Judge Michelle Thompson is an Administrative Law Judge in the Atlanta Downtown Hearing Office in Georgia

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 2020 data  ·  1 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.

100%
Case Approval Rate
53%
Office Average
49%
Georgia 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 100% 0% 0% 1
2025 50% 50% 0% 4
2025 64% 20% 17% 184
2025 100% 0% 0% 3
2025 94% 0% 6% 17
2020 100% 0% 0% 1
2020 100% 0% 0% 1
2020 70% 10% 20% 10
2020 75% 10% 15% 20
2020 63% 19% 18% 209
2020 67% 33% 0% 3
2019 100% 0% 0% 4
2019 55% 23% 23% 22
2019 90% 10% 0% 10
2019 67% 16% 18% 341
2019 100% 0% 0% 3
2019 100% 0% 0% 2
2018 100% 0% 0% 1
2018 59% 24% 17% 219
2018 100% 0% 0% 1
2018 0% 100% 0% 1
2017 71% 24% 5% 21
2017 50% 50% 0% 4
2017 51% 29% 20% 466
2017 60% 20% 20% 5
2017 100% 0% 0% 1
2016 74% 9% 17% 23
2016 38% 63% 0% 8
2016 100% 0% 0% 2
2016 52% 30% 18% 488
2015 64% 27% 9% 11
2015 33% 0% 67% 3
2015 0% 50% 50% 2
2015 49% 35% 17% 527
2014 67% 33% 0% 3
2014 43% 33% 24% 565
2014 14% 71% 14% 7
2014 20% 80% 0% 5
2014 100% 0% 0% 1
2014 33% 67% 0% 3
2014 67% 17% 17% 6
2013 50% 50% 0% 2
2013 45% 35% 20% 697
2012 50% 32% 17% 587
2012 38% 48% 14% 21

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
2020 Atlanta Downtown (Current)
2017 Atlanta Downtown
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.

264 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
18%
Dismissal
Rate
29%
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.