Lathrop GPM is proud to announce that Partner Catie Bitzan Amundsen has been named one of Minnesota Lawyer’s Top Women in Law for 2026.
Minnesota Lawyer’s Top Women in Law recognizes women attorneys and legal professionals whose achievements, leadership, and service are making a lasting impact on the legal profession, their organizations, their clients, and their communities. Amundsen was selected for her distinguished legal practice, leadership in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, and longstanding commitment to philanthropy, governance, and community service.
As Practice Group Leader of Lathrop GPM’s Health Law & Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group, Amundsen advises a broad range of nonprofit and healthcare organizations, including hospitals, health systems, colleges and universities, private foundations, arts organizations, and international nonprofits. She helps clients navigate complex governance structures, mergers, affiliations, and tax-exempt compliance matters. Amundsen is also helping lead innovative initiatives involving philanthropic organizations, Native American tribes, and federal partners to expand investment opportunities in Native communities nationwide and is contributing to a national collaboration focused on buffalo conservation efforts.
As a longtime Trustee and former Chair and Co-Chair of the Lathrop GPM Foundation, Amundsen helped guide philanthropic investments supporting access to justice and legal services in communities across the country. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Council on Foundations, where she chairs the Governance Committee, and supports leadership development initiatives through Minnesota’s regional initiative foundations. In addition, she serves on the U.S. Advisory Board for the Mama Hellen Lotara School in South Sudan and regularly shares her nonprofit and healthcare law experience through educational programs and leadership roles with the Minnesota State Bar Association.