| 2011: | Kendall Hill, Office of the Cook County Public Defender |
| 2010: | Daniel A. Kirk, Cook County State's Attorney's Office |
| 2009: | Julie G. Sollinger, Office of the Cook County Public Guardian |
| 2008: | Sergio E. Acosta, U.S. Attorney's Office |
| 2007: | James L. Dunn, City of Chicago Department of Law |
| 2006: | Ann M. Spillane, Office of the Illinois Attorney General |
| 2005: | D. Jean Ortega-Piron, Illinois Department of Children & Family Services |
| 2004: | Michael J. Morrissey, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender |
