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Jan 7, 2009

ALJs With Highest And Lowest Reversal Rates

The database posted by The Oregonian makes it possible to generate a list of Administrative Law Judges with the highest and lowest reversal rates, that is the rate at which they approve claims. These lists are somewhat misleading since they include ALJs in supervisory positions and ALJs who retired early in the year, but here are the lists of the highest and lowest, with their total dispositions.

Highest Allowance Rates
Judge Name Decisions Total Dispositions Fully Favorable Partially Favorable Approval RateAscending Unfavorable Denial Rate Year
BURKE, JAMES A 899 958 832 35 91% 32 3% 2008
WASHINGTON, CALVIN 1,038 1,106 981 27 91% 30 3% 2008
WHITE, DOUGLAS G 455 481 430 6 91% 19 4% 2008
STOREY, PETER B 214 223 204 2 92% 8 4% 2008
BUEL, SR., TOBY J 474 501 461 3 93% 10 2% 2008
KRAFSUR, GERALD I 618 657 599 13 93% 6 1% 2008
SMITH, MANNY 378 404 362 13 93% 3 1% 2008
TAYLOR, II, HARRY C 989 1,020 942 7 93% 40 4% 2008
ALDEN, NANCY 442 464 415 19 94% 8 2% 2008
GORMLEY III, MATTHEW J 63 66 61 1 94% 1 2% 2008
DAUGHERTY, DAVID B 1,250 1,291 1,238 1 96% 11 1% 2008
O'BRYAN JR., W HOWARD 1,690 1,750 1,670 10 96% 10 1% 2008
WIEMAN, F. JOSEPH 57 59 54 3 97% 0 0% 2008
GARMON, OLLIE 145 146 145 0 99% 0 0% 2008
CRISTAUDO, FRANK 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0% 2008


Lowest Allowance Rates
Judge Name Decisions Total Dispositions Fully Favorable Partially Favorable Approval RateAscending Unfavorable Denial Rate Year
MASON, THOMASINE G 3 3 0 0 0% 3 100% 2008
RUCKER, JAMES R 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0% 2008
ABRAMS, RICHARD L 108 150 11 5 11% 92 61% 2008
ABRUZZO, DOUGLAS W 185 233 21 6 12% 158 68% 2008
ORR, WALTER 254 339 36 5 12% 213 63% 2008
WRIGHT, ROBERT 524 3,154 379 40 13% 105 3% 2008
FAVA, ANTHONY 39 43 4 2 14% 33 77% 2008
HARPER, RICHARD H 223 1,028 130 12 14% 81 8% 2008
DOMBECK, JAMES E 285 1,289 155 36 15% 94 7% 2008
KUPERSMITH, LINDA E 99 176 24 5 16% 70 40% 2008
PADILLA, MELVIN A 296 335 27 26 16% 243 73% 2008
RODRIGUEZ, GILBERT 449 479 68 13 17% 368 77% 2008
VANDERHOOF, GARY L 835 1,000 142 29 17% 664 66% 2008
BARR, HARRY H 138 158 26 3 18% 109 69% 2008
BLUCHER, JONATHAN P 252 280 20 30 18% 202 72% 2008
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:29 PM, January 07, 2009

    For at least some of the ALJs, these numbers are misleading. For example, as a HOCALJ, Judge Harper signs off on a lot of dismissals; once you look at the decisions only, his approval rate is nearer 50%. I suspect the same is true for others--any ALJ whose total dispositions far outweigh the decisions.

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  2. Anonymous8:08 AM, January 08, 2009

    Any list of where these ALJ's work?
    Thanks

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