Lathrop Gage Hires L.A. Leader from Proskauer

Kansas City-based Lathrop Gage LLP announced yesterday that Nancy Sher Cohen, formerly a partner and co-head of Proskauer Rose’s Insurance Recovery and Counseling Group, will serve as the partner-in-charge of Lathrop’s Los Angeles office.

Cohen, who was also named the leader of Lathrop’s Policyholder and Insurance Coverage practice, said she chose the firm because of its active policyholder insurance practice.

Lathrop’s attorneys have recovered more than $2 billion on behalf of policyholder clients, she said.

“I am a Kansas City native with strong ties to the Kansas City community,” Cohen told Big Law Business in an email.

“The opportunity to ...