Previous recipients
2019
Judge Duane Slone
(Tennessee)
2018
Judge Elizabeth "Libby" Hines
(Michigan)
2017
Judge Kim Berkeley Clark
(Pennsylvania)
2016
Judge Marc Carter
(Texas)
2015
Judge Steven Leifman
(Florida)
2014
Judge Steve Leben
(Kansas)
2013
Judge Jimmie Edwards
(Missouri)
2012
Judge John F. Surbeck, Jr.
(Indiana)
2011
Justice James McHugh
(Massachusetts)
2010
Judge Jane Bland
(Texas)
2009
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans
(Chicago)
2008
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman
(New York)
2007
Chief Justice Christine M. Durham
(Utah)
2006
Judge Edward R. Brunner
(Wisconsin)
2005
Presiding Judge Louraine C. Arkfeld
(Arizona)
2004
Judge Leonard Perry Edwards
(California)
2003
Chief Judge Kevin S. Burke
(Minnesota)
2002
Chief Justice Ronald M. George
(California)
2001
Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore
(Georgia)
2000
Judge Thomas W. Ross
(North Carolina)
1999
Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye
(New York)
1998
Judge Veronica S. McBeth
(California)
1997
Judge B. Michael Dann
(Arizona)
1996
Judge Vincent J. Poppiti
(Delaware)