Previous Honorees

• AIPLA Excellence Award - Honorable Kathleen O'Malley
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award - William L. LaFuze
• AIPLA Project Awards presented to representatives from the Patent Agents, Patent-Relations with the USPTO, Corporate Practice, and Patent Law Committees (Rachel Kahler, Brad Forrest, Angela Sebor, and Theresa Stadheim respectively) for their efforts on advocacy related to the USPTO's DOCx Initiative.
  
• ​Robert C. Watson Award - Kelsey Weinman, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor Law School 
• Jan Jancin Award -  SaiPranay Vellala 
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Brandon Tuell, George Washington University Law School
• Committee of the Year Award -  IP Practice in Europe
• Coordinator of the Year - Stanton Weinstein

2021-2022

• AIPLA Excellence Award - Hon. Sharon Prost
  
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award - Jerry R. Selinger
  
• AIPLA Project Award - Jeffrey I.D. Lewis and J. Timothy Meigs for their leadership and support keeping AIPLA's members connected with AIPLA's Water Coolers during the pandemic.
• AIPLA Mentor of the Year - J. Timothy Meigs
  
• ​Robert C. Watson Award - Mary T. Hannon, DePaul University College of Law
• Maurice Klitzman Award - Michael Gawlik
• Jan Jancin Award -  Alicia Lai, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
  
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Ernest Fok, Santa Clara University School of Law
• Committee of the Year Award - Diversity in IP Law Committee
• Coordinator of the Year - Kristin Cleveland

2020-2021

• AIPLA Excellence Award - Andrei Iancu
  
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award - Georgann Grunebach
  
• AIPLA Project Award - Will Freeman, New Lawyers Committee
• AIPLA Mentor of the Year - Philip Petti
  
• ​Robert C. Watson Award - Stuart Leijon, Lewis and Clark Law School
  
• Jan Jancin Award - Sachin M. Patel,  Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Dorien Clark, UIC John Marshall Law School
  
• Committee of the Year Award - Amicus Committee
  
• Coordinator of the Year - Deborah Plehn-Dujowicz
  

2019-2020

• AIPLA Excellence Award - Louis T. Pirkey
  
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award - Daphne Lainson
  
• AIPLA Diversity Champion Award - Loria Yeadon
• AIPLA Project Award - Allison Gaul and Ray Freiwerth, Emerging Technologies Committee
• AIPLA Mentor of the Year - Angela D. Sebor
• ​Robert C. Watson Award - Olivia Radics
  
• Maurice Klitzman Award - Linda Anderson
  
• Jan Jancin Award - Jie Lian
  
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Betul Serbest
  
• Committee of the Year Award - Professional Programs
  
• Coordinator of the Year - Allison Gaul

2018-2019

• AIPLA Excellence Award - Gary Griswold
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award - Ann Mueting
• AIPLA Diversity Champion Award – Irving A. Williamson
• ​Robert C. Watson Award - Ashley (Panek) Sperbeck
• Maurice Klitzman Award - Kristopher Haggerty
• Jan Jancin Award - Bridget Watson
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Monica De Lazzari
• Committee of the Year Award - Women in IP Law 
• Coordinator of the Year - Margaret Polson

2017-2018

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Senator Patrick Leahy
• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 20, 2017 - Senator Orrin Hatch
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 19, 2017 - Esther Kepplinger
• ​Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Nora Xu, Emory University for her paper: “TRIPS-PLUS Implications for Access to Generic Medicines”
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Matthew Prater, Sabic
• Jan Jancin Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Alvin Carter, Northeastern University School of Law
• AIPLA Past President's Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Jason Heidemann, George Washington University
• Committee of the Year Award, presented October 19, 2017 - Copyright Law Committee​​

2016-2017

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 28, 2016 - Honorable Alan D. Lourie
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 27, 2016 - Kenneth N. Nigon
• ​Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 27, 2016 - Mary Catherine Amerine, William and Mary Law School, for her paper: “Wrestling Over Republication Rights: Who Owns the Copyright of Interviews?"
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 27,2016 - Garrett Quilla, Hypertherm, Inc.
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 27,2016 - William L. LaFuze, McKool Smith
• Jan Jancin Award - Azadeh Morrison, Santa Clara University School of Law
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Madeleine Laupheimer, Stanford Law School
• Committee of the Year Award: Standards and Open Source Committee
• 68th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - TBD​

2015-2016

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 23, 2015 - Honorable Richard Linn
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 22, 2015 - Barbara Fiacco
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 22, 2015 - Hathaway Pease Russell
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 22, 2015 - Carol Thorstad-Forsyth
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 22, 2015 - Yelena Morozova
• ​Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 23, 2015 - Jordan Klimek, Harvard Law School, for his paper: “Patents as Regulations:  How the America Invents Act and the Seminole Rock Doctrine Could Change Claim Construction after Teva v. Sandoz."
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 22,2015 - Olivia Scheuer
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 23,2015 - Troy Grabow
• Jan Jancin Award - Sarah Mizra, Santa Clara University School of Law
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Charles Mitchell, The George Washington University School of Law
• Committee of the Year Award: Trade Secret Law Committee
• 67th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - TBD

2014-2015

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 24, 2014 - Herbert C. Wamsley
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 23, 2014 - Samson Helfgott
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 23, 2014 - Kimberly Van Voorhis
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 23, 2014 - Georgann Grunebach
• ​Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 24, 2014 - Jordan Joachim, New York University School of Law for his paper: “Is the AIA the End of Grace? Examining the Effect of the America Invents Act on the Patent Grace Period"
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 23,2014 - Morgan Jones
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 24,2014 - Mitchell Weinstein
• Jan Jancin Award - Abigail A. Rives, Emory University School of Law
• AIPLA Past President's Award - Mao Wang, the George Washington University School of Law
• Committee of the Year Award: ​Committee on Legislation ​and New Lawyers Committee
• 66th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - Sophia Nicole Korner, Diya Mathur, Arsh Shah Dibagi, Eusebio Almeida, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Puneeth Meruva.

