A discipline filing alleges that the bond between a former Lathrop & Gage partner and the ousted president of Kansas City Terminal Railway helped derail the firm’s 106-year client relationship with KCT.

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Another law firm office is leaving downtown St. Louis.

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Bigger doesn’t always mean better. Three attorneys from Lathrop & Gage decided that when they left to join a smaller law firm in Kansas City. Jerry Bales, who had been chair of Lathrop & Gage’s construction department, Ken Snow and ...

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has settled a malpractice case against Lathrop & Gage. A St. Louis federal judge’s order filed Wednesday said the lawsuit was no longer set for a Jan. 25 trial because it had been settled. The ...

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Hartweger joins Spencer Fane Peter Hartweger has joined Spencer Fane Britt & Browne as a partner in the firm’s Kansas City business transactions and corporate group. He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, general business, tax-exempt organizations, and e-commerce. Hartweger received ...

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Bill Beck didn’t set out to do pro bono work. When he got involved in negotiating a settlement agreement for Dennis Maher, a Massachusetts man freed after 19 years of wrongful imprisonment, he and his firm, Lathrop & Gage, fully ...

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The chairman of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal’s litigation practice in Kansas City has exited for Lathrop & Gage. James Moeller, who has 30 years of experience in complex litigation, started Sept. 1 at Lathrop as a partner. The firm announced ...

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Collaborative Law Institute elects O’Donnell president The Collaborative Law Institute of Missouri recently elected Hugh O’Donnell III president. O’Donnell has been in private practice in Kansas City for more than 20 years. His practice consists of mediation and collaborative law, ...

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Archer appointed to ABA committees Joan Archer, an intellectual property attorney with Lathrop & Gage’s Kansas City office, received two leadership appointments from the American Bar Association this week. She became a member of the Special Committee on Jury Innovations, ...

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Kansas City-based Lathrop & Gage has opened an office in Chicago, the firm announced Friday. The expansion will be Lathrop’s 11th office nationwide and marks the firm’s second expansion this year. “We’ve been looking for opportunities to enter the Chicago ...

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