KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 16, 2023) — Lathrop GPM LLP is proud to announce that it has been named a 2024 Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers® in the legal ranking organization’s 14th edition.
Best Law Firms rankings are determined through a rigorous evaluation process involving the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. The highest honor, a Tier 1 ranking, is based on clients’ feedback, the high regard that lawyers in other firms in the same practice area have for the firm, and information that the firm provides via a survey.
Lathrop GPM has been recognized in the following practice areas:
National Tier 1
- Franchise Law
- Trusts and Estates
National Tier 2
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – First Amendment
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate Law
National Tier 3
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Patent Law
- Tax Law
- Trademark Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Boston
- Biotechnology Law
- Colorado
- Elder Law
- Columbia-MO (Jefferson City)
- Environmental Law
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Kansas City-MO
- Government Relations Practice
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Land Use & Zoning Law
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – First Amendment
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Water Law
- Minneapolis
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Franchise Law
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- St. Louis
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Washington D.C.
- Franchise Law
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Boston
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Colorado
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Columbia-MO (Jefferson City)
- Commercial Litigation
- Kansas City-KS (Overland Park)
- Commercial Litigation
- Education Law
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Tax Law
- Kansas City-MO
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Tax Law
- Los Angeles
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Minneapolis
- Commercial Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Real Estate Law
- St. Louis
- Tax Law
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Boston
- Trademark Law
- Columbia-MO (Jefferson City)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Kansas City-KS (Overland Park)
- Health Care Law
- Kansas City-MO
- Banking and Finance Law
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Minneapolis
- Advertising Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
To be eligible for a Best Law Firm ranking, a firm must have at least one lawyer named among The Best Lawyers in America©. Attorneys are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed. For 2024, 89 Lathrop GPM attorneys were named among The Best Lawyers in America, eight of whom were selected “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area. Fourteen additional attorneys were chosen for the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” which honors up-and-coming attorneys with fewer than 10 years of practice.