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Bret Hanna
"Clients who have been harmed physically or financially through the neglence of others need the right lawyer to protect their interests and obtain the best possible results available through the legal system."
Bret Hanna’s practice focuses exclusively on litigating plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury cases. Bret has represented clients in state and federal courts, in mediations, and in administrative proceedings in Michigan and Utah since he began practicing in 1991.
Bret was born in Addison, Michigan on August 15, 1965 and was raised in Northwest Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1987 with a B.A. in political science. In1991, he earned a Juris Doctor and a Masters Degree in Public Affairs from the joint degree program offered by the School of Law and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1991 and the Utah State Bar in 1994. He is currently admitted to practice before the Michigan Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the Utah Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Utah and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Bret is a member of the American Association for Justice, is a member of and serves on the Board of Governors of the Utah Association for Justice, and he is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Utah AIDS Foundation. He was also included in Utah Business Magazine’s 2008 and 2009 Legal Elite for his work in personal injury and has been awarded the highest possible AV Peer Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.
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Articles by Bret Hanna
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Salt Lamps – Savior or Sham?
Himalayan salt lamps have become very popular around the world, especially in eastern cultures where they originated. The reason they have become so popular, is because of claims of health benefits which range from air purification, increased blood circulation, increased cerebral serotonin levels, improved sleep,…
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Utah Needs a Breath of Fresh Air
The EPA recently labeled two Utah communities as “serious” nonattainment areas, because a 2015 deadline for complance with federal small-partciulate pollution rules was missed. The Salt Lake City and Provo metro areas are the two that received the designation. While the designation is only for…
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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Tomorrow
Utah has the dubious distinction of ranking fourth in the nation for opioid and heroin-related deaths. In fact, at least 100 Utahns have overdosed and died since December. In 2014, 362 Utahns died of overdoses, and more than 47,000 died nationwide. Those statistics are alarming.…
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Vitamin B-12 and Depression, is there a Link?
B vitamins, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, B-6, B-9 and B-12, are water soluble vitamins that play critical roles in human cell metabolism. They either serve as a co-enzyme for critical cell metabolic processes, or as a precursor needed to generate such processes. They also play…