Judge Richard LaFata is an Administrative Law Judge in the Charleston Sc Hearing Office in South Carolina

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 2025 data  ·  168 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.

71%
Case Approval Rate
45%
Office Average
49%
South Carolina 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 71% 15% 14% 168
2020 48% 34% 18% 227
2019 39% 37% 24% 284
2018 46% 22% 31% 121
2017 42% 33% 25% 276
2016 42% 43% 15% 354
2015 47% 44% 9% 55
2015 31% 53% 16% 242
2014 23% 48% 30% 101

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
2025 Charleston Sc (Current)
2020 Charleston Sc
2019 Charleston Sc
2018 Charleston Sc
2017 Charleston Sc
2016 Charleston Sc
2015 Charleston Sc
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.

233 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
18%
Dismissal
Rate
38%
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.