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An Honor for a Denver Lawyer Who Founded Law School Scholarship Fund

Gary M. Jackson, a partner in the Denver law firm DiManna & Jackson, was selected to receive the Award of Merit, the highest honor bestowed by the Colorado Bar Association.

Jackson is the founding member of the Sam Cary Bar Association, an association of African American legal professionals. He also established the Sam Cary Scholarship Endowment Fund that provides scholarships to law students at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver.

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