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    • Jeremy Alper, Administrative Law Judge
    • Allison Alvarado, Administrative Law Judge
    • Repunzelle Bullock, Administrative Law Judge
    • Curt D. Campbell Jr., Administrative Law Judge
    • Deborah Carroll, Administrative Law Judge
    • Nicholas H. Cobbs, Administrative Law Judge
    • Akua D. Coppock, Administrative Law Judge
    • Christopher Costa, Administrative Law Judge
    • Claudia A. Crichlow, Administrative Law Judge
    • Kimberley Cruz, Administrative Law Judge
    • M. Colleen Currie, Chief Administrative Law Judge
    • Thomas M. Deal, Administrative Law Judge
    • William L. England, Jr., Administrative Law Judge
    • Jack Gilmore, Administrative Law Judge
    • Sharon E. Goodie, Administrative Law Judge
    • Marissa Gunn, Administrative Law Judge
    • Scott Harvey, Administrative Law Judge
    • Yewande Kolawole, Administrative Law Judge
    • Pavan S. Krishnamurthy, Administrative Law Judge
    • Jason Lederstein, Administrative Law Judge
    • Burth G. López, Administrative Law Judge
    • John Lui, Administrative Law Judge
    • Margaret A. Mangan, Administrative Law Judge
    • Mary Masulla, Administrative Law Judge
    • Samuel McClendon, Administrative Law Judge
    • Calonette M. McDonald, Administrative Law Judge
    • Millicent Newhouse, Administrative Law Judge
    • Nichole Opkins, Administrative Law Judge
    • Angela S. Robinson, Administrative Law Judge
    • Bennett Rushkoff, Administrative Law Judge
    • Robert E. Sharkey, Administrative Law Judge
    • Alexis Taylor, Administrative Law Judge
    • Arabella W. Teal, Administrative Law Judge
    • Vytas Varekojis Vergeer, Administrative Law Judge
    • Bernard H. Weberman, Administrative Law Judge

    About the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)

    What We Do

    The Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) is an independent office in EPA's Office of Mission Support. The Administrative Law Judges conduct hearings and render decisions in proceedings between the EPA and persons, businesses, government entities, and other organizations that are, or are alleged to be, regulated under environmental laws.

    Administrative Law Judges preside in enforcement and permit proceedings in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Most enforcement actions initiated by the EPA are for the assessment of civil penalties. The Administrative Law Judges also conduct hearings and render decisions in appeals from determinations of the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in complaints of violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of and of the EPA's implementing regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 7.  The Part 7 procedures and further information regarding OCR and the Title VI complaint process are posted on EPA's Civil Rights website.

    All litigants before the Administrative Law Judges are offered the opportunity to resolve enforcement cases through alternative dispute resolution with a neutral mediator.

    Federal administrative law judges are certified by the Office of Personnel Management and appointed in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § They have decisional independence pursuant to Section of the APA, 5 U.S.C. § , which ensures the fair and impartial resolution of proceedings.

    Decisions issued by the Administrative Law Judges are subject to review by the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). An Administrative Law Judge's initial decision, which is a disposition of all of the issues in a proceeding, becomes the final order of the EPA within 45 days after service upon the parties, unless a party appeals to the EAB, or the EAB on its own initiative elects to review the initial decision.

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    ALJ Biographies

    Susan H. Anderson, Administrative Law Judge

    University of Maryland College Park; University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, J.D.

    Legal Experience: Deputy Chief Hearing Examiner of Lower Appeals at Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; Law Offices of Evangelous D. Sidou; Law Offices of David A. Sherbow.

    Other: National Association of Unemployment Insurance Appeals Professionals.

    Daniel Andrews, Administrative Law Judge

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D.

    Clerkship: The Honorable Bruce C. Williams, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.

    Legal Experience: Talbot County State’s Attorney Office; Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Office.

    Other: Anne Arundel County Bar Association.

    Rachael Barnett, Administrative Law Judge

    Bryn Mawr College; University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, J.D.

    Legal Experience: Assistant Attorney General (Maryland Office of the Attorney General).

    Other: Maryland State Bar Association: Administrative Law Section Council, Bench-Bar Section Council; Baltimore County Bar Association; National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary; Maryland Association of Administrative Law Judiciary.

    Willis Gunther Baker, Administrative Law Judge

    Mount Saint Mary’s University, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D.

    Legal Experience: Semmes, Bowen & Semmes; Office of Administrative Hearings; Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

    Other: National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary; Maryland Association of Administrative Law Judiciary.

    Robert F. Barry Administrative Law Judge

    University of Maryland College Park; University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, J.D.

    Legal Experience: Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

    Kristin Blumer, Administrative Law Judge

    Bucknell University, University of Baltimore Schoo

    Administrative law judge

    Judge and trier of fact

    "ALJ" redirects here. For other uses, see ALJ (disambiguation).

    An administrative law judge (ALJ) in the United States is a judge and trier of fact who both presides over trials and adjudicates claims or disputes involving administrative law, thus involving administrative units of the executive branch of government. ALJs can administer oaths, take testimony, rule on questions of evidence, and make factual and legal determinations.

    In the United States, the United States Supreme Court has recognized that the role of a federal administrative law judge is "functionally comparable" to that of an Article III judge. An ALJ's powers are often, if not generally, comparable to those of a trial judge, as ALJs may issue subpoenas, rule on proffers of evidence, regulate the course of the hearing, and make or recommend decisions.

    Depending upon the agency's jurisdiction, proceedings may have complex multi-party adjudication, as is the case with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or simplified and less formal procedures, as is the case with the Social Security Administration.

    Federal appointment and tenure

    The Administrative Procedure Act of (APA) requires that federal ALJs be appointed based on scores achieved in a comprehensive testing procedure, including a four-hour written examination and an oral examination before a panel that includes an Office of Personnel Management representative, an American Bar Association representative, and a sitting federal ALJ.

    In American administrative law, ALJs are Article I judges under the U.S. Constitution. As such, they do not exercise full judicial power, essentially, the power over life, liberty, and property. Article I (legislative) judges and courts are not constrained to rendering opinions for only a "case or controversy" before them and may render advisory opinions on a purely prospective basis, such as, e.g., Congressional reference cases ass