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Firm Facts

  • Our clients often tell us that working with Lathrop & Gage is a unique experience that goes above and beyond what one might expect from other law firms. With nearly 300 attorneys, we offer the depth and strength of a national firm with the hands-on service, management style and aggressive client service of a smaller firm. Most importantly, we give our clients the level of service one might expect at a national law firm, but at a regional Midwestern value. 
  • We are steeped in the rich history of the Midwest. Founded in 1873, we’re considered the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River. In fact, we still represent our first-ever client, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (now known as BNSF Railway Company). 
  • Lathrop & Gage is well known for client service. We collaborate and communicate with our clients to achieve their best results. We diligently seek to be responsive to each of our clients’ individual needs and concerns.
  • Lathrop & Gage specializes in 13 core practice areas and more than 25 sub-practice areas. 
  • 92 of the firm’s attorneys have received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating, and dozens are listed in “Best Lawyers in America.” In addition, our attorneys have been inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers and the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and we consistently rank as one of the best litigation, intellectual property and corporate firms in the Midwest.
  • Our attorneys practice in ten offices from Denver, Colorado to New York City, allowing us to respond to all of your legal needs locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. 
  • Lathrop & Gage has two affiliates – Lathrop & Gage DC, PLLC located in Washington, D.C. and HROI LLC, Human Resources Return on Investment, located in Kansas City, Mo. 
    • Attorneys and lobbyists at Lathrop & Gage DC, PLLC advocate for our clients with respect to all facets of the federal government. They maintain close relationships with members of Congress, federal agency professionals, key congressional staff, trade associations, and government groups.
    • HROI is a value-added service providing practical solutions to your most formidable human resources challenges. Services include management training; employee relations counseling on day-to-day issues; responding to government agencies; ADR and other mediation services; handbook and policy drafting and review; FLSA reviews; reduction in force and reorganization analysis and assistance; conducting sensitive internal investigations; audits of HR policies, procedures and legal compliance; and union-resistance guidance.
  • Lathrop & Gage is ranked No. 160 in the National Law Journal’s 2006 list of the nation’s largest firms by number of attorneys.
  • A feature in Of Counsel magazine named Lathrop & Gage one of the legal industry’s “best kept secrets.” Of Counsel placed Lathrop & Gage on this list of only 40 firms in the nation based on our “consistently high performance at very attractive rates.”








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