Mary C. Lawton Award Recipients
| 2012 | Mary Beth Richards | Deputy Executive Director, Federal Trade Commission |
| 2011 | Gabriel Taussig | Chief of the Administrative Law Division, New York City Law Department |
| 2010 | The Hon. Karen Clopton | Chief Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission |
2009 | The Hon. William E. Fowler Jr. | Chief Judge, National Transportation Safety Board |
2008 | Peggy Mastroianni | Associate Legal Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
2007 | The Hon. John Vittone | Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Labor |
2006 | Lydia Quarles | Commissioner, Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission |
2005 | Morton Rosenberg | American Law Division, Congressional Research Service |
2004 | Thomas Spahr | Cheif Legal Counsel, Child Support Enforcement Division, State of New Mexico |
2003 | Michael Messitte | Settlement and Compliance Director, Appellate Court Branch, National Labor Relations Board |
2002 | Alan Schoem | Director, Office of Compliance, Consumer Product Safety Commission |
2001 | Stanley Pruss | Assistant Attorney General in Charge of the Consumer Protection Division, State of Michigan |
2000 | Joan Z. Bernstein | Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission |
1999 | Joyce M. Martin | Executive Director of Environment/Energy, Office of the Governor of Indiana |
1998 | Catherine O. Muphy | Deputy Regional Solicitor- Region III, U.S. Department of Labor |
1997 | Neil R. Eisner | Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of Transportation |
1996 | John H. Ferguson | Assistant General Counsel of the Appellate Court Branch, National Labor Relations Board |
1995 | Ellen D. Hanson | Deputy General Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission |
1994 | Jeffrey S. Lubbers | Research Director, Administrative Conference of the United States |
1993 | Karl Engeman | Office of Administrative Hearings |
1992 | William C. Parlar | General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
1991 | Daniel M. Armstrong | Chief of the Litigation Division, Federal Communications Commission |
1990 | Robert A. Shapiro | Deputy Associate Solicitor for Legislation and Legal Counsel, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor |
1989 | Lawrence G. Wallace | Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice |