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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Odar offices

At the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA, 17 different administrative law judges (ALJ) conduct Social Security Disability (SSD) hearings and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) hearings. Currently, in Pittsburgh, the average wait time for a SSI or SSD hearing is 9 months. The average case processing time in Pittsburgh is 387 days. The Pittsburgh average for winning a SSI or SSD disability hearing is 37%. Click on the name of one of the ALJs below to see detailed information about their hearing results. This information for the Pittsburgh ODAR office was last updated on 10/01/2021.


AVERAGE STATISTICS

Office Judges Avg. Hearing Average
Processing Time
Avg. Depositions
Per Day Per ALJ
Cases
Dismissed
Cases
Approved
Cases
Denied
PITTSBURGH 17 9.0 months 387 days 2.1 17% 37% 46%
PENNSYLVANIA 11.8 months 419 days 2.0 18% 46% 36%
National Average:   11.8 months 418 days 1.9 18% 44% 38%

AVERAGE TIME

Hearing
Wait Time
Depositions
Per Day Per ALJ
Average
Processing Time
Cases
Pending
Depositions New Cases Hearings
In Person
Video
Hearings
months days % %

LIST OF JUDGES / 28

Full Name Dismissed Approved Denied
April M Wexler 0% 0% 0%
Helen Valkavich 0% 0% 0%
Michelle Thompson 0% 0% 0%
Manny Smith 0% 0% 0%
John J Porter 0% 0% 0%
Leslie Perry- Dowdell 0% 0% 0%
Joanna Papazekos 0% 0% 0%
Timothy C Pace 0% 0% 0%
Kim Soo Nagle 0% 0% 0%
Joseph F Leary 0% 0% 0%
Paul Kovac 0% 0% 0%
David J Kozma 0% 0% 0%
Guy Koster 0% 0% 0%
William E Kenworthy 0% 0% 0%
Michael S Kaczmarek 0% 0% 0%
Timothy Gates 0% 0% 0%
Myriam C Fernandez Rice 0% 0% 0%
Sarah Ehasz 0% 0% 0%
Sandra R DiMaggio Wallis 0% 0% 0%
Alma S Deleon 0% 0% 0%
Alma S de Leon 0% 0% 0%
Lamar W Davis 0% 0% 0%
Michael F Colligan 0% 0% 0%
Regina Carpenter 0% 0% 0%
James Bukes 0% 0% 0%
David F Brash 0% 0% 0%
Christian Bareford 0% 0% 0%
Natalie Appetta 0% 0% 0%
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