Liza Hanks is a graduate of Stanford Law School (1996) and a mother of two young children. She has been an estate planner since 2001, exclusively creating trusts and wills for families of all ages, as well as offering trust administration services.

She left a large Silicon Valley law firm in 2001 (after the birth of her son) to start a practice that makes a positive difference to children and families. After seven years of solo practice at FamilyWorks Estate Planning, she has recently moved her practice to Structure Law Group.

In addition to practicing estate planning law, her book, Estate Planning for Busy Families,was published by Nolo Press in May, 2007 and she taught Estate Planning and Taxation at Santa Clara University Law School 2003-2006.