Special Recognitions & Awards
He is consistently listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America and is an active lecturer in continuing legal education and corporate governance programs. Current awards received include:
- 2009
- Presented with the Alan B. Levenson Foundation Award.
- 2007
- Received Compliance Reporter’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2002
- Sporkin, along with four other prominent Washingtonians, was recognized as Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association.
- 2000
- Presented with the prestigious Federal Bar Association’s Tom C. Clark Award and in October 2000, Sporkin received the Judicial Excellence Award from Judicial Watch.
- 1996
- Received the H. Carl Moultrie Award for Judicial Excellence by the Trial Lawyers of Washington, D.C.
- 1994
- Presented with the William O. Douglas Award by the Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni Association.
- 1990
- Named an Alumni Fellow in the College of Business Administration at Pennsylvania State University and in the same year, he received the B’Nai B’rith Hall of Fame Award.
- 1979
- Recipient of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest honor that can be granted to a member of the Federal Civil Service. During his service with the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of Central Intelligence conferred on him the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
- 1978
- Received the Rockefeller Award for Public Service from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
- 1976
- Received the National Civil Service League’s Special Achievement Award
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