{"id":4,"date":"2019-10-29T02:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T02:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fedbar.org\/district-of-columbia-chapter\/\/district-of-columbia-chapter\/andrew-s-effron-recipient-of-the-55th-justice-tom-c-clark-award-for-outstanding-government-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T18:09:33","slug":"justice-tom-c-clark-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fedbar.org\/district-of-columbia-chapter\/district-of-columbia-chapter\/justice-tom-c-clark-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE AWARD:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For more information about nominating lawyers for the award, please contact fba.dc.tomcclark@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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THE RECIPIENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Mr. Stewart has held the position of Deputy Solicitor General since 2008. His docket areas include antitrust; attorneys\u2019 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\u2019s 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).<\/p>\n

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Previous Recipients of the Justice Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

David J. Anderson, U.S. Department of Justice
\nPaul A. Sweeney, U.S. Department of Justice
\nKendall W. Barnes, U.S. Department of Justice
\nJohn W. Carlock, U.S. Department of Treasury
\nWilliam A. Paisley, U.S. Department of Justice
\nRichard Solomon, Federal Power Commission
\nCharles R. Simpson, Internal Revenue Service
\nDr. Charles J. Zinn, Judiciary Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
\nLeo Pellerzi, Civil Service Commission
\nRalph S. Spritzer, Office of the Solicitor General
\nRobert W. Ginnane, Interstate Commerce Commission
\nBeatrice Rosenberg, U.S. Department of Justice
\nPhilip A. Loomis, Jr., Securities and Exchange Commission
\nSidney A. Saperstein, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare
\nMorton J. Hollander, U.S. Department of Justice
\nJulia P. Cooper, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
\nMark M. Richard, U.S. Department of Justice
\nJohn A. Rizzo, Central Intelligence Agency
\nBaddia J. Rashid, U.S. Department of Justice
\nDaniel M. Friedman, U.S. Department of Justice
\nLeon Ulman, U.S. Department of Justice
\nIrving P. Margulies, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
\nVictor W. Caputy, U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office
\nJane M. Edmisten, Merit Systems Protection Board
\nSeth D. Zinman , U.S. Department of Labor
\nThomas L. Hemingway, U.S. Air Force
\nJames H. Michel, U.S. Department of State
\nJerome M. Feit, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
\nWilliam C. Bryson, U.S. Department of Justice
\nFrances L. White, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
\nPaul Gonson, Securities and Exchange Commission
\nLawrence G. Wallace, Office of the Solicitor General
\nMichael J. Matheson, U.S. Department of State
\nAlan J. Kreczko, U.S. Department of State
\nSteven Y. Winnick, U.S. Department of Education
\nWilliam R. McLucus, Securities and Exchange Commission
\nJames H. Thessin, U.S. Department of State
\nJames Feldman, Office of the Solicitor General
\nThe Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
\nEric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia
\nEdwin S. Kneedler, Office of the Solicitor General
\nTodd F. Buchwald, U.S. Department of State
\nJoseph P. Baum, US Coast Guard, Court of Criminal Appeals
\nNancy J. Marks, Internal Revenue Service
\nDouglas N. Letter, U.S. Department of Justice
\nJacob H. Stillman, Securities and Exchange Commission
\nJoseph H. Rouse, U.S. Army Claims Service
\nMichael R. Dreeben, Office of the Solicitor General
\nJohn C. Keeney, U.S. Department of Justice
\nThe Honorable Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
\nJason R. Baron, National Archives and Records Administration
\nRichard Jackson, Colonel, JAGC, U.S. Army
\nAndrew Effron, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
\nPatty Merkamp Stemler, U.S. Department of Justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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