack 323 183 56.7% Suna, David 298 190 63.8% Toland, Marguerite 88 58 65.9%
NEWARK Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,870 decisions · 56.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Allard, Sharon 240 130 54.2% Ayers, Kenneth 324 133 41.0% Campbell, John 352 237 67.3% Costa, Leonard F 286 172 60.1% Damille, Ricardy 331 200 60.4% Lee, Peter R 242 58 24.0% Merrill, Theresa 239 178 74.5% Pantuso, Gina 3 1 33.3% Shelton, Karen 348 208 59.8% Shillin, Beth 160 85 53.1% West, Richard 345 228 66.1%
SOUTH JERSEY Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 3,001 decisions · 69.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cerulli, Nicholas 199 115 57.8% Cornell, Kathleen 425 328 77.2% Ebner, Elizabeth 0 0 — Green, Tonya 375 199 53.1% Hibner Olson, Lisa 350 250 71.4% Lardaro, Elizabeth A 293 176 60.1% Lucas, Brian 126 80 63.5% Patterson, Karen 423 329 77.8% Timm, Frederick 438 309 70.5% Varillo, Kimberly 372 303 81.5%
New Mexico — 21 ALJs across 1 office · 55.2% state approval
Statewide totals: 21 ALJs · 1,941 decisions · 1,072 awards
ALBUQUERQUE Hearing Office — 21 ALJs · 1,941 decisions · 55.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benedict, David 135 66 48.9% Brown, Katherine W 7 5 71.4% Exnicios, Richard M 110 66 60.0% Fellabaum, Jennifer M 222 152 68.5% Fraiser, Jim 0 0 — Freedman, Robert 153 81 52.9% Gontis, Stephen 53 33 62.3% Gutierrez, David R 5 4 80.0% Hansen, Dennis 0 0 — Hansen, Holly 147 93 63.3% Hertzig, Michael S 5 1 20.0% Holmes, Janice L 3 2 66.7% Juge, Christopher H 91 57 62.6% Leppala, Michael 356 181 50.8% Lindsay, Michelle K 210 107 51.0% Simmons, D’Lisa 0 0 — Stults, Douglas S. 8 6 75.0% Timmins, Talia 372 175 47.0% Wiedemann, Karen 51 37 72.5% Williams, Jr., Harry L 1 0 0.0% Wurm, David R 12 6 50.0%
New York — 81 ALJs across 10 offices · 64.8% state approval
Statewide totals: 81 ALJs · 16,958 decisions · 10,994 awards
ALBANY Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,364 decisions · 66.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ba-Yunus, Asad M. 360 176 48.9% Black-Pennington, Dale 303 207 68.3% Farrell, John G 302 253 83.8% Kelly, Paul F 268 240 89.6% LeCours, Brian 212 110 51.9% Marcus, Michelle S 218 159 72.9% Mulvey, Jude B 154 91 59.1% Patane, Arthur 143 97 67.8% Soltes, Jr., Andrew J. 404 244 60.4%
BRONX Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 1,433 decisions · 58.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Banks, Angela 273 170 62.3% Carlton, John 254 120 47.2% Feuer, Elias 85 47 55.3% Kanner, Brian G 133 100 75.2% Michalec Olszewski, Lau 1 0 0.0% Prybylski, Raymond 297 169 56.9% Schiro, Kimberly L 34 28 82.4% Schulz, Kimberly D 219 118 53.9% Singh, Sharda 137 89 65.0%
BUFFALO Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 1,784 decisions · 53.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baird, Bryce 251 155 61.8% Bell, Stephan 201 130 64.7% Cordovani, Stephen 294 149 50.7% Georger, Paul 322 180 55.9% Kim, T. 128 48 37.5% Pinkus, Joshua 65 50 76.9% Valkavich, Helen 65 41 63.1% Weir, William M 353 146 41.4% Wright, Anna 105 55 52.4%
LONG ISLAND Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 2,063 decisions · 75.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Allen, Michelle I 190 138 72.6% Berkowitz, Alan B 380 258 67.9% Crawley, Brian J 188 164 87.2% Kilgannon, Patrick 262 193 73.7% Stagno, Linda A 313 258 82.4% Tirrell, Scott R 337 233 69.1% Tobias, David 323 257 79.6% Weiss, Andrew S 70 47 67.1%
NEW YORK Hearing Office — 14 ALJs · 1,907 decisions · 60.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Fuller, Roxanne 0 0 — Grossman, Seth I 222 103 46.4% Iwuamadi, Ifeoma N 339 176 51.9% Kearns, James 70 50 71.4% McCormack, Kieran 130 70 53.8% Michalec Olszewski, Lau 60 27 45.0% Morgan, Aaron M 6 2 33.3% Penalver, Moises 85 73 85.9% Pizzuto, Marissa A 85 66 77.6% Romeo, Lori 37 16 43.2% Sedaca, Joani 310 249 80.3% Solomon, Mark 205 70 34.1% Suarez, Flor M 241 148 61.4% Vecchio, Lucian A 117 98 83.8%
NEW YORK VARICK Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,217 decisions · 70.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Gray, Thomas C 369 297 80.5% Kearns, James 4 4 100.0% Miller, Jason A 348 260 74.7% Morgan, Aaron M 175 85 48.6% Ramrup, Sommattie 1 1 100.0% White Richards, Latanya 320 216 67.5%
QUEENS Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,499 decisions · 77.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Donaghy, Margaret A 73 56 76.7% Leventer, Jan 334 308 92.2% McKenna, Sandra M 350 247 70.6% Pecoraro, Margaret L 366 287 78.4% Schriver, Robert R 190 147 77.4% Stacchini, Michael J 118 67 56.8% Stefanelli, Valorie 68 54 79.4%
