
Jennifer G. Flannery
Partner
p: 716-858-3701
f: 716-768-2701
jflannery@barclaydamon.com
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Buffalo Office
The Avant Building
200 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14202
New York Office
Suite 600
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
p: 212-784-5822
f: 212-784-5756
Jennifer Flannery's practice focuses on trust and estate litigation, planning, and administration. Jennifer's trust and estate litigation practice includes Will and Trust Contests, Trust Litigation, Will Construction Proceedings, Fiduciary Litigation, Fiduciary Removal Proceedings, Accounting Proceedings, Spousal Rights Proceedings, and Kinship Proceedings.
Jennifer works with fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and creditors and handles guardianship matters and supplemental needs trust matters. She likewise handles litigated guardianship cases.
She was the recipient of both the Law School’s Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and the Professor Louis DelCotto Award for Excellence in Taxation. While attending law school, she also served as a law clerk in the Erie County Surrogate’s Court and a teaching assistant for the law school’s estate planning course.
A frequent lecturer, Jennifer's most recently served as a lecturer on Estate Litigation and utilizing summary judgment and discovery tools in connection with probate disputes for the New York State Bar Association. Jennifer is certified with the New York State Office of Court Administration to receive fiduciary appointments as court evaluator, guardian, guardian ad litem, receiver, referee and attorney for alleged incapacitated persons.
Jennifer is also an adjunct professor at Hilbert College in its Legal Studies Department. Dedicated to the community, she received the Empire State Counsel designation in 2011 for her commitment to providing pro bono service. Jennifer also serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Practice Area.
In 2017, Jennifer was appointed Public Administrator for Erie County Surrogate’s Court.
Practice Areas
Education
- State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A.
- University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association Trust and Estates Section
- Erie County Bar Association
- Surrogate's Court Practice Subcommittee
- Estate Analysts of Western New York
Civic Activities
- Professional Advisory Board of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Inc.
- UB Alumni G.O.L.D. Group, Treasurer and Chair of Education Committee
- Canisius College Women’s Business Center, Advisory Board Member and Coaching Committee
- The Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network, Board of Directors and Personnel Committee
Speaking & Publications
- Presenter, "Q & A with Trusts and Estates Practitioners," Practice & Procedure in Surrogate’s Court Committee, February 2017
- "Planning for changes in disabilities law," Buffalo Law Journal, February 22, 2017
Honors
- Super Lawyers Magazine, 2014 Rising Star for Estate & Probate, 2015-2017 Rising Star for Estate & Trusts Litigation
- Business First of Buffalo, 2013 Legal Elite of Western New York
Prior Experience
- Damon Morey LLP, Special Counsel