Brandeis Award (litigation)

The Louis D. Brandeis Award of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is given during an annual award ceremony to a single litigation attorney for outstanding service.

The award is named after Justice Louis D. Brandeis, the first Supreme Court judge to interpret a Constitutional right to privacy.

Past recipients:

  • 1988: David C. Shonka
  • 1993: Ann B. Malester
  • 1997: George S. Cary
  • 2000: Richard B. Dagen
  • 2002: James Kohm
  • 2004: Heather Hippsley
  • 2006: Joseph Brownman
  • 2008: Leslie Melman
  • 2010: Steven Wernikoff
  • 2012: Joe Barton, Ed Markey, Ross Anderson, Alan F. Westin
  • 2013: Peter J. Hustinx, Mark A. Rothstein
  • 2014: Latanya Sweeney, Peter Schaar
  • 2015: Steve Mohr, Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Dr. Masao Horibe
  • 2016: Joe Cannataci
  • 2017: Nikolaus Forgó
  • 2018: Patricia McDermott