ROCHESTER Hearing Office — 3 ALJs · 803 decisions · 73.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Costello, John P 81 59 72.8% Devlin, Michael W 412 323 78.4% Kane, Brian 310 209 67.4%
SYRACUSE Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,678 decisions · 55.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Eldred, Jeremy G 330 221 67.0% Fein, Bruce S 321 213 66.4% Greisler, Gretchen M 333 153 45.9% Hoffman, Robyn L 176 103 58.5% Pelton, Mary J 434 192 44.2% Ramos, John P 191 106 55.5% Smith, Jennifer G 332 232 69.9% Theurer, Kenneth 456 211 46.3% Wright, Anna 105 59 56.2%
WHITE PLAINS Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,210 decisions · 67.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cascio, Vincent M 147 103 70.1% Gonzalez, Robert 266 207 77.8% Lemoine, Brian W 162 122 75.3% McCormack, Kieran 140 70 50.0% Michalec Olszewski, Lau 95 44 46.3% Singh, Sharda 196 138 70.4% Stacchini, Michael J 204 132 64.7%
North Carolina — 47 ALJs across 4 offices · 66.2% state approval
Statewide totals: 47 ALJs · 10,836 decisions · 7,175 awards
CHARLOTTE Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 2,911 decisions · 71.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Asseff, Brent T 362 331 91.4% Dail, Grant 1 0 0.0% Goodson, Paul 298 162 54.4% Hill, Vincent 132 75 56.8% Huggins, Randall D 345 314 91.0% Jamison, Peter 345 279 80.9% Jenkins, Theresa R. 325 259 79.7% McCoy, Nancy 311 173 55.6% Poulos, Susan 254 82 32.3% Ryerse, Mary 339 281 82.9% Selland, R. Dirk 123 78 63.4% Stefanelli, Valorie 76 59 77.6%
FAYETTEVILLE NC Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 2,342 decisions · 66.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Adams, Rebecca 266 144 54.1% Bumgarner, Ashley L 332 262 78.9% Green, Gloria W 79 73 92.4% Lucas, Vanessa 445 322 72.4% Porter, Adrienne 431 263 61.0% Thawley, John A 263 239 90.9% Uren Roberson, Amy 80 32 40.0% Willis, Christopher 446 210 47.1%
GREENSBORO Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,078 decisions · 65.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Booth III, Joseph 269 158 58.7% Cavadi, Michelle D 275 123 44.7% Dorman, Clint 301 230 76.4% Firestone, Scott C 123 68 55.3% Jackson, Richard 246 191 77.6% McMillion, Benjamin R 270 164 60.7% Spitz, Maria L 311 264 84.9% Taylor, William F 2 2 100.0% von Euler, Barbara 281 170 60.5%
RALEIGH Hearing Office — 18 ALJs · 3,505 decisions · 61.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Andersen, William 116 93 80.2% Bowling, Robert B 1 0 0.0% Brinkley, Joseph L 387 231 59.7% Davis, Kelly 83 57 68.7% Harper, Catherine 272 139 51.1% Hogan, Mason 278 169 60.8% Hoskins-Hart, Teresa L 319 197 61.8% Messina, Christopher 2 0 0.0% Monahan, Camille 1 0 0.0% Ofori-Acquaah, Anne-Mar A 337 137 40.7% Rideout, Robert 164 119 72.6% Shea, David J 366 272 74.3% Silva, Mario G 2 0 0.0% Spangler, Todd 1 0 0.0% Williams, James E 309 159 51.5% Wisz, Katherine D 350 216 61.7% Wordsworth, Paula 311 227 73.0% Wright, Wanda L 206 151 73.3%
North Dakota — 4 ALJs across 1 office · 62.5% state approval
Statewide totals: 4 ALJs · 1,431 decisions · 894 awards
FARGO Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,431 decisions · 62.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ambuehl, Christel 218 116 53.2% Hlaudy, Richard 372 244 65.6% Rosten, Brenda 416 274 65.9% Stuber, Chris 425 260 61.2%
Ohio — 54 ALJs across 6 offices · 55.9% state approval
Statewide totals: 54 ALJs · 16,129 decisions · 9,017 awards
AKRON OH Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 2,889 decisions · 55.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Balter, Michael N 395 239 60.5% Beatty, Gregory M 373 184 49.3% Cendrosky, Sharlee 370 191 51.6% Lohr, Mary 387 230 59.4% Panek, Jason 414 189 45.7% Raeber, Jeffrey 46 33 71.7% Schmitz, Michael F 392 187 47.7% Shinn, Charles 512 336 65.6%
CINCINNATI Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,137 decisions · 56.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Hodgson, Jessica 346 146 42.2% Hubler, Lloyd 185 114 61.6% Meadows, Cristen 428 318 74.3% Nguyen, Thuy-Anh T 351 150 42.7% Prince, John M 125 98 78.4% Shaughnessy, Anne 305 174 57.0% Tindale, Christopher S 397 202 50.9%
CLEVELAND Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 4,306 decisions · 53.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Adamo, Genevieve 360 192 53.3% Aliberti, Louis 389 293 75.3% Andreas, Frederick 180 88 48.9% Budney, Amy 343 232 67.6% Hajjar, Joseph G 309 101 32.7% Hixson, Traci M 467 312 66.8% Kearney, Keith J 419 237 56.6% Leland, William 448 243 54.2% Loucas, Penny 378 104 27.5% Ma, Catherine 274 44 16.1% Rose, Joseph A 336 224 66.7% Westley, Eric 403 212 52.6%
