Robert Cannon
Senior Associate Attorney at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.
Robert Cannon joined Burner Prudenti Law, P.C. in November 2023 as a Senior Associate attorney. Prior to his work at the firm, Robert worked at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University where he served as the Managing Attorney and Project Director of the Robert and Priscilla Livingston Center for Children, Families and the Law. During his tenure at Hofstra Law, Robert oversaw the Center’s extensive Mental Hygiene Article 81 Guardianship and SCPA 17-A caseload.
While at Hofstra Law, Robert also served as the Faculty Administrative Editor of the Family Court Review. Robert is an adjunct professor at Hofstra Law, teaching the Guardianship 17-A Practicum.
From 2016 to 2020, Robert worked at a prominent Long Island law firm where his practice concentrated in the areas Elder Law, Trust and Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Special Needs Planning, and Estate Planning.
In 2024, Minneapolis-based Law & Politics publishers of Super Lawyers magazines announced that Robert had been named as a Rising Star Attorney.
Robert was raised in Scotland and earned his Bachelor of Laws and Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Robert moved to New York in 2011 and received his Master of Laws from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Robert is admitted to practice in New York. He is a member of the American, New York State, and Nassau County Bar Associations.
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- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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- Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP
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- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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- In 2024, Minneapolis-based Law & Politics publishers of Super Lawyers magazines announced that Robert had been named as a Rising Star Attorney. Super Lawyers, published in the New York Times Magazine is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their respective fields. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state receive this honor.
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