Lawrence Hanson
Law Office of Lawrence Hanson
The Law Office of
Lawrence W. Hanson, P.C.
1330 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1225
Houston, Texas 77056
713-961-8000 telephone
713-961-8022 facsimile
lwhanson@lwhansonassociates.com
Past Governmental Experience: Between 1986 and 1989, Mr. Hanson served as Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Customs Service, now U.S. Customs and Border Protection. As in-house counsel for Customs, Mr. Hanson provided legal advice to Customs personnel including Port Directors and other Customs officials, Import Specialists, Inspectors, Special Agents, and FP& read more
Private Practice: Since going into private practice in 1989, Mr. Hanson has worked with three of the nation’s prominent law firms specializing in international trade and import and export regulations. For each of these law firms, Mr. Hanson was the attorney in residence in charge of their Houston, Texas office until he opened his own practice, The Law Office of read more
Mr. Hanson assists clients in the handling of penalty and liquidated damage claims, the detention, seizure and forfeiture of merchandise and audits, civil and criminal investigations, and similar actions taken by Customs and other governmental agencies that regulate imports and exports. Mr. Hanson also assists in licensing, permit and registration requirements before read more
Mr. Hanson is licensed to practice law in the States of Illinois and Texas. He is admitted to practice in the Southern District of Texas, the Northern District of Illinois, the Court of International Trade in New York, the Fifth and Seventh Circuit Courts of Appeals as well as before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has practiced and conducted read more
Faculty Position: Since 1993, Mr. Hanson has been a member of the faculty at the University of Houston Law Center where he teaches law school courses in U.S. Import Regulation in the fall and U.S. Export Controls in the spring. Students in his courses have gone on to positions in government, private practice, and corporations. Mr. Hanson has also lectured on read more
Additional Teaching Experience: Mr. Hanson has taught in the area of international trade law, import export regulations and related law enforcement issues since serving as an attorney with Customs in 1986. In addition, he taught with governmental organizations, academic institutions, in public seminars throughout the U.S., and privately for corporate and trade read more
Leadership: Mr. Hanson served as the head of the Customs and International Trade Section of the State Bar of Texas and as the Secretary/Treasurer, Vice Chair, and Chair of the International Law Section. In 2002, Mr. Hanson founded the Center for Global Trade Education and Compliance which provides public and in-house training on import and export regulatory issues.& read more
Community Participation: Mr. Hanson is involved in numerous law related organizations including the American Bar Association-International Law Section, the Court of International Trade Bar Association, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He is also an active participant in other professional organizations including International read more