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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Elkin, Paul
COLUMBIA SC Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
49.0%
-8.8 pts vs national
Total decisions
308
Fully favorable
137
44.5%
Partially favorable
14
4.5%
Denials
157
51.0%
Total dispositions
362
Dismissals
54
14.9%
Awards
151
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 44.5%Partially fav. 4.5%Denied 51.0%
Approval rate history
FY2016
51.9%208 dec
FY2017
43.7%364 dec
FY2018
57.3%419 dec
FY2019
47.7%472 dec
FY2020
56.1%394 dec
FY2021
50.4%371 dec
FY2022
51.2%256 dec
FY2023
46.3%322 dec
FY2024
56.5%267 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at COLUMBIA SC (26)
- Thawley, John A263 dec90.9%
- Messina, Christopher34 dec82.4%
- Grounds, Sonya86 dec79.1%
- Bumgarner, Ashley L332 dec78.9%
- Jones, Stephanie M138 dec76.1%
- Fleming, Ronald146 dec74.0%
- Hall, Brandie178 dec70.8%
- Gray, Stacy175 dec70.3%
- Herin, Jr., Walter C220 dec64.1%
- Selland, R. Dirk123 dec63.4%
- Dail, Grant210 dec62.4%
- Shoenholz, Jonathan T300 dec60.7%
- Jones, Brian128 dec60.2%
- Renfroe, Mary M175 dec58.9%
- Vallecillo, Gonzalo114 dec56.1%
- Daniels, Christopher R298 dec56.0%
- Droker, Robert177 dec52.0%
- Vineyard, Joshua323 dec51.1%
- Capece, Anthony325 dec50.8%
- Vinson, Flora L20 dec50.0%
- Spangler, Todd175 dec46.9%
- Pustizzi, Jennifer160 dec45.6%
- Healy, Philip J170 dec45.3%
- Finnie, Michael E231 dec43.3%
- Bowling, Robert B154 dec38.3%
- Silva, Mario G6 dec33.3%