Tomi Hanson
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Licensed for 14 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Child support
Language
English
About
Tomi graduated from North Dakota State University with a bachelor of science degree with Honor in psychology and minors in sociology and political science. She then attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law for law school. After graduating from law school, Tomi obtained a Master of Arts Degree in Forensic Psychology from the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology. Tomi began her work in family law while still in law school. She clerked for two domestic relations judges in the 18th judicial district and worked for a summer at Truhlar and Truhlar, LLP. Tomi also worked as a student Guardian ad Litem at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center representing the best interest of abused and neglected children. After law school Tomi started her own private practice and worked for over four years as a Guardian ad Litem representing the best interest of abused and neglected children in dependency and neglect and delinquency cases. During this time, Tomi gained valuable experience working with families and children to advocate for the best interest of children in a variety of capacities including special education issues, medically fragile children, and a wide range of complex family dynamics including domestic violence, mental health issues, and substance abuse issues. Tomi then worked for about four more years as an Assistant County Attorney. In this capacity she handled cases involving dependency and neglect, adoptions, delinquency, child support enforcement, adult protection, and claims and collections of fraudulently obtained benefits. Many of these cases were high conflict and Tomi gained conflict resolution skills in this role through settlement conferences, mediations, and court facilitations as well as continuing to improve her litigation skills. While working on her Masters Degree Tomi learned many useful skills such as administering psychological, cognitive, and personality testing, report and evaluation writing, and building therapeutic relationships with clients. She worked as a therapist with a psychologist that specialized in developmentally delayed and traumatic brain injured patients and also as an advocate for people with disabilities. She has experience working with experts in attachment and bonding, child development, and mental health. All of these experiences and skills give Tomi added insight and perspective when handling family law cases. Tomi enjoys hiking, running, yoga, camping, reading, and traveling. She also likes listening to and playing music and attending concerts. Tomi is a former competitive figure skater who still enjoys ice skating and watching hockey.
Practices Areas
Child custody
Child support
Divorce and separation
Family
Juvenile Law
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
Upon having my initial meeting with Tomi I was beyond impressed, relieved and happy that she did not pass any judgement on my situation rather she was very empathic. She did not give me false hope in a very upsetting modification of parenting time, she reassured me that she would work her hardest for me to be able to resume a normal parenting schedule with my son. She was very thorough about all the legal process, explaining things in detail to me about different court orders, legal terms, etc. I did not expect us to end up going to trial but Tomi powered through all of the mediations, random filings from opposing counsel and the barrage that my son's father was putting me through, all culminating into a 8.5 hour trial. During trial she did AMAZING!! I do not think the outcome would have been the same without her amazing workmanship, constant hours of research and planning and her fighting for what was fair. She has always been very timely with documents and time sensitive material. I have actually recommended her to my clients and will continue to do so!
Upon having my initial meeting with Tomi I was beyond impressed, relieved and happy that she did not pass any judgement on my situation rather she was very empathic. She did not give me false hope in a very upsetting modification of parenting time, she reassured me that she would work her hardest for me to be able to resume a normal parenting schedule with my son. She was very thorough about all the legal process, explaining things in detail to me about different court orders, legal terms, etc. I did not expect us to end up going to trial but Tomi powered through all of the mediations, random filings from opposing counsel and the barrage that my son's father was putting me through, all culminating into a 8.5 hour trial. During trial she did AMAZING!! I do not think the outcome would have been the same without her amazing workmanship, constant hours of research and planning and her fighting for what was fair. She has always been very timely with documents and time sensitive material. I have actually recommended her to my clients and will continue to do so!
Upon having my initial meeting with Tomi I was beyond impressed, relieved and happy that she did not pass any judgement on my situation rather she was very empathic. She did not give me false hope in a very upsetting modification of parenting time, she reassured me that she would work her hardest for me to be able to resume a normal parenting schedule with my son. She was very thorough about all the legal process, explaining things in detail to me about different court orders, legal terms, etc. I did not expect us to end up going to trial but Tomi powered through all of the mediations, random filings from opposing counsel and the barrage that my son's father was putting me through, all culminating into a 8.5 hour trial. During trial she did AMAZING!! I do not think the outcome would have been the same without her amazing workmanship, constant hours of research and planning and her fighting for what was fair. She has always been very timely with documents and time sensitive material. I have actually recommended her to my clients and will continue to do so!
Upon having my initial meeting with Tomi I was beyond impressed, relieved and happy that she did not pass any judgement on my situation rather she was very empathic. She did not give me false hope in a very upsetting modification of parenting time, she reassured me that she would work her hardest for me to be able to resume a normal parenting schedule with my son. She was very thorough about all the legal process, explaining things in detail to me about different court orders, legal terms, etc. I did not expect us to end up going to trial but Tomi powered through all of the mediations, random filings from opposing counsel and the barrage that my son's father was putting me through, all culminating into a 8.5 hour trial. During trial she did AMAZING!! I do not think the outcome would have been the same without her amazing workmanship, constant hours of research and planning and her fighting for what was fair. She has always been very timely with documents and time sensitive material. I have actually recommended her to my clients and will continue to do so!