Janice K. Hanson
Areas of Practice: Business Formation; Corporate Dissolution; Residential Real Estate; Estates, Trusts & Probate; Wills, Living Wills; Powers of Attorney & Appointment; Guardianships & Conservatorships
Office Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Direct: 612.336.9355 / Email: janice@lommen.com
Janice K. Hanson / Biography
Janice Hanson has years of experience with law firms as an administrator, paralegal and in accounting, giving her a broad knowledge of the workings of a law firm. Currently her focus is as a paralegal working in numerous areas of law, including corporate, real estate, probate, estate planning, and commercial and civil litigation. She enjoys not only the opportunity to work with the various attorneys practicing in these areas of law, but also the interaction with the variety of clients.
Away from the office, Ms. Hanson enjoys outdoor activities, including walking and gardening. She also enjoys watching and listening to sports, especially the Minnesota Twins.
News + Articles
Minnesota’s Rule on Corporate Designee Depositions Now Requires the Noticing Party to “Confer” With the Entity to Be Deposed
Rule 30.02(f) of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure governs depositions of corporations or organizations. It provides for a notice of deposition to an “entity” rather than an individual. An entity can include a corporation, partnership, association or...
Minnesota’s Collateral Order Doctrine Turns 20
Twenty years ago, the Minnesota Supreme Court formally adopted the collateral order doctrine in Kastner v. Star Trails Ass’n, 646 N.W.2d 235 (Minn. 2002). In the years since then, the appellate courts have applied the doctrine several times, but it remains a...
The Rare Remedy of Writs
The appellate rules specifically list the types of trial court decisions that can be appealed. Usually this requires a final judgment, which occurs at the very end of the litigation in the trial court. But on rare occasions, a trial court may make a decision that is...
How to Proceed When Dying Doesn’t Kill Your Case
One of the important but often overlooked Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is Rule 25, which allows for substitution when a party has died. This Rule was recently addressed by the Eighth Circuit in Benacquisto v. Am. Express Fin. Corp., 2022 WL 3133437 (8th Cir. Aug....
Lommen Abdo News – September 2022
The next edition of our newsletter is ready for review and includes these articles: Ramifications for insurance providers in policy wording Deciding whether and when to appeal The continuation of Josh Feneis’s blog on standing up for a father and his daughter. New...
Lommen Abdo Packs at the Park
Lommen Abdo team members recently got out in the community and participated in the Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) Pack at the Park event. This is the first year Lommen Abdo employees have packed food but they look forward to making this an annual event! Feed My...