Lathrop Gage's National Chambers USA Roster Grows in 2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 13, 2008) — National honors were announced for nineteen Lathrop Gage attorneys — an increase from 16 in 2007 — 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 Colorado, representing an increase from six practice areas the year before.
Chambers USA ranked the top lawyers and departments in various areas of commercial law, using more than 10,000 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 L.C. Rankings
Practice Area |
State |
Rank |
Corporate/M&A |
Kansas |
1 |
Environmental |
Missouri |
1 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
1 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
2 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Kansas |
2 |
Real Estate |
Kansas/Missouri |
2 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Kansas |
3 |
Labor & Employment |
Kansas |
3 |
Intellectual Property |
Colorado |
3 |
Individual Rankings
Attorney Rankings |
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Attorney |
Rank |
Practice Area |
State |
Beth Atkins |
3 |
Intellectual Property |
New York |
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
3 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Kansas |
|
2 |
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations |
Missouri |
|
Gary R. Cunningham |
3 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Missouri |
Don Dagenais |
2 |
Real Estate |
Missouri |
Douglas Dalgleish |
1 |
Litigation: General Commercial |
Missouri |
Mark A. Ferguson |
3 |
Labor & Employment |
Kansas |
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
|
Lewis “Pete” Heaven |
1 |
Real Estate |
Kansas |
2 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
|
2 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
|
2 |
Corporate/M&A |
Kansas |
|
1 |
Real Estate |
Missouri |
|
1 |
Labor & Employment |
Missouri |
|
David A. Shorr |
1 |
Environment |
Missouri |
Thomas Stahl |
2 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
3 |
Corporate/M&A |
Missouri |
|
2 |
Real Estate |
Kansas |
About Lathrop Gage:
A leading Midwest full-service law firm, Lathrop Gage L.C. has 300 attorneys in 10 offices nationwide – from Denver, Colo. to New York, New York. In 2008, Chambers USA ranked Lathrop Gage’s commercial litigation, 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.