Lathrop & Gage’s Crown Center office is the firm’s first and largest office. Founded in 1873, we may be the oldest law firm west of the Mississippi River, but we're anything but old and stodgy in our thinking, management and culture. We're a young, aggressive firm that's nearly doubled in size in the past four years through mergers and select lateral hires. Our stability and strength today are a testament to our adaptability over the past 130 years. And while we still represent our first-ever client, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (known then as Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company; now known as BNSF Railway Company), we've represented many other clients for well over a century.