About Zerrer Elder Law Office, LLC
As Elder Law attorneys, we consider what is best for our clients from all points of view, including the legal, medical, financial, social and family issues. We approach these issues in an objective way, with a primary emphasis on promoting the highest quality of life for the individuals that we serve.
We became lawyers because we wanted to be problem solvers and strong advocates for those who need help with society's institutions; and we wanted to help people with the legal planning that allows each of us to care for ourselves and to provide for those we care about. This is the philosophy that guides our practice everyday.
We assist clients in planning for the possibility of disability, incapacity, home health care, assisted living and/or nursing home placement. Through estate planning and asset protection planning, our firm helps clients to avoid probate and the impoverishment caused by the escalating cost of long term care. We also help our clients maintain their right to make health care decisions and avoid unnecessary medical treatment.
The sole focus of our practice is the legal needs of the elderly and disabled. We meet with clients where they are most comfortable. If a client is unable to travel to our office, we can meet with them at their residence, assisted living facility, nursing home or hospital room.
Lois M. Zerrer
 Lois M. Zerrer practices Elder Law, Probate, and Estate Planning. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. She is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and the former president of the Missouri Chapter of NAELA. She is a member and former Chair of The Missouri Bar Elder Law Committee. She also serves on the The Missouri Bar Probate and Trust Committee and the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association Probate Committee. She is a frequent speaker on Elder Law issues at business, professional and social organizations in Springfield and Southwest Missouri. She is a volunteer lawyer with Legal Services of Southern Missouri and is a recipient of the Pro Bono Publico Award from The Missouri Bar.
In 2008, Lois was invited to membership in the Special Needs Alliance, a national collective of attorneys dedicated to disability and public benefits law. She is member of the Public Policy Committee which advocates for legislation to benefit special needs clientele.
Lois has served on several city and community boards. She is an Elder at First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, currently chairing the Mission and Community Outreach Committee. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Alzheimer's Association of Southwest Missouri. She is a member of the League of Women Voters. For three years, Lois served on the Board of the Springfield Workshop, Inc.
She was chosen Big Sister of the Year by Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Ozarks, and was a finalist for the David Woodruff Award in Community Service. She has traveled twice to Nicaragua on mission trips with the Rainbow Network, a non-denominational organization in Springfield providing assistance to the Nicaraguan people in education, housing, economic development and health care.
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Dianne M. Hansen
 Dianne M. Hansen graduated with distinction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1992, where she served as Articles Editor for the Law Review and was elected to the Bench and Robe Honor Society and the Order of the Barristers and was a teaching assistant in the legal writing program. She was also the recipient of the National Association of Women Lawyers' Award for the "Most Outstanding Woman Law Graduate" of her law school class. Dianne is a published author in various legal journals and periodicals and is a recipient of the W. Oliver Rasch Award from the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Missouri Bar for one of her articles.
Dianne focuses her practice of law on Elder Law, Probate and Estate Planning. Prior to joining Zerrer Elder Law Office in 2006, she was a partner in Hatcher & Hansen, PLC, in Tucson, Arizona, and was a Senior Associate with Armstrong, Teasdale, LLC in Kansas City, Missouri. Before changing her career focus in 2001 solely to the practice of Elder Law, Dianne was an experienced trial lawyer in both civil and criminal cases.
Dianne is a member of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. She also serves as a member of the Probate and Trust Committees of the Missouri Bar and the Springfield Metropolitan Bar Associations. She is licensed to practice law in the states of Missouri, Kansas and Arizona. She is a frequent speaker and advocate, locally and statewide, on Elder Law and senior issues.
She is a volunteer lawyer with Legal Services of Southern Missouri. She is a receipt of the 2009 Member of the Year Award for the Missouri Chapter of NAELA.
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