Public Service Award in the Government

2024

  • Philip Rosenfelt, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Education

2023

  • Elizabeth Pugh, General Counsel, Library of Congress
  • Thomas W. Krause, Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

2022

  • Nancy E. Weiss, General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • Lara Eilhardt, Special Advisor, Veterans’ Access to Legal Services

2019

  • James A. Kohm, Associate Director, Division of Enforcement, Federal Trade Commission

2018

  • Thomas A. Mariani, Jr., Chief of Environmental Enforcement, Department of Justice
  • Epin Hu Christensen, Counsel to the Inspector General, Smithsonian Institution

2017

  • Scott S. Dahl, Inspect General, U.S. Department of Labor
  • Paul B. Dean, Assistant Legal Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Department of State

2016

  • Kathryn B. Thomson, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation
  • Bruce D. Fong, Associate Special Counsel, Investigation and Prosecution, U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC)

2015

  • Michael J. Ettner, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, U.S. General Services Administration
  • Edward Elliott, Attorney Advisor, Office of Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

2014

  • Vicki Turetsky, General Counsel, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement
  • Quentin Pair, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section

2013

  • Francine Kerner, Chief Counsel, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), United States Department of Homeland Security
  • Brad J. Kieserman, Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Department of Homeland Security

2012

  • Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy

2011

  • Will A. Gunn, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
  • Edwin Smiley Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Elizabeth R. Wilcox, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State