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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