About Laurie Hanson

Laurie Hanson has practiced law since 1984, with a special focus on persons aging and living with disabilities. She concentrates 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 serves as faculty and makes 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 gives presentations to nursing home family councils, church groups, support groups, community groups, and law schools in the Twin Cities.