Each year DGS joins with the Denver Bar Foundation and the Davis Family to sponsor the Richard Marden Davis Award, presented to a Denver lawyer "under the age of 40 who so combines excellence as a lawyer with creative civic, cultural, educational and charitable leadership as to best exemplify the character and promise of Richard Marden Davis at that stage in his career."

Dick Davis set an example of a skilled, charismatic lawyer who also made time for extensive community service. For almost 50 years, Dick devoted himself tirelessly to the profession and the community.He served as president of the Denver Bar Association in 1959, and he played key leadership roles in the Colorado Public Expenditures Council, the Museum of Natural History, the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, the Denver Rotary Club, the Denver Art Museum, and other organizations. The Award was created in memory of Dick Davis, not only to recognize successful and committed young lawyers, but also to inspire other young attorneys to follow in his footsteps. To submit a nomination of your own, please fill out and submit the form linked here.

In 1993 the inaugural Davis Award was presented to then-Judge Celeste C de Baca.Each year since then the award has been presented to a young attorney with an outstanding record of professional and community service achievements, and the previous recipients continue to uphold the tradition of leadership that the award represents.The list is impressive and diverse, and includes judges, governors, public prosecutors, general counsel, and private practitioners:

2008 Mari Newman,
Killmer, Lane & Newman LLP

2007 Michael Carrigan,
Holland & Hart LLP

2006 Kristin Bronson,
Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP

2005 Kenzo S. Kawanabe,
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

2004 Tim Macdonald,
Arnold & Porter

2003 Todd Fredrickson,
Fisher & Phillips LLP

2002 Chris Little,
Montgomery Little Soran & Murray, PC

2001 Richard Gabriel,
Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

2000 Gilbert Roman,
Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

1999 Paul Chan,
General Counsel, University of Denver

1998 Natalie Hanlon-Leh,
Faegre & Benson

1997 David Powell,
Brownstein Hyatt & Farber

1996 Allan Hale,
Hale Friesen

1995 Kathleen Odle,
Sherman & Howard

1994 A. William "Bill" Ritter, Jr.,
Colorado Governor

1993 Celeste C de Baca,
former Judge, City and County of Denver