COLUMBUS Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 2,683 decisions · 57.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Appleton, Stacy 185 88 47.6% Cromer, Kimberly S 403 252 62.5% Flottman, Irma J 113 84 74.3% Hartranft, Jeffrey 397 239 60.2% Horan, Patrick M. 415 251 60.5% Lesperance, Jeannine 196 93 47.4% Sanders, Deborah F 51 25 49.0% Southern, Noceeba 1 0 0.0% Tepley, Jason P 428 188 43.9% Wang, Thomas L 135 72 53.3% Winfrey, Matthew 300 205 68.3% Yerian, Paul E 59 34 57.6%
DAYTON Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,389 decisions · 70.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Barnes, Kevin R 483 385 79.7% Blackmore, Alice F 0 0 — Hockensmith, Mark 2 2 100.0% Kenyon, Gregory G 331 170 51.4% Kerber, Carrie 169 104 61.5% Southern, Heidi 404 318 78.7%
TOLEDO OH Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 2,725 decisions · 52.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Ashford, Earl 412 215 52.2% Carey, Patricia 381 204 53.5% Jacques, Meredith L 361 173 47.9% Kerber, Carrie 214 110 51.4% Mantel, Dianne S 359 155 43.2% Sher, Paul 104 43 41.3% Southern, Noceeba 416 204 49.0% Vitellio, Gabrielle R 350 304 86.9% Winters, Kathleen 128 26 20.3%
Oklahoma — 30 ALJs across 3 offices · 67.4% state approval
Statewide totals: 30 ALJs · 5,853 decisions · 3,943 awards
MCALESTER Hearing Office — 3 ALJs · 687 decisions · 51.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bentley, J. Leland 305 170 55.7% Engel, David W 16 10 62.5% Mannes, Michael 366 173 47.3%
OKLAHOMA CITY Hearing Office — 17 ALJs · 3,186 decisions · 72.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bentley, J. Leland 2 2 100.0% Bowen, Carol K 2 2 100.0% Cravens, Steven L 262 196 74.8% Engel, David W 3 3 100.0% Fulton, Kenton W 150 108 72.0% Hamilton, Angelita 347 237 68.3% Harris, Michael 352 304 86.4% Hertzig, Michael S 2 0 0.0% Levine, Jodi B. 287 246 85.7% McLean, Jennie L. 15 10 66.7% Merchan, Sylke 240 191 79.6% Parrish, Kim D. 396 276 69.7% Schallner, Sherry L. 314 208 66.2% Shepherd, Larry D. 346 195 56.4% Stults, Douglas S. 367 292 79.6% Thompson, Edward L. 97 43 44.3% Wurm, David R 4 4 100.0%
TULSA OHO Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,980 decisions · 64.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bentley, J. Leland 37 19 51.4% Dexter, Deirdre O 257 191 74.3% Engel, David W 200 168 84.0% Hunt, Christopher 345 178 51.6% LeBlanc, Dennis 321 199 62.0% Liter, Luke 405 254 62.7% Mannes, Michael 50 23 46.0% Martin, Cindy 363 239 65.8% Renfroe, Mary M 1 1 100.0% Wurm, David R 1 1 100.0%
Oregon — 14 ALJs across 2 offices · 66.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 14 ALJs · 3,786 decisions · 2,500 awards
EUGENE Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,652 decisions · 63.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Crowell, Jason W 334 185 55.4% Hobbs, B. 371 278 74.9% Johnson, Derek 6 3 50.0% Rauenzahn, MaryKay 112 77 68.8% Reeves, William P 122 64 52.5% Sullivan, John D 313 211 67.4% Weatherly, Katherine 394 237 60.2%
PORTLAND OR Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,134 decisions · 67.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Campbell, Robert F 93 69 74.2% Geib, Richard 380 221 58.2% Johnson, Derek 302 218 72.2% Martin, Paula M 473 357 75.5% Mozyrsky, Vadim 211 94 44.5% Pines, S. 311 237 76.2% Thomasson, Linda 364 249 68.4%
Pennsylvania — 61 ALJs across 8 offices · 54.7% state approval
Statewide totals: 61 ALJs · 17,840 decisions · 9,764 awards
ELKINS PARK Hearing Office — 13 ALJs · 3,666 decisions · 60.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Carter, Brady 218 143 65.6% Gabell, Margaret M 372 195 52.4% Gauffreau, Stuart 427 312 73.1% Goods, Raina 127 90 70.9% Hollo, Elana 310 179 57.7% Lash, Jennifer M 276 165 59.8% McAneney, Vivian 148 76 51.4% McDade, Kathleen 226 138 61.1% Morales Price, Sandra 320 202 63.1% Schwarz, Eric 317 231 72.9% Silverman, Marc 339 172 50.7% Spector, Jennifer 367 192 52.3% Woltering, Luke 219 120 54.8%
HARRISBURG Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,626 decisions · 43.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Begley, David J 6 2 33.3% Cutter, Patrick S 316 217 68.7% Guida, Richard E 458 105 22.9% Kauffman, Howard 438 175 40.0% Reiling, Bernadette 0 0 — Staller, Scott M 408 200 49.0%
JOHNSTOWN Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,133 decisions · 53.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Carter, Brady 146 81 55.5% Hostovich, Julianne 87 42 48.3% Powers, Erin 442 247 55.9% Reaves, Tiesh I 458 233 50.9%
PHILADELPHIA Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,701 decisions · 55.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Borda, Eric W 332 229 69.0% Goods, Raina 131 81 61.8% Healy, Philip J 163 98 60.1% Johnson, Jessica M 303 133 43.9% McCafferty, Christine 162 89 54.9% Ryan, Robert J 444 208 46.8% Warren, Regina L 166 105 63.3%
PHILADELPHIA EAST Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,040 decisions · 57.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Brown, Nathan 4 0 0.0% Carter, Brady 22 12 54.5% Lazzaro, Michele 460 244 53.0% Preston, Susan 6 4 66.7% Watson, Nycole 284 144 50.7% Wishnoff, Howard 264 191 72.3%
PITTSBURGH Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,283 decisions · 48.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bareford, Christian 365 172 47.1% Ehasz, Sarah 404 234 57.9% Hostovich, Julianne 118 66 55.9% Kaczmarek, Michael S 375 157 41.9% Kovac, Paul 357 195 54.6% Papazekos, Joanna 325 206 63.4% Perry- Dowdell, Leslie 339 75 22.1%
SEVEN FIELDS Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,637 decisions · 70.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bezego, William J 211 136 64.5% Cohen, Douglas 355 244 68.7% Grovich, Christopher P 441 340 77.1% Kleeb, Kelli J 504 313 62.1% Kooser, John 475 356 74.9% Tenenbaum, Melissa 259 190 73.4% Wood, Brian W 392 288 73.5%
WILKES BARRE Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 3,754 decisions · 46.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Balutis, Daniel 298 68 22.8% Barletta, Frank 443 219 49.4% Brady, Edward L 386 211 54.7% Dominick, Charles A 415 229 55.2% Hardiman, Therese A 280 173 61.8% Langan, Gerard W 381 179 47.0% Oleyar, Mike 178 96 53.9% Stolls, Michele 369 176 47.7% Tranguch, Jarrod 366 136 37.2% Wing, Timothy 324 158 48.8% Wolfe, Michelle 314 92 29.3%
Puerto Rico — 18 ALJs across 2 offices · 70.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 18 ALJs · 3,386 decisions · 2,369 awards
PONCE Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 329 decisions · 84.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Pico, Gerardo R 1 1 100.0% Quinones-Regalado, Yeli 156 141 90.4% Torres, Judith 127 99 78.0% Viera-Vargas, Angel X 45 38 84.4%
SAN JUAN Hearing Office — 14 ALJs · 3,057 decisions · 68.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Diaz, Ruy V 255 194 76.1% Gautier, Rosael 234 113 48.3% Haaversen, Hortensia 308 237 76.9% Milanes, Juan E 120 65 54.2% Morales, Livia 353 173 49.0% Perez, Lissette C 2 1 50.0% Pico, Gerardo R 119 86 72.3% Planas, Luciannette 288 193 67.0% Quant, Maria E 264 185 70.1% Quinones-Regalado, Yeli 306 260 85.0% Sepulveda Anavitarte, J 230 168 73.0% Torres, Judith 251 185 73.7% Viera-Vargas, Angel X 124 106 85.5% Wyatt, Kimberly O 203 124 61.1%
Rhode Island — 7 ALJs across 1 office · 56.9% state approval
Statewide totals: 7 ALJs · 2,059 decisions · 1,171 awards
PROVIDENCE Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 2,059 decisions · 56.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bernasconi, Laura 194 129 66.5% Dana, Kate 379 228 60.2% Garrian, Tanya J 1 0 0.0% Goodale, Paul W 305 166 54.4% Mastrangelo, Jason 347 169 48.7% Szymczak, Stephen M 414 221 53.4% Vanda, Ryan 419 258 61.6%
South Carolina — 58 ALJs across 4 offices · 57.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 58 ALJs · 7,799 decisions · 4,445 awards
CHARLESTON SC Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,882 decisions · 53.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Cartledge, James C 0 0 — Chase, Ethan A 121 64 52.9% Crocker, Boyce 2 1 50.0% Diggs, William 454 337 74.2% Forbes-Schmitt, Nicole S 346 191 55.2% Georgian, Tammy 325 60 18.5% Green, Gloria W 16 10 62.5% Healy, Philip J 170 77 45.3% LaFata, Richard 145 120 82.8% Watson, Carl B 303 146 48.2%
COLUMBIA SC Hearing Office — 27 ALJs · 2,108 decisions · 58.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bowling, Robert B 2 2 100.0% Bumgarner, Ashley L 110 87 79.1% Capece, Anthony 325 165 50.8% Dail, Grant 7 5 71.4% Daniels, Christopher R 298 167 56.0% Droker, Robert 1 0 0.0% Elkin, Paul 308 151 49.0% Finnie, Michael E 1 1 100.0% Fleming, Ronald 146 108 74.0% Gray, Stacy 6 5 83.3% Grounds, Sonya 1 1 100.0% Hall, Brandie 1 1 100.0% Healy, Philip J 2 1 50.0% Herin, Jr., Walter C 220 141 64.1% Jones, Brian 1 1 100.0% Jones, Stephanie M 1 1 100.0% Messina, Christopher 2 1 50.0% Pustizzi, Jennifer 12 11 91.7% Renfroe, Mary M 8 8 100.0% Selland, R. Dirk 6 3 50.0% Shoenholz, Jonathan T 300 182 60.7% Silva, Mario G 0 0 — Spangler, Todd 1 1 100.0% Thawley, John A 5 4 80.0% Vallecillo, Gonzalo 1 1 100.0% Vineyard, Joshua 323 165 51.1% Vinson, Flora L 20 10 50.0%
FLORENCE Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,565 decisions · 48.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Digby, Patrick R. 222 85 38.3% Gray, Stacy 24 14 58.3% Green, Gloria W 3 3 100.0% Grimes, James 333 130 39.0% Lewis, Jason A 352 239 67.9% Richey, Mallette 311 138 44.4% Weaver, Cynthia G 34 10 29.4% Williams, Lori J 286 144 50.3%
GREENVILLE Hearing Office — 13 ALJs · 2,244 decisions · 64.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Craven, Amanda 350 253 72.3% Cumbie, James 337 260 77.2% Dixon III, Andrew 5 4 80.0% Fritz, Colin 248 140 56.5% Hess, Thaddeus J 446 286 64.1% Jordan, Alice 57 33 57.9% Lott, Roger 0 0 — Martin, James M 322 208 64.6% Paschall, Ann G. 7 5 71.4% Peace, Jerry W 160 80 50.0% Petri, J. 308 182 59.1% Thawley, John A 1 1 100.0% Walter, Nicholas 3 1 33.3%
Tennessee — 55 ALJs across 6 offices · 57.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 55 ALJs · 11,945 decisions · 6,878 awards
CHATTANOOGA Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 1,756 decisions · 69.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benedict, Lauren L 297 193 65.0% Brownfield, Michael L 2 2 100.0% Case, John E 357 283 79.3% Kliner, Wesley R 277 217 78.3% Lappin, Randi E 124 100 80.6% Luffman-Minor, Kristie 236 142 60.2% McHenry, Laura G 118 97 82.2% Morehead, Suhirjahaan 280 135 48.2% Pierce, Katie H 3 1 33.3% Swan, Michael R 62 58 93.5%
FRANKLIN TN Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 2,810 decisions · 53.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Daughtry, John R 296 190 64.2% Dougherty, Brian 336 183 54.5% Finnie, Michael E 231 100 43.3% Heath, Shannon H 294 101 34.4% Morgan, Kerry 100 67 67.0% Neuhoff, Elizabeth P 289 132 45.7% Reap, J. D 293 205 70.0% Roberts-Reap, Linda Gai 248 191 77.0% Shimer, Scott C 342 166 48.5% Suttles, Gary J 289 97 33.6% Turner, Marty S 92 60 65.2%
KINGSPORT Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,312 decisions · 56.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Barber, Robin J 325 125 38.5% Battles, Brian 104 39 37.5% Burton, Benjamin 305 141 46.2% Evans, III, George L 25 17 68.0% Hogan, Gentry C 219 165 75.3% Howard, Charles R 421 249 59.1% Keen, Carolyn 33 17 51.5% Pilkey, Keith C 357 241 67.5% Pottinger, John A 348 197 56.6% Renfroe, Mary M 175 103 58.9%
KNOXVILLE Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,347 decisions · 55.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Burke, J. Elaine 81 58 71.6% Dixon, James 347 227 65.4% Francis, Joyce 206 28 13.6% Green, Gloria W 14 7 50.0% Grissom, K. Dickson 276 162 58.7% Jones, Stephanie M 138 105 76.1% Morgan, Kerry 282 160 56.7% Spangler, Todd 3 1 33.3%
MEMPHIS Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 2,112 decisions · 54.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Eddins-Hill, Rosalind 380 168 44.2% Hodum, Robert 322 192 59.6% Jones, Lyle A 219 113 51.6% Lang, Jerry M 319 171 53.6% Mills, Jennifer 145 104 71.7% Monahan, Camille 118 55 46.6% Peebles, John A 336 190 56.5% Willis, David 273 156 57.1%
NASHVILLE Hearing Office — 8 ALJs · 1,608 decisions · 60.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Andrews – Turner, Renee S 375 257 68.5% Crocker, Boyce 0 0 — Finnie, Michael E 3 2 66.7% Martin, Robert 380 171 45.0% Pietrangelo, Angele 365 233 63.8% Silva, Mario G 3 2 66.7% Taylor, William F 100 81 81.0% Thomas, Jennifer B 382 221 57.9%
Texas — 77 ALJs across 7 offices · 57.0% state approval
Statewide totals: 77 ALJs · 21,273 decisions · 12,134 awards
DALLAS DOWNTOWN Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,439 decisions · 60.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Collins, Peri 9 4 44.4% Foley, David 398 208 52.3% Kinnell, Tresie 298 181 60.7% Lahat, Gal 282 196 69.5% Maiben, Evelyn 357 235 65.8% Mendola, Mark J 179 84 46.9% Sartor, Rebecca B 240 134 55.8% Sauve, Michael 366 191 52.2% Thames, Tammy A 308 240 77.9% Wurm, David R 2 1 50.0%
DALLAS NORTH OHO Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 3,400 decisions · 65.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Haigler, Jr., Whitfield 341 309 90.6% Isherwood, Paul 104 33 31.7% Kim, Mark 402 195 48.5% Kinkade, Jana 363 276 76.0% Liken, Joseph 429 375 87.4% Mendola, Mark J 1 1 100.0% Nestler, Julie 398 161 40.5% Phillips, Derek N 355 239 67.3% Shilling, Ralph F 238 132 55.5% Walters, Charles 348 290 83.3% Wheeler, Thomas J 421 200 47.5%
FORT WORTH Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,365 decisions · 54.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Batik, Kevin 409 200 48.9% Bowen, Carol K 189 116 61.4% Carvalho, Sherrill A. L 373 192 51.5% Cima, Brock 381 205 53.8% Hamner, Darren 381 244 64.0% Hertzig, Michael S 1 0 0.0% Panter, Marjorie 198 84 42.4% Roberts, Laura 407 237 58.2% Van Dyck, Christopher 15 7 46.7% Wyatt, Kimberly O 11 6 54.5%
HOUSTON NORTH Hearing Office — 9 ALJs · 3,534 decisions · 56.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Gutierrez, David R 413 303 73.4% Hebert, David J 339 173 51.0% Helget, Thomas J 488 243 49.8% Howard, William B 331 194 58.6% Meyer, Gerald L 407 229 56.3% Sharp, William 383 162 42.3% Simmons, D’Lisa 440 319 72.5% Stubblefield, Ross 543 257 47.3% Williams, Jr., Harry L 190 121 63.7%
