Judge Laura Valente - Approval Rate & Hearing Statistics
Seattle, Washington · SSA Region 10
Statistics cover the 12 months ending March 2025 — Judge Laura Valente's most recent month with recorded decisions.
Reported through March 2025. SSA's files record no decisions by Judge Laura Valente after March 2025, so the figures below cover the 12 months ending March 2025 rather than the 12 months ending July 2026 the rest of the site reports. The national average shown alongside them is measured over the same months. Judges with no current decisions are left out of rankings and comparisons.
Approval Rate
48.6%
vs 59.6% national, same period
Denial Rate
51.4%
of decisions
Fully Favorable
41%
of decisions
Total Decisions
368
12 months ending March 2025
Total Dispositions
445
12 months ending March 2025
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Judge Laura Valente Approval Rate Over Time
Historical approval rate for Judge Laura Valente
Based on 16 monthly data points with 20+ decisions each, across Judge Laura Valente's full record in SSA's files — not only the 12 months ending March 2025.
Understanding Judge Laura Valente's Statistics
Judge Laura Valente is an Administrative Law Judge at the Seattle hearing office. In the 12 months ending March 2025, this judge decided 368 cases, with an approval rate of 48.6%.
This approval rate is below the national average of 59.6%. This places the judge among those with lower-than-average approval rates.
Important: Past approval rates do not predict future outcomes. Each case is decided on its individual merits based on the evidence presented. Many factors influence outcomes beyond judge statistics, including the quality of medical evidence and legal representation.
Judge Laura Valente Decision Breakdown
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