Sen. Linda Binder, R-Dist. 3, and Rep. Bill Wagner, R-Dist. 3, were honored Aug. 4 by Canyonlands Community Health Care in Page for their support of local health centers during recent state budget negotiations. Ms. Binder and Mr. Wagner fought for health funding, especially for rural communities, according to Canyonlands chief executive officer Sarah Allen. Canyonlands has clinics in Page, Chilchinbeto, Fredonia, Kaibeto and Littlefield. The group opened its first clinic in Page 30 years ago. The clinics use tobacco tax revenues to reduce costs and charge fees based on a patient’s income.

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Tucson attorney A. Bates Butler III has joined Fennemore Craig’s civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense practice in the firm’s Tucson office. Mr. Butler is the former U.S. attorney for the district of Arizona where he handled and supervised the prosecution of white-collar crime, narcotics conspiracies, political corruption, organized crime and civil rights cases. Mr. Butler received a Special Commendation Award from the U.S. attorney general in 1998. Fennemore Craig has Arizona offices in Phoenix, Tucson and Nogales, and in Lincoln, Neb.

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Christy Hubbard, an associate with Lewis and Roca, was elected to serve a three-year term on the board of directors for the West Valley Fine Arts Council. Ms. Hubbard of Avondale practices with the firm’s intellectual property group. The West Valley Fine Arts Council was founded in 1969 as the nonprofit Cultural Arts Society West, and reorganized as the West Valley Fine Arts Council in 1989. It develops and promotes the arts and arts education for West Valley residents. Lewis and Roca has law offices in Phoenix, Tucson and Las Vegas.

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The College of Human Services at ASU West in Phoenix has changed the name of the Administration of Justice Department and bachelor’s degree to Criminal Justice and Criminology. The change is a more accurate characterization of the research and scholarship conducted by the faculty, according to Chester Britt, Criminal Justice and Criminology chair. The program focuses on components of the criminal justice system including law enforcement, corrections, the courts, and criminal justice policy. It also prepares students to enter into graduate studies and exposes prospective law school applicants to the fundamentals of substantive and procedural law.