About Natasha Hazlett
Natasha focuses her practice primarily on estate planning, probate, along with estate and trust administration. She also has extensive experience in administering and settling complex and contested decedent’s estates, handling will contests, establishing guardianships and conservatorships, and drafting estate planning documents such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advanced directives.
Natasha strives to put her clients in the very best estate plan for their needs, and clients have come to respect Natasha’s no-nonsense, simple approach to estate planning!
There are a LOT of misconceptions about probate and trusts that abound. Natasha is a fierce advocate for her clients and refuses to take a one-size-fits all approach. She uses her 20+ years of experience in drafting estate plans and administering estates and trusts to expertly advise her clients.
Natasha is a frequent speaker on the topics of estate planning and probate.
She is passionate about educating individuals on the mistakes most families make when it comes to Estate Planning and how to avoid them. Her Estate Planning 101 classes are popular due to her easy-to-understand teaching style and 20+ years of cautionary tales from estate plans gone horribly wrong. She’s proud of the fact that she can get her audience to laugh throughout the class…and the fact that she has a copy of Elvis Presley’s Last Will that she hands out on occasion in the class!
Natasha started Hazlett Law PLLC in February 2025 in order to serve her Tennessee clients. She is still Of Counsel to the law firm of Johnson May, located in Boise, Idaho where she has worked for 15 years.
Prior to her move to Idaho in 2009, Natasha worked for a large law firm in Memphis, Tennessee, where she practiced in the areas of estate planning, tax, probate, civil litigation and bankruptcy.
Natasha graduated from Southern Methodist University with B.A. degrees in both Political Science and Advertising. She received her J.D. from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University.
The Idaho Business Review honored Natasha with their Women of the Year award and she has been named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers magazine was so intrigued by Natasha’s career path, that they did a full feature on her. You can see the article here)
When she is not practicing law, she is a best-selling author of two books, an inspirational speaker and award-winning online marketing/business consultant.
Natasha enjoys spending time with her husband, Richard, and three young children as well as connecting women in her community through Our Gathering Table, an organization she founded to help women find and build deep friendships locally.
Memberships
Tennessee State Bar Association
Idaho State Bar Association
Idaho State Bar, Taxation, Probate & Trust Law Section- Chairman (2010-2011)
Representative Matters
- Represented personal representatives and trustees in administering multi-million dollar estates & trusts.
- Represented beneficiaries in breach of fiduciary litigation against Trustee and Personal Representative.
- Represented beneficiaries in litigation to remove Personal Representative.
- Represented guarantors in litigation over multi-million dollar personal guarantees.
- Represented corporate trustee in litigation regarding trust modification.
- Assist family members in obtaining guardianship and conservatorships over loved ones.
- Negotiated favorable settlement between four adversarial parties in a highly controversial estate matter.
- Represented a shareholder in a derivative action.
- Advised national hotel management company regarding sales tax and hotel tax issues.
- Represented insurance guaranty association in nursing home litigation.
- Represented lender in complex Chapter 11 adversarial proceeding and obtained favorable non-dischargeable judgment against debtor.
- Represented non-profits in obtaining 501(c)(3) classification
Speaking Engagements:
“Estate Planning Basics: Client Interviews & Planning for Incapacity”
“Probate & Inheritance in Idaho” Presentation for the Idaho Land Title Association
“Drafting Basic Estate Planning Documents: Client Interviews & Key Elements of Effective Wills”
“Ethical Considerations in Tax Law and Charitable Planning with Retirement Plan Assets”
“Using Living Trusts and Powers of Attorney as Estate Planning Tools”
“Planning Methods to Control Medical Treatment”
“Asset Protection after the Tennessee Investment Services Act”
“Foreclosures: How Bankruptcy Changes the Landscape”
“Expert Testimony: Going Back to the Basics: An Analysis of Federal and State Law Governing the Admissibility of Expert Testimony”
“Law Practice Ethics”
Publications
Author, “Expert Witnesses: Judges call into question whether experts help juries or replace them,” special to the Memphis Business Journal, 2005″
