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Why Lathrop & Gage Supports the Arts

The Lathrop & Gage law firm and its predecessors have long been supporters of the arts community in Kansas City.  The Firm has a number of attorneys who have been board members, including presidents, of arts organizations throughout the region, and offers free or discounted legal services to a number of arts organizations.  In addition, the Firm supports arts organizations through ticket purchases, contributions, and by being one of the Workplace Giving Campaign participants for ArtsKC.

We have found, particularly through our Workplace Giving Campaign program, that the arts touch the lives of many of our associates, from the senior partners to some of our most junior employees. One of our administrative assistants sent a Workplace Giving Campaign gift with a note that a relative of hers was a struggling artist who had benefited early in her career with a grant from the ArtsKC Fund, and that the relative had managed to parlay that grant into greater success with her art business.  Several others have been introduced to the arts through our campaign, and began to attend arts events after becoming aware of the importance of the arts to Kansas City.  A few have become donors not only to ArtsKC but to other arts organizations through having been introduced to the arts by the firm.

The ability of our firm, and many other Kansas City employers, to attract talented employees is to a significant extent determined by the many offerings our community has.  The arts are a very important part of that, and we are aware that we would not have been able to attract and retain the skilled colleagues we have in our firm if it were not for the many arts offerings that our community enjoys.

Lathrop & Gage is pleased to be a supporter of ArtsKC and of the work it does in promoting the growth and development of all of the arts throughout the Kansas City region.