Judge Scott C Firestone is an Administrative Law Judge in the Ft Lauderdale Hearing Office in Florida

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  ·  5 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.

40%
Case Approval Rate
39%
Office Average
49%
Florida 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% 33% 0% 3
2025 42% 37% 20% 132
2020 50% 25% 25% 8
2020 59% 24% 17% 176
2020 40% 40% 20% 5
2019 54% 27% 19% 242
2018 47% 28% 25% 64
2018 50% 0% 50% 2
2017 57% 22% 22% 198
2016 52% 34% 15% 197
2015 65% 21% 14% 214
2014 61% 20% 19% 259
2014 68% 8% 25% 53
2013 53% 13% 34% 591
2012 53% 16% 31% 826
2011 63% 20% 17% 640
2010 66% 19% 16% 399

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 Ft Lauderdale (Current)
2018 Ft Lauderdale
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.

282 Days
Average Case
Processing Time
20%
Dismissal
Rate
42%
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.