Faculty & Staff Award Winners
The David J. McCarthy, Jr., Award for Excellence in Administration and Service was established in 1997 to honor professor and former dean of the Law Center, David J. McCarthy. The purpose of the award is to recognize “a senior administrator in our community who embodies the characteristics of excellence that David McCarthy exhibited.”
2026 Fredinal Rogers
2025 Sarah Hulsey
2024 Patrick Griffith
2023 Simone Woung (posthumous)
2022 Mike Frisch
2019 Caryn Voland
2018 Caroline Springer
2017 Marcia Shannon
2016 Mitchell Bailin
2015 Denise Sangster
2014 Katherine McCarthy
2013 Charles Pruett
2012 Sally McCarthy
2011 Peter Brown
2010 Therese Stratton
2009 Peggy Fry
2008 Barbara Moulton
2007 Patricia Roth
2006 Larry Center
2005 Linda Davidson
2004 Everett Bellamy
2003 Ruth Lammert-Reeves
2002 Kevin Conry
2001 Carol O’Neil
2000 Abbie Willard
1999 Andrew Cornblatt
1998 Robert Oakley
The Steven Goldberg Faculty Service Award honors the memory of Professor Steve Goldberg, a beloved teacher, scholar, and colleague who served on the Georgetown Law faculty from 1977 until 2010. Widely respected for his groundbreaking scholarship in law, science, and religion, Professor Goldberg was equally cherished within the Law Center for his selfless devotion to the community, inspiring his students to excel both as lawyers and as human beings. This award recognizes a full-time faculty member who embodies his legacy through exceptional, dedicated service in support of the Law Center.
2026 Frances C. DeLaurentis
2025 Wallace J. Mlyniec
2024 J. Peter Byrne & Peter B. Edelman
2023 Girardeau A. Spann
2022 Sheila R. Foster
2021 Lawrence O. Gostin
2020 Paul Ohm & Michelle Wu
2019 Steven H. Goldblatt (inaugural)
The Staff Awards Committee annually recognizes a member of Georgetown Law’s faculty. The award honors a professor selected by the Georgetown Law Staff who is admired and respected by the staff, exemplifies a deep sense of professionalism, consistently demonstrates exceptional leadership and service, collaborates with and inspires other members of the Law Center community.
2026 Joshua C. Teitelbaum
2025 Urska Velikonja
2024 Erica Hashimoto
2023 Greg Klass
2019 David Stewart
2018 Lily Faulhaber
2017 Richard Roe
2016 Wally Mlyniec
2015 Craig Hoffman
2014 Stephen Cohen
2013 Jane Aiken
2012 Julie O’Sullivan
2011 Michael Seidman
2010 Bob Stumberg
2009 Daniel Ernst
2008 Wendy Purdue
2007 David Koplow
2006 Deborah Epstein
2005 Wendy Williams
2004 James Oldham
2003 Charles Abernathy
2002 Sherman Cohn
Prior to 2002
John Copacino
Father Robert Drinan, S.J.
James Feinerman
Steven Goldblatt
David McCarthy
Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Jack Murphy
Ginger Patterson
Peter Weidenbruch
The annual Frank F. Flegal Teaching Award for outstanding teaching was instituted in 1995 to recognize teaching excellence in its many forms.
Frank Flegal taught at the Law Center from 1971 to 1992; his colleagues described him as “a wonderful colleague, highly supportive of each of us who had the great pleasure of serving with him. But above all, he was an accomplished teacher. Some of us would go so far as to say that he was the most outstanding teacher that we had ever had the pleasure of observing. It was only fitting that, upon his much-too-early death, an Excellence in Teaching Award was established in his name.
Each year, we honor a different full-time faculty member for his or her teaching excellence. In some years the award was given to a group of faculty for an outstanding group effort (e.g., the two groups of faculty who created the curricula for Section 3 and Week One).
The awardee is chosen by the Teaching Committee, upon nominations from faculty and students.
Each year, hundreds of Washington, D.C. lawyers selflessly dedicate time and energy to teaching courses as adjunct professors at Georgetown Law. Their presence has enabled Georgetown Law to offer the most wide-ranging curriculum of J.D. and LL.M. courses in the country.
To recognize the contributions of these adjuncts, the Law Center’s “hidden endowment,” the Teaching Committee selects awardees based on nominations from the faculty and students nominate. The Teaching Committee and the Dean annually designate the recipients of the Adjunct Professor of the Year for both the J.D. and LL.M. programs. These adjuncts have provided exceptional service to Georgetown Law in teaching, curriculum development, student counseling and involvement in extra-curricular Georgetown Law activities.
The Carol Quindlen O’Neil Award was established in 2011 to honor Associate Dean Carol Quindlen O’Neil who was a long time member of the Georgetown Law community and the high standards of service and dedication that she exemplified during her twenty years of service.
2026 Niko Perazich
2025 Peter Brown
2024 Denae Newman
2023 Amelia Uelmen
2022 Kyle Bernardos
2019 Jill Morrison
2018 Corazon Osborne
2017 Dorinda Young
2016 Lauren Dubin
2015 Michael Goldman
2014 Deborah Naylor
2013 Marilyn Tucker
2012 Virgial Wheeler
2011 Mitos Parabot
Each year, the Law Center recognizes staff for long-term excellence or those who have made exceptional contributions to the Law Center in the preceding year.
2026
Katrecia Banks
Lindy Bathurst
Darrell Francis
Carleen Wallington Kinlock
Ian Mayne
José Martín Ramos
Ronnie Rease
Maddie Sloat
2025
Mohammad Amin
James A. Coghill Jr.
Michele Hoff
Amy Jones Mattock
Thanh Nguyen
Emily Smith
Angie Villarreal
Dana R. Ward
2024
Christine Hammer
Dionne Hayes, Executive Director
Lisa Kessler
Isabella Lajara
Cynthia Rockwell
Abigail Sweeney
Emily Wack
2023
Stacy Carmichael
Larry Church
Jessica Dowd
José Ramos
Debbie Shrager
Erie Taniuchi
The Katherine McCarthy Community Award honors the memory of former staff member Katherine McCarthy, who was a true servant leader with high aspirations for our community. She accepted each person as they were at their point in their life journey and understood that each person has unique talents and gifts to offer. This award honors her memory of by recognizing staff who, like Katherine, go above and beyond to support the Georgetown Law community.
2026
Maddie Sloat
2025
Brianna Simmons
Wilhelm Engelbrecht
Chris Blatty
Latoya Parnell
James Harris
Sargun Singh
Anee Nguyen
Silvia Hernandez
Kim Kelly
Blair Curzi
Niko Perazich
Kyle Benardos
Ranshi Stone Wang
2024
Kelli Staples
Dawn Williams Ryan
Albert Henderson
Darius Ngo
Noreen Tareque
Isabella Lajara
Ronnie Rease
Angie Villarreal
Ramy Andil
Maryam Fleet
Virgial Wheeler
2023
Bridget Shannon Dogoldogol
Mackenzie Walters
Kristy Kowalski
Yocelyn Mercado
Oi Ling Yu
Dorothy Boothby
Ameeq Khan
Carole Prietto
Christina Yang
Tyreese Brown
Olivia Engling