Prior winners of the Distinguished Aggie Lawyer Award (f/k/a the Aggie Lawyer of the Year Award) include:

2022   Neal Adams '68

2021   Mark Taylor '83

2020   Bill Youngkin '69

2019   Judge David Evans '71

2018   David Schlueter '68

2017   Anthony G. Buzbee '90

2016   Douglas Barlow '76 & '16

2015   Richard Kardys ‘67 

2014   Fidel Rodriguez, Jr. ‘73

2013   Chuck Ellison '76

2012   James A. Creel '69

2011   Bob Surovik '58

2010   Bill Jones '81

2009   Fred McClure '76

2008   Louie Gohmert '75

2007   John White '70

2006   Judge Willie E. B. Blackmon '73

2005   Arno Krebs '64

2004   W. Mike Baggett '68

2003   James “Jimmy” Bond '64 

2002   Henry Gilchrist '44

2001   Joseph Searcy Bracewell Jr. '38 

2000   Otway Denny '71 

Pre-2000 Aggie Lawyers of the Year: Greg Laughlin, Kent Caperton, Mike Swan, Abelardo L. "Lalo" Valdez, Justice C.L. Ray, James DeAnda, Mayo Thompson, Judge Ed Coulson, Garland Walker, Angus McSwain, and John Lawrence