HOUSTON WEST Hearing Office — 11 ALJs · 3,244 decisions · 55.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bach, Laura 441 313 71.0% Beers, Caroline H 372 139 37.4% Bennett, Vincent 244 88 36.1% Boyle, Solomon 304 149 49.0% Burdette, Robert N 333 224 67.3% Eason, Kimani R 391 192 49.1% Gilbert, Richard A 433 257 59.4% Matthews, Kelly 342 137 40.1% Mendola, Mark J 5 3 60.0% Strong, Helen F 309 267 86.4% Suing, Timothy 70 44 62.9%
RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 827 decisions · 58.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Kerber, Carrie 20 5 25.0% Patel, Hiral D 459 292 63.6% Reeves, William P 240 127 52.9% Wyatt, Kimberly O 108 62 57.4%
SAN ANTONIO Hearing Office — 22 ALJs · 5,464 decisions · 52.3% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Allen, Matthew 385 206 53.5% Barnett, Ben 297 147 49.5% Brower, Charles L 361 155 42.9% Brown, Katherine W 327 154 47.1% Fraiser, Jim 3 1 33.3% Gazda, Peter F 340 285 83.8% Holmes, Janice L 327 135 41.3% Jones, Marc 24 14 58.3% Kirkpatrick, Melinda W 332 174 52.4% Kramer, Ilene B 206 134 65.0% McKay, Bernard J 334 174 52.1% McPhail, Robert M 309 199 64.4% Mendola, Mark J 2 1 50.0% Momcilovic, Gordan 354 71 20.1% Murdock, Alexis 301 238 79.1% Perez, Lissette C 277 159 57.4% Reeves, William P 2 1 50.0% Skarda, Trevor 1 1 100.0% Swayze, Mark M 293 72 24.6% Wilkerson, Dwight D 283 186 65.7% Wilkov, Penny 317 152 47.9% Wurm, David R 389 199 51.2%
Utah — 6 ALJs across 1 office · 54.4% state approval
Statewide totals: 6 ALJs · 2,008 decisions · 1,092 awards
SALT LAKE CITY Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 2,008 decisions · 54.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bruce, Gerald R 443 126 28.4% Mitchell, Preston L 451 247 54.8% Thompson, David W 436 184 42.2% Van Vleck, Deborah J 90 51 56.7% Warner, M. Thayne 487 411 84.4% Wolfe, J. Doug 101 73 72.3%
Virginia — 20 ALJs across 4 offices · 49.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 20 ALJs · 6,155 decisions · 3,050 awards
CHARLOTTESVILLE Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,311 decisions · 43.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Koclanes, Peter N 400 193 48.2% Moore, Carol G 143 64 44.8% Munday, H. 367 146 39.8% Rippel, Brian B 401 170 42.4%
NORFOLK Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,788 decisions · 50.7% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bright, Maryann S 346 147 42.5% Flynn, Monica L 151 75 49.7% Gendreau, Chad 374 188 50.3% Jordan, Jeffrey M 310 162 52.3% Matula, Carol 332 170 51.2% Pflugrath, William 275 165 60.0%
RICHMOND Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,904 decisions · 46.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Baker, Mark 361 190 52.6% Eklund, Eric 380 212 55.8% Foster, Nicolas R 422 227 53.8% Johnson, Jr., Anthony J 353 190 53.8% Knight, Suzette 386 71 18.4% Schueler, Jeffrey J 2 1 50.0%
ROANOKE Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,152 decisions · 58.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Erwin, Thomas W 340 214 62.9% Gabello, James 361 167 46.3% Schueler, Jeffrey J 136 81 59.6% Scruton, Joseph T 315 217 68.9%
Washington — 23 ALJs across 3 offices · 62.1% state approval
Statewide totals: 23 ALJs · 4,682 decisions · 2,907 awards
SEATTLE Hearing Office — 10 ALJs · 2,118 decisions · 58.2% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Erickson, Allen G 126 45 35.7% Frost-Wolf, Joyce 95 54 56.8% Johnson, David 3 2 66.7% LaCara, Cecilia 289 81 28.0% Leise, Sue 87 65 74.7% Mangrum, Timothy 332 261 78.6% Mariano-Jackson, Evange 375 270 72.0% Prinsloo, C. H 268 168 62.7% Ross, Malcolm 382 204 53.4% Valente, Laura 161 82 50.9%
SPOKANE Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,375 decisions · 72.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Freund, Lori L 134 106 79.1% Henry, Brian J 5 5 100.0% Palachuk, Marie 169 85 50.3% Shumway, Jesse K 300 163 54.3% Siderius, Caroline 71 55 77.5% Stallings, Stewart 360 267 74.2% Walker, Donna L 336 310 92.3%
TACOMA Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,189 decisions · 57.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Erickson, Allen G 142 45 31.7% Johnson, David 348 158 45.4% Kidd, M. S 2 0 0.0% Lee, Lawrence 1 1 100.0% Sullivan, Margaret M 338 302 89.3% Triplett, Mark 358 178 49.7%
West Virginia — 17 ALJs across 3 offices · 55.6% state approval
Statewide totals: 17 ALJs · 4,355 decisions · 2,420 awards
