Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service Recipients:
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 Chairman, Vice Chairman and Executive Director, Administrative Conference of the United States
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