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Juli Hand was born and raised in southern Minnesota in a farming community. After graduation from high school and completion of a technical school program, Juli moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Veterans Administration and then for a large private law firm as a legal secretary. Juli married and moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1984, where she worked as a paralegal with a large Omaha law firm for two years. She then followed her husband to Chicago, where she returned to school to complete her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Again relocating with her husband, she moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma, where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Management at Oklahoma State University in 1990. Juli graduated in the top 8% of her undergraduate class at Oklahoma State University, receiving High Honors.. Juli graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993 in the top 15% of her class. While in law school she interned for two Oklahoma Supreme Court justices, a U.S. District Court judge and an Oklahoma Court of Appeals judge. She also served as an editor of the Tulsa Law Journal, was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Phi, and the Student Bar Association. Juli received a full Merit Tuition Scholarship and she received the American Jurisprudence Award in both Legal Writing and Health Law.. Following law school, Juli worked for Wilkinson & Monaghan in Tulsa, where she wrote many appellate briefs, in addition to practicing in the areas of business litigation, medical malpractice and personal injury, school law and condemnation proceedings and administrative and employment law. She then relocated to Madison, Wisconsin, where she opened the law firm of Waddell & Hand with her partner, Lan Waddell. There Juli focused on domestic relations and bankruptcy law. After several years in Wisconsin, Juli and her family relocated to Missouri. Juli worked with the Thurman Law Firm in Hillsboro for over a year, narrowing her practice to family law. Juli joined Alice in 1999 to form the law firm of Kramer & Hand LLC Attorneys at Law. Since the firms creation, Kramer and Hand has expanded under Juli's leadership to become Kramer, Hand, Buchholz & Partney.  The firm now consists of six attorneys with a variety of specialties and seven support staff.. Juli and her husband, Larry, live in rural Jefferson County on a small acreage where they raise their three children, 50+ head of registered Hampshire sheep, two champion horses, a Great Pyrenees dog, several cats and chickens, plus the occasional rabbit and pet mouse.

I have practiced law for 23 years and am board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  When I handle legal matters, you get my attention as opposed to the work being handled by a paralegal or associate.

I have grown up in Jefferson County my entire life and truly enjoy serving this community. I lived with my parents in Pevely until I graduated from Herculaneum High Scool as valedictorian of my class in 2004. After high school, I attended the University of Missouri - Columbia for three and half years and received a Bachelors degree in Business Administration in December of 2007. I then moved back home to attend Law School at St. Louis University. I now live in the northwest corner of Jefferson County in Pacific with my wife and two children.. Prior to joining the Schnaare Law Firm, I worked on my own for a couple years handling small civil  matters and local appearances for other firms in just about any county south of Interstate 44. While working on my own, I also worked part time at Bass Pro Shops in St. Charles, Missouri as an Archery/Hunting associate. Working in retail has taught me a great deal above customer service and how to work with clientele.. Outside of work, I am an avid outdoorsman that loves hunting and fishing. I primarily like to hunt deer and squirrel. I am also registered with the Boy Scouts of America where I serve as an associate crew advisor to Crew 2720 and am also a Trial Guide that takes out horse back rides at the Beaumont Scout Reservation.

I have been practicing law in Hillsboro and the surrounding communities since I graduated from law school at the University of Oregon in 1996 and have focused my practice on marital and family law. I am a shareholder with Hillsboro Law Group, PC and currently head the Family Law Team for the firm. I understand through firsthand experience that issues related to marriage, family and other relationships can be among the most stressful and confusing you will ever encounter in your life but I am skilled at educating and guiding you through whatever process you are encountering whether negotiating and litigating the most complex contested financial and custody cases or drafting and finalizing uncontested divorces. My family law practice encompasses not only divorce but also domestic partnerships, separation agreements, spousal support, child support, custody, parenting time (visitation) and domestic violence (FAPA).. In addition to my marital and family law practice, I also focus on representing individuals in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies as well as individuals who have been arrested for, or convicted of, DUI including diversion entry and probation violations.. In my over 20 years of practice, I have cultivated and maintained a trustworthy and reliable reputation among both my colleagues with whom, and the judges before whom, I regularly practice. I have direct and consistent interaction with all of my clients and have developed and maintained a solid reputation for being accessible and prompt in communicating with my clients whether by phone, e-mail or in person.

I have been an attorney in Washington County since 1995.  My practice emphasizes family law and estate planning. I was the first Editor-in-Chief of Animal Law at Lewis & Clark Law School. I am a member of the Oregon
State Bar Family Law and Estate Planning sections and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association.  Our office is conveniently located at Orenco Station in
Hillsboro.. I can be contacted at   You can also view our website at .

"AV" Peer Review Rated (Martindale-Hubbell) -highest rating as established by other attorneys for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability.  St. Louis Magazine,"Best Lawyers" edition, (2007-present).  Emphasis on complex Domestice Relations litigation including sopisticated/substantial property investigation/valuation/allocation, spousal support and child-related issues.  Represented clients in over 2750 domestic cases during past 37 years. Frequent referral of complex cases by other attorneys. Substantial mediation experience in "high net-worth" cases (working with tax and finacial consultants).  Appointed by Circuit Court to serve as Master in  complex cases. Member-Family Law Section, Missouri Bar.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.

Experienced Family attorney serving clients in Hillsboro and surrounding areas.