CHARLESTON WV Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,815 decisions · 58.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bawolek, Valerie A 80 62 77.5% Brown, Nathan 124 46 37.1% Buel, Sr., Toby J 153 117 76.5% Crislip, M. D 440 309 70.2% Galloway, Christopher 447 267 59.7% Mullins, Breinne A 182 91 50.0% Serafin, Francine A 389 177 45.5%
HUNTINGTON WV Hearing Office — 4 ALJs · 1,354 decisions · 48.9% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Hajjar, Christina 413 211 51.1% Hodges, Maria 464 239 51.5% Meade, Jerry 258 87 33.7% Wells, Melinda 219 125 57.1%
MORGANTOWN Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,186 decisions · 58.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Carpenter, Regina 109 61 56.0% Crockett, Brian 367 233 63.5% Kostol, Karen B 88 46 52.3% La Vicka, Jeffrey P 338 184 54.4% Milanes, Juan E 174 82 47.1% Preston, Susan 110 83 75.5%
Wisconsin — 12 ALJs across 2 offices · 58.3% state approval
Statewide totals: 12 ALJs · 3,777 decisions · 2,201 awards
MADISON Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 1,615 decisions · 69.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Balter, Michael N 1 1 100.0% Freyberg, Gary A 309 180 58.3% Jacobson, Joseph D 412 316 76.7% Parker, Guila 224 146 65.2% Pyrtel, Ahavaha 411 297 72.3% Schaefer, Michael 258 181 70.2%
MILWAUKEE Hearing Office — 6 ALJs · 2,162 decisions · 50.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bedwell, Brent C 404 187 46.3% O’Grady, Margaret J 339 171 50.4% Rouf, Arman 383 182 47.5% Schwalbach, Nicholas J 453 234 51.7% Shenkenberg, William 364 203 55.8% Syrjanen, Dean 219 103 47.0%
National Hearing Centers (Video Hearings) — 69 ALJs across 6 offices · 53.5% state approval
Statewide totals: 69 ALJs · 10,303 decisions · 5,514 awards
NHC ALBUQUERQUE Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,185 decisions · 50.0% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Carr, Michael 1 0 0.0% Frost-Wolf, Joyce 264 109 41.3% O’Melinn, Barry 263 133 50.6% Pierce, Katie H 57 31 54.4% Rauenzahn, MaryKay 240 158 65.8% Rolph, John W 124 65 52.4% Van Vleck, Deborah J 236 96 40.7%
NHC BALTIMORE Hearing Office — 15 ALJs · 1,977 decisions · 48.6% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Barker, Paul D 284 129 45.4% Benton, A. 18 11 61.1% Bozarth, Shawn 318 181 56.9% Chin, Stanley K 97 59 60.8% Dillon, Christopher L 34 18 52.9% Freedman, Robert 111 51 45.9% Grunberg, Hope G 33 16 48.5% Hammock, Melissa 326 161 49.4% Levey, Lawrence 50 37 74.0% Loughlin, John 305 122 40.0% Mastin, Jeffrey 38 31 81.6% Ortis, Jesus 3 2 66.7% Pang, David S 19 12 63.2% Penn, Laureen 161 71 44.1% Woode, Charles 180 59 32.8%
NHC CHICAGO Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 1,789 decisions · 51.1% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Bridges, Kathryn 124 61 49.2% Fuller, Roxanne 174 98 56.3% Kramzyk, Henry 143 35 24.5% Lucas, Brian 192 120 62.5% Martin, Denise M 17 13 76.5% Martin, John 268 170 63.4% Poulose, Mary Ann 215 112 52.1% Sanzi, Thomas J 169 25 14.8% Sharrard, Anne 159 77 48.4% Sokolski, Deanna L 62 38 61.3% Thrasher, Richard 14 13 92.9% Valkavich, Helen 252 152 60.3%
NHC FALLS CHURCH Hearing Office — 12 ALJs · 1,444 decisions · 51.4% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Battles, Brian 135 39 28.9% Carr, Michael 81 28 34.6% Chaykin, Benjamin 164 95 57.9% Dummer, Rosanne M 73 60 82.2% Ebner, Elizabeth 56 38 67.9% Fuller, Roxanne 7 3 42.9% Garrian, Tanya J 4 3 75.0% Hannan, B. 186 109 58.6% Kim, T. 300 115 38.3% Manico, William M 137 121 88.3% Moldafsky, Gregory 197 71 36.0% Smith, Susan 104 60 57.7%
NHC ST LOUIS Hearing Office — 7 ALJs · 1,312 decisions · 45.5% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Benton, A. 89 44 49.4% Doyle, Joseph R 268 99 36.9% Harvin-Woode, Mattie 67 35 52.2% Mengesha-Brown, Trina 258 127 49.2% Preston, Kathryn 222 97 43.7% Steger, Brian M 343 151 44.0% White, Gregory 65 44 67.7%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Hearing Office — 16 ALJs · 2,596 decisions · 65.8% approval
Judge Decisions Awards Approval rate
Alden, Randolph W 220 143 65.0% Cabotaje, Michael A 1 1 100.0% Day, Kelley 234 135 57.7% DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R 206 130 63.1% Eiler, Kathleen H 207 107 51.7% Fuller, Roxanne 0 0 — Hockensmith, Mark 255 188 73.7% Labrum, Robert J 246 157 63.8% Lunderman, MaryAnn 77 38 49.4% Nagle, Kim Soo 141 81 57.4% Ohanesian, Nicholas M 1 1 100.0% Smiley, Jennifer 292 219 75.0% Walter, Nicholas 222 158 71.2% Warner, Melissa 245 176 71.8% Weathers, Ena 200 150 75.0% Wexler, April M 49 25 51.0%
What you can — and cannot — control about which judge you get
The honest answer: you cannot pick your judge. ALJs are assigned by SSA based on a rotation that accounts for caseload, hearing-office capacity, and scheduling availability.
