- 2022 Karen L. Hawkins
- 2021 Judge Peter J. Panuthos
- 2020 Judge L. Paige Marvel
- 2019 Emily A. Parker
- 2018 Susan P. Serota
- 2017 Nina E. Olson
- 2016 Kenneth W. Gideon*
- 2015 Stefan F. Tucker
- 2014 Lawrence B. Gibbs
- 2013 Christine A. Brunswick*
- 2012 Phillip L. Mann*
- 2011 N. Jerold Cohen
Past Award Recipients
Section of Taxation Distinguished Service Award
- 2010 Ronald A. Pearlman
- 2009 Irwin L. Treiger*
- 2008 M. Carr Ferguson, Jr. (Acceptance Remarks)
- 2007 Loretta Collins
- 2006 Martin D. Ginsburg* (Acceptance Remarks)
- 2005 Jere D. McGaffey
- 2004 K. Martin Worthy*
- 2003 M. Bernard Aidinoff*
- 2002 James P. Holden
- 2001 Sherwin P. Simmons*
- 2000 Frederick G. Corneel*
- 1999 Boris Kostelanetz*
- 1998 Judge Theodore Tannenwald*
- 1997 Edwin S. Cohen*
- 1996 Randolph W. Thrower*
- 1995 John S. Nolan*
* deceased