Britt N. Burner
Partner at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.
Britt Burner, Esq. is a Partner at Burner Prudenti Law, a women-owned trust & estates and elder law firm serving clients from New York City to the East End. Since joining the firm in March 2014, she has been the driving force behind the firm’s Manhattan office, focusing her practice on elder law and estate planning.
Britt has distinguished herself as a leading elder law and estate planning attorney in the New York area, most recently being recognized in the 2025 and 2024 Best Lawyer rankings for Elder Law and Trusts & Estates in Manhattan.
In 2024, Britt was named as a Super Lawyer in the field of Elder Law. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. She was previously as a Rising Star Attorney for six consecutive years by the same publication.
In 2016 Britt was named as a “Brooklyn Star under 40” by Star Network, which honors young professionals in Brooklyn under 40 years old who exemplify outstanding leadership skills, not only in their chosen fields, but also in their community. In 2017 she received the honor of being named an “Outstanding Woman in Law” by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. In 2020, Britt was named a Caregiver’s Champion by CaringKind.
Britt is active in the Elder Law community, previously serving as the immediate past-Chair of the New York City Bar Association Committee on the Legal Problems of the Aging, and now serving as the Chair of the Elder Law and Special Needs section of the New York State Bar Association.
- Brooklyn Law School
- J.D. (2008) | Law
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- Activities: Britt Burner was a Notes & Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review.
- Boston College
- B.A. (2003) | Human Development
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- Partner
- Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.
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- Associate Attorney
- Burner Law Group, P.C.
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- Associate
- Goldfarb Abrandt Salzman & Kutzin LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Nancy Burner & Associates, P.C.
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- Special Assistant District Attorney
- Kings County District Attorney's Office
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- Associate
- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
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- Gifting for Graduates
- South Shore Press
- Ensuring Your Will Adapts to Life's Changes
- South Shore Press
- Advance Directives and Power of Attorney: What You Need to Know, Westhampton Free Library, 7 Library Ave., Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
- Westhampton Free Library
- Living wills are advance directives, but not all advance directives are living wills. Join Britt Burner, Esq., partner at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C., to discuss the importance of having a power of attorney and a health care proxy in place. Learn what you need to know about advance directives such as health care proxies and living wills and strategies to help protect your assets.
- Do I Need a Trust?, Zoom
- Shelter Island Public Library
- Please join speaker Britt Burner, Esq. of Burner Prudenti Law, P.C. for a discussion on estate planning with a focus on navigating trusts. In this session, we will explore the difference between a will and a trust, different types of trusts and using a trust for long term care planning.
- Estate Planning Tools for Family Caregivers, Peconic Bay Medical Center - Caregivers Center
- Planning ahead allows for less stress and crisis, especially when caring for your loved one with health concerns. Please join speaker Britt Burner Esq. of Burner Prudenti Law, P.C., as she discusses the importance of estate planning. This workshop will help you to understand the purpose of a health care proxy, the roles of an agent, trustee and executor and aim to help family caregivers identify situations in which care plans or estate planning documents may need to change.
- Lunch and Learn: Wills and Trusts 101, Westhampton Free Library
- Westhampton Free Library
- What is the difference between a will and a trust? Join Britt Burner, Esq. as she discusses the importance of Estate Planning documents, including wills, the process of probate, and the use of trusts for various planning purposes. Register here: https://bit.ly/4dIfkeQ Contact us at 631-941-3434 or by email at info@burnerlaw.com with any questions.
- Understanding Trusts, Hampton Bays Public Library
- Hampton Bays Public Library
- Confused about the differences between a Revocable Trust and an Irrevocable Trust? Join Partner Britt Burner, Esq. as she discusses different types of trusts used in Estate Planning and how they can benefit you and your loved ones. Register here: https://bit.ly/4bBkcjY Contact us at 631-941-3434 or by email at info@burnerlaw.com with any questions.
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers magazine
- 2025 Best Lawyer rankings for Elder Law and Trusts & Estates in New York City
- Best Lawyers
- Recognized in the Best Lawyers rankings for Elder Law in Setauket, NY
- Best Lawyers
- For the first time, Britt Burner has been recognized in the Best Lawyers rankings for Elder Law in Setauket, NY. For the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, more than 12.2 million votes were analyzed to identify the top legal talent, as identified by their peers. Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
- Best Lawyers
- For the second consecutive year, Britt Burner, Esq., has been included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list by Best Lawyers and her peers in the practice areas of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates.
- Community Leadership
- Lawyer Legion
- Lawyer Legion recognized Britt Burner, Esq. for Community Leadership.
- Elder Law and Special Needs Planning section of the New York State Bar Association
- Chair
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- Elder Law and Special Needs Planning section of the New York State Bar Association
- Vice Chair
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- BNI
- Member
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- New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section
- Member
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- New York State Bar Association, Elder Law Section
- Executive Committee Member
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- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4672440
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- English: Spoken, Written