2024 Judge Freddie Burton
2023 Justice James Hardesty
2022 Judge James E. Mitchell, ME
2021 Judge William Self, GA
2020 John Norris, TX
2019 Judge Paul Knierim, West Hartford, CT
2018 Judge Thomas A. Swift, OH
2017 Judge Dana Hanley, ME
2016 Prof. Shale Stiller, Baltimore, MD
2015 Judge Andrew Klein, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Mary Joy Quinn San Francisco, CA
2013 Judge Susan M. Bazis Omaha, NE
2012 Judge Ann A. Scott Timmer Phoenix, AZ
2011 Prof. David M. English Columbia, MO
2010 Judge Milton L. Mack, Jr. Detroit, MI
2009 Prof. Rebecca Morgan Gulfport, FL
2008 Sally Balch Hurme Washington, DC
2007 Judge John Maher Portsmouth, NH
2006 Judge Arnold H. Gold Studio City, CA
2005 Professor Amy Morris Hess Knoxville, TN
2004 Professor S. Alan Medlin Columbia, SC & Mr. Malcolm A. Moore Seattle, WA
2003 Judge R.R. Denny Clunk Alliance, OH
2002 Professor Mary Radford Atlanta, GA
2001 Professor John H. Langbein New Haven, CT
2000 Judge Isabella Horton Grant San Francisco, CA
1999 Judge Marion Guess Decatur, GA
1998 Judge Joseph S. Mattina Buffalo, NY
1997 Professor Stanley M. Johanson Austin, TX
1996 Professor Eugene F. Scoles Eugene, OR
1995 Judge Floyd Propst Atlanta, GA
1994 James R. Wade Denver, CO
1993 Prof. Richard V. Wellman Athens, GA
1992 John J. Lombard, Jr. Philadelphia, PA
1991 Judge George C. Berry Kansas City, MO
l990 Melvin J. Peterson, Sr. Minneapolis, MN
1989 Judge Alfred Podolski Dedham, MA & Judge Glenn E. Knierim Simsbury, CT
1988 Alexander D. Forger New York, NY
1987 Prof. A. James Casner Cambridge, MA
1986 Judge Kenneth Pat Gregory Houston, TX
1985 Edward B. Winn Dallas, TX
1984 Dean William Schwartz Boston, MA
1983 Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Washington, DC
1982 William P. Cantwell Denver, CO
1981 Prof. Edward Halbach Berkeley, CA
1980 Judge Harold R. Clark Jacksonville, FL
1979 J. Pennington Straus Philadelphia, PA
2025 Professor Gerry W. Beyer
2024 Mary Joy Quinn
2023 Hon. Kristin Booth Glen
2022 Mary F. Radford
2021 Hon. Robert G. Montgomery
2020 Erica Costello
2019 Hon. Christopher Bieter
2018 Dr. Pamela Teaster
2017 Carleton F. Coleman
2016 Brenda Uekert
2015 Michael Mackniak
2014 Hon. Patrick Connaghan
2013 Erica Wood
2012 Phillip Marshall and Annette de la Renta