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    Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service

    The Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service is presented annually by the ABA Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section.

    About

    Established in 1989, the Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service honors outstanding contributions to the development, implementation, or improvement of administrative law and regulatory practice that reflects sustained excellence in performance.

    Nominations & Guidelines
    Past Recipients

    2023

    Nina Elizabeth Olson

    2022

    Jeffrey A. Rosen

    2021

    Matthew Lee Wiener

    2020

    The Hon. Melissa J. McIntosh

    2019

    Daniel Cohen

    2018

    Carol Ann Siciliano

    2016

    Judith S. Kaleta, David Sullivan

    2015

    Richard C. Handel

    2014

    David Pritzker

    2013

    Rosemary Hart

    2012

    Mary Beth Richards

    2011

    Gabriel Taussig

    2010

    Karen Clopton

    2009

    The Hon. Chief Judge William E. Fowler, Jr.

    2008

    Peggy Mastroianni

    2007

    The Honorable John Vittone

    2006

    John C. Cruden, Lydia Quarles

    2005

    Morton Rosenberg

    2004

    Thomas Spahr

    2003

    Michael Messitte

    2002

    Alan Schoem

    2001

    Stanley Pruss

    2000

    Joan Z. Bernstein

    1999

    Joyce M. Martin

    1998

    Catherine O. Murphy

    1997

    Neil R. Eisner

    1996

    John H. Ferguson

    1995

    Ellen D. Hanson

    1994

    Jeffrey S. Lubbers

    1993

    Karl Engeman

    1992

    William C. Parler

    1991

    Daniel M. Armstrong

    1990

    Robert A. Shapiro

    1989

    Lawrence G. Wallace