Attorney Profile

I confess -- I'm a horseman as much as I am a lawyer. Truth be known, I'd rather be in boots and a saddle than a suit and a courtroom.

Steve Hanson on Horseback My time outside the office is pretty much devoted to breeding, training and showing cutting horses. Helping friends with round-ups and brandings, riding the hills and packing into the mountains are the kinds of real work I like to give my horses to develop their minds as well as their bodies. I want to ride a horse into the show ring that has the confidence that comes from life beyond the box stall and arena.

I've learned a lot from horses and cattle and the people who work them. Preparing a legal case takes the same kind of diligence, attention to detail and perseverance as preparing a young horse for a futurity. I strive to give every case the attention and care that clients expect and deserve when hiring professional services to be performed at critical junctures of their business and personal lives.

I believe my professional training and experience as well as my life beyond the courtroom and law books allow me to provide quality service to my clients.

Areas Of Practice:

Agriculture Law
Business Organizations
Contracts
Equine Law
Family Law
Adoption
Child Support
Custody & Visitation
Divorce
Probate & Estate Administration
Wills

Bar Admissions:

Minnesota, 1979
North Dakota, 1979
Montana, 1993
Wyoming, 1994
U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota, 1980
U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1995

Education:

University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1979, Juris Doctor
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1972, B.A.
Majors: Economics and Speech