Chris Hanson graduated from Cornell College in 1996 with a Bachelors of Special Studies degree in Biology and Philosophy.  Mr. Hanson went on to attend Ohio Northern University and obtained his Juris Doctorate degree in 2001.  Upon returning to Kansas City he served as Patent Counsel for a pharmaceutical company and was an associate in a boutique firm specializing in Consumer Bankruptcy before joining The Montee Law Firm, P.C. in 2005. 

Mr. Hanson is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He is also licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Kansas, the District Court of Kansas, the Supreme Court of Missouri, the Western District of Missouri and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.