Overview
Lauren Hamilton is a member of the private client services group, with a focus on estate planning and administration, trust, and taxation matters. She has a wide variety of experience, assisting clients on a national and local level. She offers specialized legal advice with a practical view and a personal touch, understanding that each client's needs are unique and there is not a one-size fits all approach.
Lauren provides pragmatic advice and counsel in a number of areas, including:
Private Client Services: Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Personal Directives, Estate Planning
Private Client Services: Trusts
Private Client Services: Tax
Lauren previously worked at a large national firm, which gave her experience with corporate and high-net-worth clients. After this, she worked at a boutique law firm in Calgary. This granted her experience in estate planning with high-net-worth clients; experience in family law and the intersection between family law and estate planning. Prior to starting at Miller Thomson, Lauren started a law firm from scratch, which gave her experience running a firm/business and building a wills and estates practice from nothing.
Community involvement
- Board Member, Rocky Support Services Society, 2018 – 2022
Bar admissions & education
- Alberta Bar, 2015
- J.D. , Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law, 2014
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International Development Studies, Saint Mary’s University, 2011