About Lathrop GPM LLP

Lathrop GPM LLP is a full-service national law firm serving businesses, organizations, and individuals across the United States and internationally. Formed in 2020 through the combination of two historic firms founded in 1866 and 1873, the firm blends long-standing tradition with forward-looking strategy and modern legal insight.

Lathrop GPM LLP operates with nearly 360 attorneys and legal professionals across 14 offices nationwide. In 2024, Hopkins Carley joined the firm, strengthening its presence in Northern California and expanding its capabilities in Private Client Services, Construction Litigation, and Employment & Labor. The firm provides seamless representation at the local, state, and national levels.

Lathrop GPM LLP delivers comprehensive legal services in corporate and business law, litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, environmental law, real estate, tax, financial services, health care, and data privacy. The firm also advises clients in key sectors including agribusiness, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, higher education, and franchise and distribution.

Lathrop GPM LLP is guided by well-established Client Service Standards centered on accessibility, responsiveness, and transparency. The firm promises same-day responses to calls and emails, staffs matters efficiently, and provides practical advice aligned with each client’s business goals and risk tolerance. Long-term relationships remain a core priority.

Lathrop GPM LLP is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with women holding 50% of firm leadership roles. The firm also views pro bono service as a professional responsibility, supporting efforts in innocence, immigration, housing, veterans, and child advocacy. Through collaboration and accountability, the firm helps clients plan confidently for the future.

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights
  • Adversary Actions and Contested Matters
  • Appellate and Nondischargeability Actions
  • Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 15
  • Foreclosure, Asset Sales and Loan Enforcement
  • Real Property and Lien Priority Matters
  • Asset Sales and Disposition
  • Assignment for Benefit of Creditors proceedings
  • Cash Collateral
  • Claim Prosecution and Defense
  • Debt Recovery
  • Disclosure Statements and Reorganization Plan Negotiations and Proceedings
  • Insolvency Alternatives
  • Plan Negotiation and Reorganization
  • Preference and Fraudulent Conveyance Defense
  • Receiverships in State and Federal Courts
  • Relief From Stay, Abandonment and Other Substantive Motions
Corporate & Business
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Tax & Transactions
  • Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) Client Resource Center
  • Emerging Companies & Entrepreneurs
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Fund Formation
  • Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
  • Licensing & Commercial Transactions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity & Venture Finance
  • Securities
  • Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Compliance
  • Closely Held & Family Businesses
  • Environmental Law
  • ESG Guidance
  • Asset Sales & Acquisitions
  • Bond Financing
  • Commercial Lending
  • Community Banking
  • Consumer Finance & Regulation
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • Payment Systems
  • Receiverships
  • Secured Creditor Representation
  • Unsecured Creditors & Committee Representation
  • Workout & Restructuring
  • Distribution
  • Emerging & Mature Systems
  • Franchise Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Franchise M&A
  • Franchise Registration & Compliance
  • Franchise Reorganization & Bankruptcy
  • Increasing Diversity in Franchising
  • International Development
  • Multi-Unit Franchising
  • Restaurant, Food & Beverage
  • Start-Up Systems
  • Health Care
Lawsuits & Disputes
  • Accountant Liability & Risk Management
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation
  • Appellate
  • Class Action Defense
  • Contaminants & Toxic Tort
  • eDiscovery: Data, Records & Information Governance
  • ERISA, Life, Health & Disability Litigation
  • Financial Services Litigation
  • General Business & Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Health Care Litigation
  • Neutral Alternative Dispute Resolution Services
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Trust & Estate Litigation
  • White-Collar Defense & Investigations
  • Insurance Recovery & Counseling
  • Product Liability & Tort Litigation
Intellectual Property
  • Copyrights
  • Intellectual Property Diligence
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Inter Partes Review
  • Licensing & Commercial Transactions
  • Patents
  • Trade Secrets
  • Trademarks
Labor & Employment
  • Affirmative Action
  • Class, Collective & PAGA Representative Actions
  • Discrimination, Harassment & Abusive Conduct
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  • Employment Counseling & Personnel Management Advising
  • Employment Law Alliance
  • Employment Litigation
  • Immigration
  • Investigations
  • Labor Management
  • Non-Compete, Non-Solicit, Trade Secrets & Other Restrictive Covenants
  • Occupational Safety
  • Training & Tools for Clients
Private Client Services
  • Charitable Gift Planning
  • Trust & Estate Litigation
  • Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
Real Estate & Development
  • Development & Incentives
  • Land Use
  • Manufactured Housing Communities
  • Real Estate Litigation & Disputes
  • Sales, Exchanges & Leases
Tax
  • Corporate Tax & Transactions
  • Opportunity Zones
  • Taxation of Partnerships & Other Pass-Through Entities

Fees

  • Payment details not specified

Office locations for Lathrop GPM LLP

Lathrop GPM LLP - Los Angeles

2029 Century Pk E Suite 1280N, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Lathrop GPM LLP - Kansas City

2345 Grand Blvd Ste 2200, Kansas City, MO 64108

Lathrop GPM LLP - Overland Park

7300 W 110th St Suite 150, Overland Park, KS 66210

Lathrop GPM LLP - Clayton

190 Carondelet Plaza Suite 1400, Clayton, MO 63105

Lathrop GPM LLP - Denver

675 15th St Suite 2650, Denver, CO 80202