The award is presented by the Maryland Bar Foundation to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in working to improve government and the administration of justice. Nominees should exhibit the four principal characteristics of Mr. Eney, which distinguished his career: excellence in the law; bar leadership; community leadership; and enormous capacity for work.

This award will be presented at the Maryland Bar Foundation Annual Meeting (June 11, 2026).

Nominations are now closed.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2025 Hon. Sheila R. Tillerson Adams
  • 2024 Alvin I. Frederick, Esq.
  • 2023 Hon. James R. Eyler (Ret.)
  • 2022 Mayda Colón Tsaknis, Esq.
  • 2021 Hon. Mary Ellen Barbera
  • 2020 Hon. Alexander Williams, Jr.
  • 2019 Hon. Lawrence F. Rodowsky
  • 2018 Hon. J. Frederick Motz
  • 2017 Hon. Barbara Kerr Howe
  • 2016 Hon. Lynne A. Battaglia
  • 2015 Hon. Glenn T. Harrell
  • 2014 Hon. Ben C. Clyburn
  • 2013 Hon. Harry R. Hughes
  • 2012 Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.
  • 2011 Hon. Alan M. Wilner
  • 2010 K. King Burnett
  • 2009 Hon. Irma S. Raker
  • 2008 Stephen H. Sachs
  • 2007 Herbert J. Belgrad
  • 2006 Charles O. Fisher, Sr.
  • 2005 Hon. Robert M. Bell
  • 2004 Wilber D. Preston
  • 2003 Herbert S. Garten
  • 2002 Albert D. Brault
  • 2001 Hon. Peter J. Messitte
  • 2000 Louis L. Goldstein
  • 1999 Hon. John F. McAuliffe
  • 1998 Hon. Ernest A. Loveless, Jr.
  • 1997 James J. Cromwell
  • 1996 Benjamin L. Cardin
  • 1995 Benjamin R. Civiletti
  • 1994 Hon. William Donald Schaefer
  • 1993 Charles H. Dorsey, Jr.
  • 1992 Hon. Robert C. Murphy
  • 1991 Hon. Harry A. Col
  • 1990 Alan H. Murrell
  • 1989 Hon. Robert B. Watts
  • 1988 William S. James
  • 1987 Gloria G. Cole
  • 1986 Hon. Marvin H. Smith
  • 1985 Michael Millemann
  • 1984 Walter Sondheim, Jr.