2013-2014

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 25, 2013 - David J. Kappos
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 24, 2013 - Alan J. Kasper
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 24, 2013 - David W. Hill
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 24, 2013 - Salvatore Anastasi
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 24, 2013 - Karen S. Canady
• ​AIPLA Project Award, presented October 24, 2013 - Alan J. Kasper
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 24, 2013 - Rick D. Nydegger
• ​AIPLA Project Award, presented October 24, 2013 - Michael B. Stewart
• ​Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 25, 2013 - Kevin Kantharia, University of San Diego School of Law for his paper "The Shrinking and Unpredictable Law of Willful Patent Infringement: Why the Federal Circuit Should Revisit En Banc the Issues in Bard Peripheral Vascular."
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 25,2013 - Jessica Ergmann
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 25,2013 - Amie Peele Carter
• Committee of the Year Award: Biotechnology Committee​
• 65th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair -  Leighton Braunstein, Timothy James Fossum Reiner, Petra Luna Grutzik, Ashley Maye Hamlin, Michelle Maria Marquez, Colin Norick, and Chloe Sherry.

2012-2013

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 26, 2012 - Honorable Pauline Newman
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 26, 2012 - Margaret A. Boulware
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 25, 2012 - Gregory D. Allen
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 25, 2012 - Herbert D. Hart
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 25, 2012 - Alan J. Kasper
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 25, 2012 - Michael K. Kirk
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 25, 2012 - Kenneth N. Nigon
• Robert C. Watson Award, presented February 1, 2013 - Samantak Ghosh, University of California, Berkeley School of Law for his paper "Punishing Prometheus: Taking the fire out of the
• Personalized Medicine Industry"
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 25,2012 - Jason Sosa
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 25,2012 - Tracy Corneau
• 64th Intel International Science and Engine​ering Fair, May 12- 17, 2013 - Andy Tran, DanielleTheresa Mallabone,​ Erika Nicole Mueller​, and Tsimafei Malakhouski.
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2011-2012

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 21, 2011 - Donald R. Dunner
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 21, 2011 - John B. Pegram
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 20, 2011 - Ehab Samuel
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 20, 2011 - Patrick Coyne
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 20, 2011 - Michelle Herman
• Robert C. Watson Award, presented October 20, 2011 - James Freedman, Stanford Law School
• Maurice Klitzman Award, presented October 20,2011 - Sean Ricks
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 20,2011 - J. Michael Martinez de Andino
• 63nd Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 13-18 in Pittsburg, PA - Jack Andraka, Allison Rose Martin, Toluwani Temilouwa Soares, Shyamsunder Raghavan, Daniel David White and William Randall Shipley.

2010-2011

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 22, 2010 - The Honorable Paul R. Michel
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 22, 2010 - Sharon Israel
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 21, 2010 - Mark Guetlich
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 21, 2010 - Evelyn McConathy
• Mentor of the Year Award, presented October 21,2010 - Georgann Grunebach
• 38th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 13-15 in Washington DC- Joseph Vardner and Abbey Lauer
• 62nd Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 8-13 in Los Angeles, CA - Arnab Dey and Michael Janner

2009-2010

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 24, 2009 - Tom Arnold (posthumously)
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, October 24, 2009 - Michael J. Pantuliano
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 23, 2009 - Bradley A. Forrest
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 23, 2009 - Manny Schecter
• Mentor of the Year Award (inaugural award), presented October 23, 2009 - J. Alison Strickland
• 37th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 2010- Joshua H. Lee and Stephen Adams from the University of Tennessee
• 61st Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 2010: AIPLA  

2008-2009

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 24, 2008 - Michael K. Kirk
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 23, 2008 - Jerry Selinger
• 36th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 2009
• 60th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 2009.

2007-2008

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented posthumously October 19, 2007 - The Honorable Giles Sutherland Rich  (posthumously) 
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented October 18, 2007 -  The Honorable Pauline Newman
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 19, 2007 - Isis Caulder, Noel A. Courage & Leon Radomsky
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 19, 2007 - Jonathan W. Richards
• 35th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 2008 
• 59th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 2008

2006 - 2007

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 20, 2006 - Marybeth Peters
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented October 20, 2006 - Michael W. Piper
• 34th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 18-20, 2007 
• 58th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 13-19, 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2005 - 2006

• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented October 28, 2005 - Sidney B. Williams, Jr.
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 28, 2005 - Alyson Barker and Andrew N. Stein
• 33rd Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 18-20, 2006
• 57th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 7-12, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2004 - 2005

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 15, 2004 - Don W. Martens and Robert A. Armitage
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented October 15, 2004 - Harold C. Wegner
• AIPLA Project Award, presented October 15, 2004 - Gary Griswold
• 32nd Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 13–15, 2005
• 56th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 8-13, 2005 in Phoenix, Arizona  

2003 - 2004

• AIPLA Excellence Award, presented October 31, 2003  - The Honorable Howard T. Markey
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented October 31, 2003 - Charles E. Van Horn
• AIPLA President's Outstanding Service Award, presented Spring Meeting 2003 -  Rick D. Nydegger
• 31st Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 14–16, 2004
• 55th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 9-14, 2004 in Portland, Oregon

2002 - 2003

• 30th Annual Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition, April 13-15, 2003
• 54th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), May 11 - 17, 2003, Cleveland, Ohio