Civic Involvement

Service is a core value of Lathrop & Gage. We are dedicated to being active and responsible members of our communities; our attorneys and staff give their time and talents to numerous civic, charitable and professional organizations.

Lathrop & Gage attorneys currently serve in leadership roles with:

  • American Arthritis Foundation
  • American Institute of Architects – Kansas City Chapter
  • American Red Cross – Greater Kansas City Chapter
  • Aphasia Hope Foundation
  • Arthritis Foundation – Western Missouri/Greater Kansas City Chapter
  • Associated Youth Services
  • Building Association of Greater Kansas City
  • Cancer Action, Inc.
  • Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center
  • Center for Entrepreneurs
  • Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado
  • Center for Legal Inclusiveness
  • Chicago Bar Foundation
  • Child Advocacy Services Center, Inc.
  • Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired
  • Civic Entrepreneurs Organization
  • Colorado Council on Economic Education
  • Colorado Fourteener Initiative
  • Columbia (Missouri) Chamber of Commerce
  • Community Blood Center of the Ozarks
  • Computers for Peace
  • Covenant House
  • Denver Ballet Guild
  • Design Build Institute of America – Midwest Region
  • Don Bosco Charter High School
  • Don Bosco Community Centers, Inc.
  • Down Syndrome Association (St. Louis)
  • Emmaus Homes (St. Louis)
  • Family Violence Center
  • Friends of Infant Toddler Services of Johnson County (Kansas)
  • Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
  • Infant Toddler Services of Johnson County (Kansas)
  • Johnson County (Kansas) Bar Association
  • Johnson County (Kansas) Community Foundation
  • Kansas City Free Health Clinic
  • Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey
  • Kansas City Inventors Association
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
  • Kansas City Rowing Club
  • Kansas City Sports Commission
  • Kansas City Young Audiences
  • Lawyers Association of Kansas City, Young Lawyers Division
  • Lawyers Encouraging Academic Progress Foundation
  • Legal Aid of Southwest Missouri
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault
  • Missouri Biotechnology Association
  • Missouri Partnership
  • Missouri State Chamber of Commerce
  • Olathe (Kansas) Public Schools Foundation
  • Prime Health Foundation
  • Risk Management Association – St. Louis Chapter
  • Shawnee Mission Medical Center Foundation
  • St. Louis County Economic Council
  • St. Louis Internship Program
  • St. Luke’s Hospital, Children’s SPOT
  • The AIDS Council of Kansas City
  • The Children’s Place
  • The Hawthorne Foundation
  • The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City Graduate Tax Law Foundation
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Alumni Association
  • Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Village Shalom
  • Wayside Waifs
  • WINGS (Women In Need Growing Stronger)

Moreover, our firm has a proud tradition of leadership in government at the local, state, even federal levels. Lathrop & Gage has produced four mayors, one U.S. senator, one U.S. representative and three governors, and two of our attorneys currently serve in the Missouri General Assembly.