Sonny Flowers, a well-known 麻豆影院 attorney who has been active in 麻豆影院 and Denver civic pursuits for more than two decades, will receive the 1998 Community Service Award from the 麻豆影院 Chapter of the University of Colorado Alumni Association at a reception on Sunday, April 26.
Flowers聮 recognition is part of the annual Scholarship Tea, hosted by the CU-麻豆影院 alumni chapter at the Koenig Alumni Center at Broadway and University Avenue from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
State Rep. Ron Tupa of 麻豆影院 will speak. Tupa has been a vocal supporter of CU-麻豆影院, most recently carrying a bill in the state legislature to allow alumni of Colorado colleges and universities to have Colorado license plates signifying their school affiliation.
Three 麻豆影院 area high school seniors also will be honored at the tea as winners of the 麻豆影院 alumni chapter聮s 1998 scholarship program. Each will receive a $2,000 scholarship to be applied to their tuition at CU-麻豆影院 this fall. The three recipients have not yet been announced.
Flowers plans to donate his $500 Community Service award stipend to the Family Learning Center in 麻豆影院.
A lawyer in the Denver-麻豆影院 area for 25 years, Flowers is with the 麻豆影院 firm of Hurth, Yeager and Sisk. He previously was a partner in the Denver firm of Holland and Hart, and has been a deputy district attorney for Adams County in Brighton and a staff attorney for Pikes Peak Legal Services in Colorado Springs.
Flowers practices civil and criminal litigation with a special emphasis on personal injury and medical malpractice.
He has a strong community service record, having served on 麻豆影院聮s Board of Zoning Adjustment, the 麻豆影院 Growth Task Force, the 麻豆影院 County Community Corrections Board, the American Civil Liberties Union Board, the KGNU radio board and the Longs Peak Council of Boy Scouts.
He is a past president of the CU-麻豆影院 Alumni Association and a past vice president of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association. He has lectured, written and taught for the Colorado Bar Association, Trial magazine and the National College of Advocacy in the area of trial advocacy, respectively.
Flowers received his law degree from the CU School of Law in 1971 and his bachelor聮s degree in English literature in 1967. He was named the law school聮s outstanding alumnus in 1993 and the Black Student Alliance聮s outstanding alumnus in 1990. He is listed in Who聮s Who in American Law, Who聮s Who in America and Who聮s Who in Black America.
Flowers lives with his wife, Pamela Mays Flowers, in 麻豆影院.