Judge David Tobias is an Administrative Law Judge in the Brooklyn Hearing Office in New York

The statistics below are based on publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and show how this judge’s outcomes compare to office, state, and national averages.

Judge Statistics

Based on FY 2016 data  ·  369 hearing decisions

Approval rates reflect aggregated hearing outcomes and can vary based on case type, evidence, and procedural factors. They do not predict the outcome of individual cases.

53%
Case Approval Rate
47%
Office Average
55%
New York Average
49%
National Average

Approval rate by year

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Approval Rate
Denials
Dismissals
Decision Count
2025 67% 17% 16% 353
2020 56% 24% 20% 294
2019 60% 19% 21% 375
2018 64% 24% 12% 217
2017 44% 24% 32% 91
2017 57% 22% 21% 371
2016 53% 21% 25% 369
2015 65% 28% 6% 81
2015 57% 22% 21% 298
2014 57% 26% 17% 492
2013 59% 24% 17% 351

Disability Judges displays only verified years currently available in the underlying dataset. Gaps between years do not necessarily indicate inactivity by the judge and may reflect limitations in publicly available historical source data. Not every fiscal year may be represented.

Office assignment history

These values represent historical hearing outcomes for this judge based on Social Security Administration data and may vary by year depending on case mix and reporting changes.

Fiscal Year
Office
2016 Brooklyn (Current)
2015 Brooklyn
Additional judge statistics

These statistics provide additional context about hearing outcomes and case processing.
They describe aggregated activity and are not intended to be used in isolation.

756 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
20%
Dismissal
Rate
33%
Denied
Rate

All statistics on this page are derived from publicly available Social Security Administration hearing data and are intended to provide a general summary of historical outcomes.