Chambers USA Names Lathrop Gage a Leading Firm in Ten Practice Areas for 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 11, 2009) — National honors were announced for twenty Lathrop Gage attorneys — an increase from 19 in 2008 — by Chambers USA, the producer of an annual guide to the legal profession. The firm also received the listing guide’s top three rankings among ten practice areas in Kansas, Missouri and New York, including Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright (New York).
Chambers USA ranked the top lawyers and departments in various areas of commercial law, using thousands of in-depth interviews with leading private practice attorneys and key in-house counsel across the nation. It also researched each firm’s strengths, recent work and clients.
The firm received top rankings in Corporate/M&A for the state of Kansas, as well as Labor & Employment and Environment for the Kansas City metro area.
A summary of the practice areas and attorneys honored:
Lathrop Gage LLP Rankings
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Practice Area |
State |
Rank |
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Corporate/M&A |
Kansas |
1 |
|
Environmental |
Missouri |
1 |
|
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
1 |
|
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
2 |
|
Litigation: General Commercial |
Kansas |
2 |
| Litigation: General Commercial (Kansas City & Surrounds) |
Missouri |
2 |
|
Real Estate |
Kansas |
2 |
| Real Estate (Kansas City & Surrounds) |
Missouri |
2 |
|
Labor & Employment |
Kansas |
3 |
|
Intellectual Property - Trade Mark |
New York |
4 |
Individual Rankings
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Attorney Rankings |
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Attorney |
Rank |
Practice Area |
State |
|
David Shorr |
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
|
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
| David Shorr |
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
| Jack Rowe |
1 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
| Douglas Dalgleish |
1 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Missouri |
| Lewis "Pete" Heaven, Jr. |
1 |
Real Estate |
Kansas |
| Don Dagenais |
1 |
Real Estate |
Missouri |
| Jerome Riffel |
1 |
Real Estate |
Missouri |
| Lyle Pishny |
2 |
Corporate/M&A |
Kansas |
| Joseph Medved |
2 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
|
2 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
|
2 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
|
|
2 |
Litigation: White-Collar |
Missouri |
|
|
2 |
Real Estate |
Kansas |
|
|
3 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
|
|
Beth Atkins |
3 |
Intellectual Property: |
New York |
|
David Vogel |
3 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
|
3 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Kansas |
|
|
Gary Cunningham |
3 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Missouri |
|
3 |
Real Estate |
Missouri |
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About Lathrop Gage:
A leading Midwest full-service law firm, Lathrop Gage LLP has almost 300 attorneys in 11 offices nationwide – from Los Angeles to New York. In 2009, Chambers USA ranked Lathrop Gage’s corporate, environmental, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and labor and employment teams among the best in the Midwest. For more information, visit www.lathropgage.com.