Judge Richard Lafata - Approval Rate & Hearing Statistics
Charleston SC, South Carolina · SSA Region 04
Statistics cover the 12 months ending April 2025 — Judge Richard Lafata's most recent month with recorded decisions.
Reported through April 2025. SSA's files record no decisions by Judge Richard Lafata after April 2025, so the figures below cover the 12 months ending April 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
75.9%
vs 59.4% national, same period
Denial Rate
24.1%
of decisions
Fully Favorable
46.1%
of decisions
Total Decisions
245
12 months ending April 2025
Total Dispositions
300
12 months ending April 2025
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Judge Richard Lafata Approval Rate Over Time
Historical approval rate for Judge Richard Lafata
Based on 8 monthly data points with 20+ decisions each, across Judge Richard Lafata's full record in SSA's files — not only the 12 months ending April 2025.
Understanding Judge Richard Lafata's Statistics
Judge Richard Lafata is an Administrative Law Judge at the Charleston SC hearing office. In the 12 months ending April 2025, this judge decided 245 cases, with an approval rate of 75.9%.
This approval rate is above the national average of 59.4%. This places the judge among those with higher-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.
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