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Washington

WA · Region SEA

DDS approval rate

38.8%

-1.0 pts vs national

DDS approval rate

38.8%

National: 39.8%

3-year change

-0.8 pts

Annual receipts

37,726

FY2024

Hearing offices

3

21 ALJs

Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-02

Initial receipts

3,033

Initial determinations

2,211

Initial allowance rate

36.2%

Initial pending

16,847

Recon determinations

1,288

Recon allowance rate

12.0%

Hearing offices in Washington

OfficeRankProcessing daysPendingApprovalJudges
SPOKANE1263131,19370.5%7
SEATTLE1423361,65854.5%10
TACOMA1443451,33257.5%6

ALJs in Washington (21)

Sorted by approval rate.

JudgeOfficeApprovalDecisionsAwardsTrend
Lee, LawrenceTACOMA100.0%11
Walker, Donna LSPOKANE92.3%336310
Sullivan, Margaret MTACOMA89.3%338302
Freund, Lori LSPOKANE79.1%134106
Mangrum, TimothySEATTLE78.6%332261
Siderius, CarolineSPOKANE77.5%7155
Leise, SueSEATTLE74.7%8765
Stallings, StewartSPOKANE74.2%360267
Mariano-Jackson, EvangeSEATTLE72.0%375270
Henry, Brian JBILLINGS63.6%286182
Prinsloo, C. HSEATTLE62.7%268168
Shumway, Jesse KSPOKANE54.3%300163
Ross, MalcolmSEATTLE53.4%382204
Valente, LauraSEATTLE50.9%16182
Palachuk, MarieSPOKANE50.3%16985
Triplett, MarkTACOMA49.7%358178
Johnson, DavidTACOMA45.4%348158
Frost-Wolf, JoyceNHC ALBUQUERQUE41.3%264109
Erickson, Allen GTACOMA31.7%14245
LaCara, CeciliaSEATTLE28.0%28981
Kidd, M. SKANSAS CITY25.0%41