Cathryn Reher

Practice Areas
Cathryn Reher is a dedicated elder law attorney who joined Long, Reher and Hanson, P.A. in 1998 and has been a shareholder of the firm since 2000.  She has practiced elder law since graduating with high honors from Hamline University School of Law in 1991. An elder law attorney is a probate and estate planning attorney who combines this practice with an expertise in navigating the maze of governmental benefits for the elderly and disabled.  Cathryn assists clients in the areas of Medical Assistance and Veterans Homes planning, trusts, wills, real estate, advance decisions regarding health care, nursing home issues, long-term care alternatives, and surrogate management of financial and personal matters.  She is recognized for her thorough and detailed estate and long-term care planning analysis and passionate advocacy on behalf of her clients.

Professional Associations
Cathryn is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Special Needs Alliance, the Elder Law Governing Council (of which she is past secretary), and the Elder Law, Real Estate, and Probate and Trust sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She is Chair of the Medical Assistance Committee of the Elder Law Section. Cathryn lectures frequently to state employees, financial planners, and community groups on Medical Assistance and estate planning. She regularly serves as faculty and makes presentations on elder law topics at continuing legal education courses for attorneys through the Minnesota State Bar Association.  She also regularly teaches professionals obtaining continuing education credits through Kaplan Professional Schools.

Professional Achievements
Cathryn has been recognized repeatedly as a Super Lawyer in Minnesota. In 2009, she was named to Law and Politics Top 40 in Trust, Estate Planning and Elder Law. She was similarly recognized in 2007 and 2008. Also, in 2007, she was nominated by her peers as one of the Top 100 Women Super Lawyers. In past years, she was named as one of the top 50 female attorneys by Minnesota Law and Politics and one of the five top Elder Law Super Lawyers in Minnesota. She also received the prestigious Mary Alice Gooderl Award from the Elder Law Section of the MSBA in 2005 for her contribution to the practice of Elder Law in Minnesota.

Personal
Cathryn has a loving husband, Tim, a daughter, Emma, and a son, Oscar, who live along with the family cat, Thomas, and chocolate Labrador, Brandy, and Cavalier King Charles spaniel Li'l Sis.  Her mother Jeanne, in her mid-80s, is still living independently!  She is passionate about cooking and gardening, and loves to read, bike, backpack, and travel.  Her favorite flowers are the brilliant orange globe flower and spiky sea holly.  A book she highly recommends to all is Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking with its valuable insights on coping with loss.