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Heather is a Senior Associate at the Ansanelli Law Group, LLP, focusing her practice on elder law, estate planning, and litigation.. Heather develops asset protection strategies designed to meet the individualized needs of our clients. She works with clients and their financial teams to ensure that their families, estates, and businesses are protected. In addition, she counsels clients on the legal and financial considerations in planning for varying stages of life, including eligibility for Medicaid.. Heather represents clients in contested estate and trust administration matters before the Surrogate’s Court. She also represents clients in all aspects of guardianship proceedings, and is eligible for Part 36 court appointments as Court Evaluator and Attorney for Alleged Incapacitated Persons.. Heather earned her Juris Doctor degree from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Salisbury University. While at Touro, she earned the CALI Excellence for the Future Award during her study in the Elder Law Clinic. In 2016, Heather was featured in the “Ones to Watch: Law” by the Long Island Business News. Each year since 2017, Heather has been selected to the Super Lawyers New York Metro Rising Stars list, an honor reserved for the top 2.5% of lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice.. Prior to joining the firm, Heather interned for the Hon. Leonard D. Wexler, Judge in the Eastern District of New York, the Civil Division of the Offices of the United States Attorneys, and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. She also worked as an associate at a law office in Nassau County dedicated to elder law and estate planning.. Heather is admitted to practice law in New York State Courts and the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York. She is also an active member of the Nassau County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, where she belongs to the “Elder Law and Special Needs” and “Trust and Estates Law” Sections.

I am admitted to practice law in New York State and am a member of the New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association and Suffolk County Bar Association.  I specialize in elder law, where I counsel clients on estate planning, probate and estate administration, trust administration and transactional real estate. During the estate planning process, I concentrate on developing asset protection strategies and protection of Medicaid benefits for adults and their families. When a loved one passes away, I provide legal advice and guidance to executors and trustees to ensure the timely administration and distribution of estate assets and protection from fiduciary liability.

Gina DePrima is the esteemed Buffalo family law attorney and estate planning attorney at DePrima Law with 18+years of experience, Gina has handled thousands of cases ranging from divorce and all its issues to legal separation, collaborative law, and mediation. She is regarded as a compassionate and trusted advocate who always has her clients’ best interests at heart. As a respected mediator and Certified Conscious Uncoupling Coach, Gina DePrima works hard to help clients move towards a happy life after divorce, or conflict and she helps families plan for and protect what matters most to them in the event of death or incapacity. For peace of mind and legal security, call the firm today.. For more information about Attorney Gina DePrima, visit her page at:

Terrie Benson Murray graduated Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Fredonia with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and History. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and also a member the Bar Association of Erie County. She is President of the Board of Directors for the Family Justice Center of Erie County. She is a member of the Elder Law, Practice and Procedure in Surrogate's Court, Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property committees. Terrie is a lifelong resident of Western New York.. A partner at Cohen & Lombardo and head of the firm's Trusts, Estates and Elder Law Practice, Terrie was formerly with the UAW Legal Services Plan, a prepaid legal benefit program provided by the nation’s major automakers for their union employees. As manager of two of their local offices for over 17 years, she provided legal representation to hundreds of Western New York autoworkers, in the areas of Estates and Trusts and Bankruptcy. She also has extensive experience in the areas of real estate, adoptions, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act litigation in federal court, matrimonial and family practice, and civil litigation. She has lectured on elder law and estate practice for the local and state bar associations.. She served the "Fopunding Mother" of the Southtown's satellite of the Family Justice Center, a provider of services for victims of domestic abuse. She now serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Family Justice Center of Buffalo and Erie County, continuing her commitment to fighting domestic violence and abuse. She is a founding member and officer of PEO Chapter CM, a women's organization dedicated to assisting women who wish to pursue higher education, by providing scholarships and loans.. Terrie lives in Colden, New York with her husband, Jim, and is an active member of her church, Orchard Park Presbyterian, having served on multiple boards and committees. She also enjoys participating in Sanctuary Choir as well as the Handbell Choir.. Terrie practices in the areas of estate planning, wills, estates, trusts, elder law and guardianship.

Ms. Peraza is an associate attorney working at Lippes, Mathias, Wexler, Friedman LLP in the firm’s trust and estates department. As a law student, she interned for the Hon. Barbara Howe in Erie County Surrogate’s Court and worked in the Public Benefits Unit of Neighborhood Legal Services. Her previous experience includes residential foreclosures, public and private sector labor law, contract negotiations, probate matters, third party credit collections, and representation of clients in administrative hearings and arbitrations.. Ms. Peraza attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York where she graduated with a B.A in Spanish Language & Literature and Government.  While at St. Lawrence, Ms. Peraza spent a semester abroad in Madrid, Spain. Ms. Peraza graduated cum laude with a J.D. from SUNY Buffalo Law School in 2015.. Ms. Peraza is admitted to practice law in New York and is a member of the Erie County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, and the WNY Women’s Bar Association.

