Nicole R. Hanson

I hired Nicole Hanson for the collaborative divorce process. She is flexible on her level of involvement in each client's case and provides education to help them make the best decisions for themselves. Ms. Hanson is very professional, prompt, and offers competitive hourly rates. She maintains a ...good balance of having empathy and compassion while also pushing on her clients and telling them what is and is not reasonable to expect. It is important to her to make sure her clients understand everything fully, in addition to understanding future implications of current decisions on the parenting plans. She is firm with opposing counsel and will advocate her hardest for her clients on what is important to them. She also has the ability to read how the other side operates, and is able to present things to them in a way she believes will be most effective. Ms. Hanson is very creative in finding middle grounds so that her clients do not feel they are making sacrifices to what is most important to them.

Nicole represented me in my divorce proceedings. (We settled - did not go to trial.) Throughout the process, I never felt surprised by anything that arose. I felt well prepared. Nicole also consistently got her tasks done quickly, and before my ex's atty. She's been practicing family law for quite a ...while, and everything she predicted about our situation was accurate. Also, she was always well prepared and timely with our phone meetings (during the pandemic).

Nicole is very professional and I am beyond happy with her dedication and knowledge during my divorce process. Let's be honest, all divorces are hard but mine was a doozy involving abuse, drugs, property and toddler. She kept me calm during my moments of stress, returning every call/email all while... making me feel as if I was her only client. She has experience with almost everything that was thrown at her during my time as her client. Now that I am part of the "divorcee club", I am starting to realize how detail oriented and awesome my lawyer was compared to others. My parenting plan-she thought of every detail. She gave me pros and cons for all situations and supported my decisions along the way. The other professionals she recommended during this process (mediator/child family investigator) were fantastic too. I could not recommend Nicole enough! She is beyond professional and detail oriented.