Tacoma, Washington ODAR Office

At the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Tacoma, Washington, 12 different administrative law judges (ALJ) conduct Social Security Disability (SSD) hearings and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) hearings. Currently, in Tacoma, the average wait time for a SSI or SSD hearing is 12.0 months. The average case processing time in Tacoma is 395 days.The Tacoma average for winning a SSI or SSD disibility hearing is 53%. Click on the name of one of the ALJs below to see detailed information about their hearing results. This information for the Tacoma ODAR office was last updated on 4/9/2012.

SSA, Tacoma ODAR Office
2413 Pacific Avenue, Suite 200
Tacoma, Washington 98402

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Office	Judges	Avg. Hearing Wait Time	Average Processing Time	Dispositions Per Day Per ALJ	Cases Dismissed	Cases Approved	Cases Denied
Tacoma	12	12.0 months	395 days	2.3	16%	53%	30%
Washington		11.3 months	350 days	2.3	18%	50%	32%
National Average:		11.4 months	350 days	2.4	17%	49%	35%

Hearing Wait Time:	12.00 months
Dispositions Per Day Per ALJ	2.27
Average Processing Time	395 days
Cases Pending	4592
Dispositions	2187
New Cases	2215
Hearings In Person	90%
Video Hearings	10%

Full Name	Dismissed	Approved	Denied
Judge Michael C Blanton	8%	82%	10%
Judge Joanne E Dantonio	15%	50%	35%
Judge David J DeLaittre	7%	50%	43%
Judge Gary Elliott	14%	66%	20%
Judge Michael Gilbert	26%	23%	51%
Judge Mattie Harvin-Woode	15%	50%	35%
Judge David Johnson	25%	43%	32%
Judge Robert P Kingsley	21%	36%	43%
Judge Scott R Morris	16%	37%	47%
Judge Cynthia D Rosa	22%	60%	18%
Judge Rebekah Ross	17%	47%	36%
Judge James W Sherry	11%	62%	27%

Comments about Judges at the Tacoma Washington ODAR office:

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Judge: Michael C Blanton
Date Posted: 5/10/2012 8:07:58 AM
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This is an excellent ALJ. I'm sure his denial rate will go up at some point a little but he will show compassion and treat everyone fairly.

Judge: Joanne E Dantonio
Date Posted: 5/10/2012 8:05:32 AM
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Not one of the better ALJs. Her decisions are not written well.