Brendan was born and raised in Niagara County, New York, living in the towns of Cambria, Lockport, and Pendleton. He graduated from Starpoint High School and attended the University at Buffalo. To pay for his education, he worked at Tops Markets for three years as a cashier, stock clerk, and baker, and then worked for the University as a technical computer assistant for two years where he provided second-level support to students using University computers.. Brendan graduated from UB with a bachelor's in Computer Science and minors in Business and Japanese. He worked for MBMS, Incorporated, a software development firm, as a software engineer. His focus was in supporting and developing a database application used by banks to track mortgages. Subsequently, he interned for KPMG, LLP conducting audits of computer system controls and providing audit support for CPAs, and volunteered for Buffalo City Hall, focusing on zoning and municipal law issues.. Brendan returned to UB to earn degrees in both law and business (a JD and a MBA) so that he could use his business and technical skills and experience, and disciplined work ethic, to provide legal services to his Western New York home. To finance his graduate education, he taught management students the use of database software and programming--a highly technical subject--and taught nearly 1,500 students over nine semesters.. For Individuals:. At UB Law School Brendan focused on areas of law important to individuals, such as mediation, issues in cyberspace and the Internet, social security disability, affordable housing, and New York Surrogate Court procedure. He represented a public assistance grantee in contesting a sanction placed by the Erie County Department of Social Services. He also served as Director of an office providing legal assistance to University students, and successfully challenged the University's change to student loan eligibility, allowing over one hundred students to finance the last semesters of their degree.. Most importantly, Brendan refined his ability in the most important and well-known skill sought in attorneys by their clients--the ability to represent them at trial. Brendan successfully litigated to two criminal acquittals against other UB law students, earning a selection as Best Advocate and the Robert J. Connelly Awardfor Excellence in Trial Practice. Because of his skill, he was invited to and joined UB's national trial team, which placed third in the Fifth Annual National Ethics Trial Competition in Sacramento, California.. Brendan's experience at trial and before state agencies, his knowledge of New York State's law and practice, and his skills at making the technical understandable from being a teacher, mean you can retain him with confidence to advise and represent you in any matter.. For Business:. Brendan focused on areas of law important for business, such as intellectual property, business formation, business buying and selling, trademark, sales and leases, electronic commerce, in-house counsel issues, and taxation. He has consulted to an international corporation based in Buffalo regarding their payment card industry regulatory compliance. He has developed skill in areas important to all New York State litigants--the law of evidence, the procedure of New York Civil Practice, our State administrative law and regulations.. Brendan served as the Executive Business Editor of the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal, and President of the Management Information Systems Association. He has had his articles published on emerging areas of the intersection of intellectual property and the Internet, which have been relied upon by law professors for articles published in the Stanford Law Review. He was also the lead co-author on "Context-sensitive, Temporally Adaptive Metadata," the Best Paper of the New York Third Annual Symposium on Information Assurance, the academic track of the 11th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference.. Brendan's joint degree and skills mean he can understand your business, he speaks your language, and he knows how to get what your business needs, without the large law firm's high fees your business doesn't need. His teaching experience means he can translate the "legalese" back to English, and that you can retain him with confidence to advise and represent your business in any matter.. Brendan is licensed as an attorney and counselor-at-law in New York State. He is a proud member of the New York State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Erie County, and the New York State Defenders Association. He is also a New York State Public Notary.

Mary M. John is a partner in the law firm of Eaton Law, LLP, practicing in the areas of estate planning, probate, real estate and business law. Mary has 30 years of experience preparing wills and trusts, handling business and real estate transactions, and administering trusts and estates. Mary also has been an Estate Planning and Probate instructor for the University of Wisconsin Law School's “Lawyering Skills” class, and is a member of the National Academy of Elderlaw Attorneys.

I am a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I grew up in the Bay View area before I left to attend college in Iowa at a small private college called Coe College.  I earned my Bachelor’s Degree, Magna Cum Laude, at Coe with a double major in English and Philosophy, minoring in French.  After leaving Coe, I attended Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York.  I graduated from Syracuse in 1997 and subsequently became licensed to practice law in two states: Wisconsin and Georgia.  I began practicing law with Snyder & Ek, S.C., a small general practice firm in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1998.  I practiced law with Snyder & Ek for more than six years before opening my own firm.