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Colorado River water, growth of Arizona's major cities, particularly Phoenix, would never have materialized. Mr. Udall also was a tireless supporter of diversity in the legal profession, chairing the American Bar Association Task Force on Minorities in the Legal Profession, which issued its report in 1986, highlighting the lack of opportunities for minorities as lawyers and judges. He later served with a small group of legislators, judges and lawyers as the Ad Hoc Committee for Minority Opportunities in the Arizona Judiciary, which subsequently became the Commission on Minority Opportunities in the Arizona Judiciary through an Administrative Order of the Arizona Supreme Court in 1990.
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In 2015, Fennemore Craig embarked upon its 130-year anniversary and added 19 lawyers in the Las Vegas and Reno offices from the prominent Lionel Sawyer & Collins firm. The arrival of the Lionel
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Territorial Supreme Court. Kent authored the "Kent's Decree," which established water rights for nearly all of the Salt and Verde River systems. The "Kent's Decree" stood the test of time and still governs water rights in Central Arizona after seven decades.
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Phillip Von Ammon, who joined the firm after serving as counsel to one of the firm's major clients, the AT&SF railroad. Von Ammon subsequently served as president of the
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Upon the addition of the Jones Vargas lawyers in Las Vegas and Reno, Fennemore Craig established an even larger presence in the
Mountain West; doubling the size of its Denver office in 2014, with the addition of 13 health care litigators.
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Jubal Early Craig and Virgil Bledsoe joined the firm in 1927. Craig helped organize the State Bar of Arizona, contributed to the writing of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and helped form the Maricopa County Legal Aid Society.
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Fennemore merged with Seattle-based Savitt Bruce & Willey in early February 2024. That same month, the company also announced its acquisition of Sacramento-based tax firm Wagner Kirkman Blaine Klomparens & Youmans LLP.
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