A few things you can influence:
Hearing location. Where you live determines which hearing office handles your case, and SSA does sometimes consolidate hearings via video to a different office. If you’re aware of which offices have which approval-rate patterns, your representative can sometimes request specific accommodations.In-person vs. video vs. phone. Each format has tradeoffs. Some claimants do better in-person; some are better served by phone hearings. A practiced disability lawyer will help decide which format suits your case.Continuance requests can occasionally lead to reassignment, though this is unpredictable and shouldn’t be the strategy.
What matters far more than which judge you draw: how well your case is prepared.
What strong case preparation looks like — regardless of the judge
Approval-rate variance is real, but it doesn’t mean a low-approval judge will deny a strong case. It means that on a marginal case, a tougher judge will deny what a more lenient judge might approve. The way to insulate yourself from variance is to make sure your case isn’t marginal.
The case-preparation steps that matter most:
A complete and current medical record. Gaps in treatment, missing specialist records, or test results not in the file are the single biggest avoidable problem we see in losing cases.A treating physician’s medical source statement — a structured opinion from your doctor about what you can and cannot do during a workday, supported by clinical findings.Function reports and witness statements that match the medical record. Inconsistency between what you wrote on the SSA-3373 and what your doctor’s notes show is exploited by every ALJ, regardless of approval rate tendency.Vocational evidence development. The vocational expert at your hearing will testify about jobs you can supposedly still do. A prepared lawyer cross-examines that testimony to demonstrate why those jobs don’t actually fit your residual functional capacity (RFC).A theory of the case. Whether your case wins on a Listing, on a Medical-Vocational Allowance under the grids, or on a function-by-function RFC analysis — your representative should know which path applies and prepare evidence accordingly.
A high-approval-rate judge can still deny a poorly-prepared case. A low-approval-rate judge can still approve a strong one. The variance shrinks substantially when the case itself is bulletproof.
If you’re preparing for a hearing in Colorado
The data above is national. If you’re a claimant in Colorado, New Mexico, or anywhere in SSA Region 8, we have a separate post that breaks down approval rates by individual ALJ for the Denver, Colorado Springs, and Albuquerque hearing offices — including which Denver judges are running 80%+ approvals and which are below 50%. Read it here: SSDI Judge Approval Rates in Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, and Albuquerque .
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Methodology and source
The data in this post comes from SSA’s publicly published Administrative Law Judge Disposition Data file (created November 17, 2025, covering decisions through September 26, 2025). It includes all dispositions issued by ALJs during the reporting period: fully favorable decisions, partially favorable decisions, denials, and dismissals.
Approval rate is calculated as Total Awards ÷ Total Decisions (excluding dismissals from the denominator, since dismissals are not adjudications on the merits). For distribution analysis we limited to ALJs with 50+ decisions to reduce noise from judges who heard very few cases during the period; for individual ALJ rankings we limited to those with 100+ decisions. Office-level analysis is limited to offices with 1,000+ decisions.
The dataset is updated periodically by SSA. We update this post each year to reflect the most recent figures. If you want to verify any of the numbers above, the source file is at: https://www.ssa.gov/appeals/DataSets/03_ALJ_Disposition_Data.html
Frequently asked questions
Can I find out which ALJ is assigned to my case before the hearing?
Yes. Once your hearing is scheduled, the Notice of Hearing will include the ALJ’s name. SSA’s public dataset (linked above) lets you look up that judge’s recent approval-rate history.
Does a low-approval-rate judge mean I’ll lose?
No. It means the average claimant who appeared before that judge during the reporting period was approved at a lower rate. Your case is decided on its own merits. A well-prepared case with strong medical evidence and credible testimony can win in front of any judge — and a poorly-prepared case can lose in front of any judge.
Why do approval rates vary so much between judges?
ALJs apply the same regulations, but they exercise discretion in how they weigh evidence — how much weight to give a treating physician’s opinion, how to evaluate pain and fatigue testimony, how to interpret vocational expert testimony. Different judges weight these factors differently, which produces the variance you see in the data.
Has the national approval rate changed over time?
Yes, significantly. National ALJ approval rates were as high as 60–62% in the mid-2010s, dropped into the high-40s during a period of stricter adjudication policy, and have recovered to roughly 58% as of the most recent reporting period. Trends vary by office and judge, and shifts in SSA policy and case-mix can move the numbers in either direction.
What hearing office will my case be assigned to?
Generally, the hearing office serving your zip code. SSA’s hearing office locator gives the official assignment. Some hearings are consolidated to National Hearing Centers (NHCs) that hear cases via video from anywhere in the country.
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