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Laura J. Hansen

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Laura J. Hansen

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Practice Areas

  • Business/Corporate Law:
  • Corporation and LLC formation; partnerships; assumed names; annual filings
  • Purchase and sale of businesses
  • Buy-sell agreements; ownership restrictions
  • Contracts, business licensing, and operational issues
  • Employment law
  • Family businesses; Business succession planning
  • Any type of day-to-day business agreement, such as confidentiality, independent contractor, employee, supplier, IT agreement
  • Licensing issues
  • Estate Planning & Probate:
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Health care directives
  • Wills
  • Trusts – minor children, family, disclaimer
  • Charitable giving
  • Estate preservation and tax liability avoidance
  • Business succession
  • Real Estate Law:
  • Associations – residential and commercial
  • Commercial leases
  • Real estate brokerage law
  • Mobile Home Parks

Biography

Attorney, Laura J. Hansen, practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, real estate, business/corporate law, and association law. In business/corporate law, she has special interest in business formation, governance, multiple-owner issues, and business succession. Laura also enjoys working with clients on their estate plans and helping them tailor a plan to fit their needs and goals. In addition to businesses and individuals, Laura works with homeowner associations, charitable organizations, family-owned entities, and family cabin and property LLCs.

Laura is currently serving as President of the Board of the Cass County Economic Development Corporation. Laura’s past community involvement has included a term as President of the Longville Area Community Foundation, member of Board of the Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, and member of the Longville Lakes Clinic Board. Laura is a graduate of the Blandin Community Leadership Program and the Manager’s Forum at the Anderson Center. She is also a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and several area chambers. She attended Carleton College and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Laura enjoys living in the Walker – Leech Lake area with her husband and their Small Munsterlander puppy. She’s an avid skier in all forms – waterskiing, downhill, and cross-country and loves spending time on the lake, especially when the grown children return home for a visit.

Education

  • University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • J.D.
    • Honors: magna cum laude
  • Carleton College
    • B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota, 1998

Professional Associations

  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Member

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Treasurer, Board of the Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
  • WHA Parent Volunteer
  • Past President, Longville Area Community Foundation
  • Past Board Member - Longville Lakes Clinic Board
  • Graduate of Blandin Community Leadership Program and the Manager’s Forum at the Anderson Center
  • Greater Lakes Association of Realtors