Yemaya Hanna

Yemaya Hanna is an attorney in Maslon's Estate Planning Group who works with clients to help them achieve their wealth management and legacy goals. She understands the importance of listening carefully to clients’ concerns regarding their financial future, business succession, and family needs.

While in law school at the University of Minnesota, she served as an estate planning law clerk for Maslon, gaining valuable experience alongside seasoned practice group partners.

Yemaya brought skilled leadership and compassion to the many roles she held as a law student, which included serving as student director of the U of M Law School Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, as co-president of the Black Law Students Association, as vice president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Student Affiliate; and as Diversity Committee admissions ambassador.

For her extensive volunteer work as a law student, including serving as a coach in the UPLIFT Legal Institute for Teens, founded by Maslon, Yemaya was awarded the 2022 Equity and Diversity Award from the University of Minnesota Law School. For her dedication to the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic and its clients, Yemaya was awarded the 2022 Clinical Legal Education Association’s Outstanding Clinical Student Award.

Yemaya completed her bachelor’s degree with distinction at the University of Minnesota, majoring in political science with a minor in American studies. As an undergraduate, Yemaya worked as a political intern in the offices of Senator Al Franken and Governor Mark Dayton.