Nancy Burner

Nancy Burner is the founding partner of Burner Prudenti Law in East Setauket, New York. Her practice focuses on elder law, trusts and estates, estate planning, special needs planning, and related issues affecting older adults and their families. Burner helps clients plan for asset protection, long-term care, Medicaid eligibility, estate administration, and the transfer of wealth. She is also a founding member of Mediation Solutions of NY, a mediation and arbitration organization in Suffolk County.

Burner earned her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1988, graduating in the top two percent of her class with distinction. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Stony Brook University in 1985. In 2011, she returned to Hofstra Law as an adjunct professor and created the school’s first course in elder law. Her academic and teaching experience supports a practice that involves complex estate, tax, benefits, and long-term care planning.

Burner has nearly three decades of experience advising clients on estate planning, elder law, governmental benefits, and special needs matters. She regularly lectures on estate planning, tax planning, and benefits affecting elderly individuals and people with special needs. Her professional leadership has included service as a trustee and chair of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, president of the Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association, and co-chair of the Suffolk County Elder Law Committee.

Nancy Burner is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Elder Law since 2014. She was named Best Lawyers’ Long Island Elder Law “Lawyer of the Year” in 2020, 2023, and 2025 and has received repeated Super Lawyers recognition. She was also inducted into Hofstra Law’s inaugural Hall of Fame in 2022, reflecting her long-standing work in elder law, estate planning, education, and professional service.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Partner, Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.
• Member, New York State Bar Association, Elder Law & Special Needs section
• Member, Suffolk County Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
• Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc.
• Member, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
• Member, National Elder Law Foundation
• Member, Estate Planning Council of Suffolk
• Member, Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• Hofstra University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Stony Brook University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Awards & Badges