Road arrow sign outside the Best Western Route 66 Rail Haven in Springfield, Missouri, on May 18, 2014. Photo Credit: mrcmos/Shutterstock Lathrop Gage boasts closed its office last month departure of 11 lawyers Kutak Rock now under new management succeeded Mark Bluhm including six partners longtime chairman David Jacobson stepped down Jay Selanders gross revenue tick up slightly Jacobson died in July battling health problems for a decade most recent Am Law Second Hundred survey Lathrop Gage hired Proskauer Rose exit of six lawyers to Raines Feldman bolting on a four-lawyer boutique former Latham & Watkins of counsel Alexandra Roje Lathrop Gage also launched which in late 2017 absorbed decamp for regional rival Spencer Fane took a team of lawyers to Troutman Sanders Stinson Leonard Street hired Sherman Botts Michael Best & Friedrich just hired a new COO four-partner intellectual property team in Denver acquiring a local IP boutique start a new local office a longtime member of the local business community promoted Mack and Webster to partner