an Arizona Assistant Attorney General from 1976–1991. The firm expanded into Tucson in October 1989 and then into Nogales in September 1999 with the addition of Kim and Hector Arana and a robust cross-border trade practice. Fennemore Craig opened a Las Vegas office in September 2006, welcoming attorneys from Morse and Mowbray, and later that year, it opened an office in Denver with the addition of intellectual property attorneys from the Dahl firm. In July 2012, the firm welcomed 25 attorneys from Jones Vargas,[1] a law firm with offices in Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. Like Fennemore Craig, Jones Vargas had a rich history and deep local roots. The Jones Vargas roster over the years has included governors, state senators, state assembly representatives, state bar governors and presidents, governors of the American Bar Association, and community leaders. Ann Morgan now serves on the State Bar of Nevada Board of Governors. 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, bolstering the firm's competitive edge. 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 Sawyers lawyers included the legendary Sam Lionel, who co-founded the Lionel Sawyer firm in 1967 with former Nevada Governor Grant Sawyer, who has since passed away. Sam Lionel has been instrumental in the evolution of the legal profession in Nevada. Joining Mr. Lionel was former U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, who also served as Governor of Nevada for two terms prior to serving in Washington, D.C. in the U.S. Senate. Fennemore Craig now, is among the 250 largest law firms in the nation. In August 2020, Fennemore Craig PC announced that it is merging with California-based Dowling Aaron. History of name changes Since its founding in 1885, Fennemore Craig has undergone the following name changes: 1885, Sloan & Chalmers 1889: Jamieson & Chalmers 1902: Chalmers & Wilkinson 1912: Chalmers & Kent 1915: Chalmers, Kent & Stahl 1918: Chalmers, Stahl, Fennemore & Longan 1927: Chalmers, Fennemore & Nairn 1934: Chalmers & Fennemore 1935: Fennemore, Craig, Allen & Bledsoe 1955: Fennemore, Craig, Allen & McClennen 1968: Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon, McClennen & Udall 1969: