- 2023 — Nina Olson, Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights
- 2022 — Jeffrey A. Rosen, Former United States Deputy Attorney General
- 2021 — Matthew Lee Wiener, Acting
- 2020 — The Hon. Melissa J. McIntosh, Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Social Security Administration Chairman, Vice Chairman and Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the United States
Award Recipients
Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service
- 2019 — Daniel Cohen, Assistant General Counsel for Regulation, Legislation & Energy Efficiency, U.S. Department of Energy
- 2018 — Carol Ann Siciliano, Associate General Counsel, Office of General Counsel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- 2016 — Judith S. Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation
- 2016 — David Sullivan, Special Counsel, Office the Massachusetts Senate President
- 2015 — Richard C. Handel, South Carolina Department of Revenue, Multistate Tax Commission
- 2014 — David Pritzker, Deputy General Counsel, Administrative Conference of the United States
- 2013 — Rosemary Hart, Senior Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
- 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
- 2006 — John C. Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
- 2005 — Morton Rosenberg, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service
- 2004 — Thomas Spahr, Chief 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