April 16, 2019

    Distinguished Service Award

    2018 recipient Susan Serota accepts the Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 May Meeting in Washington, DC.

    2018 recipient Susan Serota accepts the Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 May Meeting in Washington, DC.

    2018 Award Presentation & Remarks

    Award Guidelines

    View this PDF for more information regarding the Distinguished Service Award criteria.

    Past Award Recipients

    The ABA Section of Taxation Distinguished Service Award was established in 1995 to underscore the Section's respect for and support of professionalism within the tax bar. The Distinguished Service Award Committee annually selects one Section member to receive the Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the profession.

    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

    2010

       Ronald A. Pearlman

    2009

       Irwin L. Treiger*

    2008

       M. Carr Ferguson, Jr. 

    2007

       Loretta Collins

    2006

       Martin D. Ginsburg*

    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