Laurie Anne Hanson

Laurie Hanson practiced law from 1984 to 2024, with a special focus on persons aging and living with disabilities. She concentrated her practice exclusively in the areas of trusts (including supplemental needs, special needs, and pooled trusts), estate planning, planning for incapacity and surrogate decision-making, government benefits eligibility including Medical Assistance, SSI, veterans benefits, SNAP, and public housing), and probate.

Laurie regularly served as faculty and made presentations on elder law and special needs law topics at continuing legal education courses for attorneys through the Minnesota State Bar Association. In addition, she gave presentations to nursing home family councils, church groups, support groups, community groups, and law schools in the Twin Cities.

Golden Gate University School of Law

J.D. (1984) | Law

1984

Activities: Member of the law review and Editor-in-Chief of the Women’s Law Forum.

University of Wisconsin - Madison

1977

Of Counsel

Northwoods Law Group, P.A.

Current

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Member

Current

Minnesota State Bar Association

Member

Current

Minnesota Lavender Bar Association

Member

Current

Hennepin County Bar Association

Member

Current

Special Needs Alliance

Member

Current

Arkansas

Arkansas Judiciary

1985-2015

California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 114916

1984-2015

Minnesota

Minnesota Supreme Court

ID Number: 0209132

Since 1990

• Does Not Currently Practice Law
• Not Currently Accepting Clients