THE AWARD:
The prestigious Justice Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer recognizes the outstanding accomplishments by lawyers of the career service employed by the United States Government in the District of Columbia or by the Government of the District of Columbia. This award is named in honor of Justice Tom C. Clark, a former National President of the Federal Bar Association, for his distinguished career as a government attorney. During his career, Justice Clark served as Attorney General of the United States, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and first Director of the Federal Judicial Center. The District of Columbia Chapter of the Federal Bar Association annually solicits nominees for the award from more than 80 governmental agencies. Previous recipients are a distinguished group of dedicated federal servants, who were recognized within their agencies, and by the Federal Bar Association, for their outstanding service to their respective federal agencies as federal government lawyers.
For more information about nominating lawyers for the award, please contact fba.dc.tomcclark@gmail.com.
THE RECIPIENT:
On December 16, 2024, the D.C. Chapter of the Federal Bar Association presented Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart with the 57th Annual Justice Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer. The ceremony included remarks from the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, and judges from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, among others.
Mr. Stewart has held the position of Deputy Solicitor General since 2008. His docket areas include antitrust; attorneys’ fees; customs and international trade; False Claims Act; intellectual property (patent, copyright, and trademark); pollution control (Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act); and securities. He has presented 102 oral arguments in the United States Supreme Court. From 1993-2008, Mr. Stewart served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General. From 1991-1993, he was a member of the Appellate Staff of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. Before joining the Department of Justice, he served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Patricia M. Wald of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1988-1989) and to Justice Harry Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court (1989-1990).
Previous Recipients of the Justice Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer
David J. Anderson, U.S. Department of Justice
Paul A. Sweeney, U.S. Department of Justice
Kendall W. Barnes, U.S. Department of Justice
John W. Carlock, U.S. Department of Treasury
William A. Paisley, U.S. Department of Justice
Richard Solomon, Federal Power Commission
Charles R. Simpson, Internal Revenue Service
Dr. Charles J. Zinn, Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Leo Pellerzi, Civil Service Commission
Ralph S. Spritzer, Office of the Solicitor General
Robert W. Ginnane, Interstate Commerce Commission
Beatrice Rosenberg, U.S. Department of Justice
Philip A. Loomis, Jr., Securities and Exchange Commission
Sidney A. Saperstein, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare
Morton J. Hollander, U.S. Department of Justice
Julia P. Cooper, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mark M. Richard, U.S. Department of Justice
John A. Rizzo, Central Intelligence Agency
Baddia J. Rashid, U.S. Department of Justice
Daniel M. Friedman, U.S. Department of Justice
Leon Ulman, U.S. Department of Justice
Irving P. Margulies, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Victor W. Caputy, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Jane M. Edmisten, Merit Systems Protection Board
Seth D. Zinman , U.S. Department of Labor
Thomas L. Hemingway, U.S. Air Force
James H. Michel, U.S. Department of State
Jerome M. Feit, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
William C. Bryson, U.S. Department of Justice
Frances L. White, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Paul Gonson, Securities and Exchange Commission
Lawrence G. Wallace, Office of the Solicitor General
Michael J. Matheson, U.S. Department of State
Alan J. Kreczko, U.S. Department of State
Steven Y. Winnick, U.S. Department of Education
William R. McLucus, Securities and Exchange Commission
James H. Thessin, U.S. Department of State
James Feldman, Office of the Solicitor General
The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia
Edwin S. Kneedler, Office of the Solicitor General
Todd F. Buchwald, U.S. Department of State
Joseph P. Baum, US Coast Guard, Court of Criminal Appeals
Nancy J. Marks, Internal Revenue Service
Douglas N. Letter, U.S. Department of Justice
Jacob H. Stillman, Securities and Exchange Commission
Joseph H. Rouse, U.S. Army Claims Service
Michael R. Dreeben, Office of the Solicitor General
John C. Keeney, U.S. Department of Justice
The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Jason R. Baron, National Archives and Records Administration
Richard Jackson, Colonel, JAGC, U.S. Army
Andrew Effron, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Patty Merkamp Stemler, U.S. Department of Justice