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Torra B. Hausmann

Associate | (410) 266-0626 | thausmann@hwlaw.com

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Torra B. Hausmann

Associate | (410) 266-0626 | thausmann@hwlaw.com

Torra is an Associate Attorney in the Firm's Estates & Trusts practice. Torra’s experience at the Firm includes estate planning, estate and trust administration, and general litigation, including estate and fiduciary litigation, personal injury, medical malpractice, real estate and commercial litigation.

Torra received a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Language and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern History with a minor in Holocaust Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Prior to Law School, Torra also earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Maryland College Park. She has worked for the Red Cross in their former Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Unit, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, working to manage, index, and catalog the Max Reinhardt Library.

Torra graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law. While attending Law School, she served as the Managing Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review. Her Comment, selected for publication and published in Vol. 52, focused on the intersection between prisoner’s rights and estate and trust planning. During law school, she developed a deep interest in the intersection of Estates and Trusts with other legal practices, including animal law, prisoner’s rights, and intellectual property.

  • J.D., Summa Cum Laude, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2023
    University of Baltimore Law Review, Managing Editor
  • M.A. in Library and Information Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017
  • B.A. in German Language, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2012
  • B.A. in Modern History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2012

Maryland State Bar (2023)

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (2024)

Collateral Consequences of an Incarcerated Beneficiary: Preserving Testamentary Intent and Protecting a Testator’s Estate from Falling Victim to a Beneficiary’s Unreasonable Criminal Justice Debt, 52 U. Balt. L. Rev. 147 (2022).

Moral Duty or Legal Right: Supreme Court Decides Third Nazi-Looted Art Case Hinged on Procedural Questions Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Issue to Watch, U. Balt. L. Rev. (May 28, 2022).

Elephant in the Mirror: One Elephant’s Legal Journey to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Issue to Watch, U. Balt. L. Rev. (Dec. 26, 2021).