Paul, Minnesota. For more than 20 years, she has focused her legal career in the areas of estate planning and probate and trust administration. She is chair of the firm’s estate planning and probate section. Hansen has worked with thousands of individuals, families, and businesses in planning their estates and implementing the estate plan after the death of a client, and she teaches advanced estate planning to financial professionals. Hansen earned a BA and a JD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.