University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

Francis M. Hanna Professor of Law; B.Ed. (Chicago State University); J.D. (Northwestern University) email 816-235-2387 Professor Hanna received his bachelor of education degree from Chicago State University in 1959 and his J.D. in 1962 from Northwestern University, where he received the Scott Foresman Scholarship. Professor Hanna is a member of both the Missouri and the American Bar Associations and has been active in professional organizations. He practiced law in Kansas City with Stinson,. Mag, & Fizzell for 17 years before joining, the Law School's faculty. He has served on the Probate Section of the Missouri Bar since 1962, and in 1964 he received the Smithson Award from the Missouri Bar for proposals regarding reform of Missouri probate law. He served as chairman of the Missouri Bar committee that drafted the Missouri Estate Tax, which became effective Jan. 1. 1981. He is past president of the Estate Planning Association of Kansas City and is the author of a text on the revised Missouri Probate Code. Together with Judge John A. Borron Jr., he has authored three probate volumes of West's Missouri Practice series. He currently is writing- a treatise on Missouri Trust Law for West's Missouri Practice series and a text on professional mal- practice litigation. Since 1990 he has served as special counsel for the Missouri Bar Chief Disciplinary Counsel and represented the Missouri Supreme Court in a 1992 petition for certiorari before the United States Supreme Court. Professor Hanna teaches Estates and Trusts, Estate and Gift Taxation, Estate Planning and Drafting, Fiduciary Administration, Professional Malpractice Litigation, and Professional Responsibility.