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Lathrop GPM and Hopkins & Carley Officially Combine

Lathrop GPM Managing Partner Cameron Garrison and Hopkins & Carley Managing Shareholder Jennifer Johnson. Photo credit: Lathrop GPM.

Posted October 3, 2024

Kansas City-based Lathrop GPM has officially combined with Hopkins Carley. The combined firm now has approximately 360 attorneys across 13 offices nationwide.

Hopkins Carley will now operate under the name Lathrop GPM, according to a release. Lathrop announced it would combine with Hopkins Carley in August, adding around 62 attorneys to the firm’s headcount.

“By joining forces, we have broadened our footprint in California’s dynamic legal market,” Cameron Garrison, Managing Partner of Lathrop GPM, said in the release. “The combination allows us to offer expanded services across our practice areas and reflects our combined commitment to fostering a culture of collaboration, diversity, accountability and client-focused solutions.”

Hopkins & Carley Managing Shareholder Jennifer Johnson and Executive Vice President Perry Woodward both joined the Lathrop GPM executive committee.

In addition, Dori Yob Kilmer, former Executive Director of Hopkins Carley, will become Lathrop GPM’s new Chief of Legal Operations.

“In her (Yob Kilmer) new role, she will lead our Knowledge Management, Legal Recruiting and Practice Management teams as they continue to expand their support of our attorneys and the firm in continuing to offer the legal services for which we are known,” Court Landon, Chief Operating Officer of Lathrop GPM, said in the release.