Practice Areas

Business Law
Strobel & Hanson, P.A. provides business clients with a full range of legal services - selecting and organizing business entities, preparing articles of incorporation and partnership agreements, maintaining corporate records, handling the acquisition or sale of related businesses, and planning and documenting the transfer of businesses. The firm also advises clients on their day-to-day business activities, including employee and customer relations and business-to-business transactions. All of our legal services and advice are provided with an eye toward preventing costly mistakes and shielding our clients from potential liability. Jack Strobel brings over forty years of experience as an in-house corporate counsel and private attorney to bear upon problems in this area. ^TOP

Commercial Litigation
Strobel & Hanson, P.A. represents clients in a wide range of business and commercial litigation matters. We provide commercial litigation advice from the inception of a commercial dispute through to its conclusion with the objective of providing the best possible results at every stage. ^TOP

Construction Law
Strobel & Hanson has represented clients in the field of construction law since the firm's inception. Our attorneys are well-versed in all aspects of the construction industry. We provide a complete range of legal services, representing owners, contractors, developers, homeowner associations, managing agents, and design professionals in all aspects of the construction process, including bidding and document preparation, contract negotiation, contract performance, warranty issues, and mechanics liens. The firm's managing attorney, Einar E. Hanson, frequently lectures on construction law to professional and trade groups, selected examples of which are on the Legal Resources page of this web site. He is a member of the American, Minnesota and Wisconsin Construction Law and Litigations sections, a long-time member of Community Association Institute (CAI), and an associate member of the American Institute of Architects, among other affiliations. ^TOP

Estate Planning
Strobel and Hanson, P.A. regularly assist clients in their estate planning and probate needs. We advise our clients on how to arrange their affairs consistent with their desires, while minimizing the effect of estate and gift taxes. The firm does the full range of legal work in connection with probating a will and distributing a decedent's assets. The firm also engages in all aspects of probate litigation, including representing will and trust contestants and resolving contested claims. ^TOP

Township Law
Strobel & Hanson, P.A. regularly represents townships in the southeast Minnesota area in a wide range of issues for township governance, including land use regulation, zoning, road establishment and road vacation, as well as enforcement issues arising from these areas. Einar Hanson and Jack Strobel regularly advise townships on the drafting and amending of their ordinances. In addition, both have written articles and presented seminars for the Minnesota Association of Townships, examples of which are on the Legal Resources page of this website.  ^TOP 

Homeowner Association Law
Strobel & Hanson enjoys helping homeowner associations and their boards with the knotty issues often facing their governance, including amending governing documents, enforcing rules violations, and in connection with its expertise in construction and insurance law, assisting associations in resolving defective construction issues, and well as casualty insurance claims. ^TOP

Insurance Law
The firm litigates complex insurance policy interpretation and coverage issues on behalf of insurance and reinsurance companies, their policy holders, and brokers. The firm also assist clients in pre-litigation coverage advice, the negotiation and settlement of claims, and all facets of insurance litigation and alternative dispute resolution. ^TOP

Real Estate
Strobel & Hanson, P.A. represents clients in a broad range of real estate matters, including the purchase, sale, financing, and leasing of property from single-family homes, cooperatives, condominiums to major commercial and industrial properties. Other real estate matters include easements, condemnations, special assessments, zoning, construction contracts, leases, title examinations, quiet title actions, land title registration proceedings, and property management and development. ^TOP