John Brenon

Partner

Williamsville

Phone: 716.854.3400 x416

Fax: 716.633.7142

Practice Areas

Adoption

Trusts & Estates

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About Me

To John Brenon, the practice of law is not just a job — it's a vocation.

John's practice has focused on the full range of estate planning, estate administration, elder law issues, and, at the other end of the spectrum of life, the law with respect to the adoption of children.

He has extensive experience designing estate plans for clients ranging from those with only modest means to those with significant wealth, and is skilled at estate planning utilizing simple and complex wills, revocable and irrevocable living trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, supplemental needs trusts, and charitable remainder trusts.

John has also overseen the probate and administration of hundreds of estates and trusts ranging from uncontested matters through complex, contested matters.

His adoption law experience includes local, interstate, and international adoptions in which he has successfully represented, variously, the adoptive parents, birth parents, children, and agencies in both contested and uncontested cases. He has also testified as an expert witness on the subject.

Credentials & Achievements

Education:

University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D.

State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A.

Admissions:

State of New York Appellate Division- 4th Department

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

United States Tax Court

United States Bankruptcy Court

United States Court of Military Appeals

Supreme Court of the United States

Achievements:

The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025-2026

Professional Focus

Industries Served:

  • Banking & Finance

Affiliations

  • New York State Bar Association – Elder Law and Trusts & Estates Sections

  • Bar Association of Erie County – Practice & Procedure in Surrogate’s Court Committee & Elder Law Committee

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