May 30, 2018

Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service

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The Award

Created in 1989, the Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service honors the memory of Mary Lawton, a distinguished career government lawyer who served on the Council of the Administrative Law Section from 1983-1986, and as Chair of the Section’s Judicial Review Committee from 1986 to 1988. A graduate of Georgetown Law School where she was first in her class and on the Board of Editors of the Law Journal, Mary began her career in the Office of the Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice. At DOJ, she rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Assistant Attorney General. She received numerous awards from the Department of Justice. After a brief stint as General Counsel of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and service as Administrative Law Officer at the White House, Mary returned to the Justice Department as Counsel for Intelligence Policy.

2018 Award Nomination Instructions

Mary C. Lawton Award Instructions PDF

2016 Award Winners

Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service: Recipients

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 John C. Cruden	Commissioner, Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission 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	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