Hon. Gail Prudenti

Hon. Gail Prudenti

Partner, Burner Prudenti Law

Hon. Gail Prudenti joined Burner Prudenti Law as a partner in August 2023, after distinguishing herself as a well-respected jurist and hands-on administrator throughout a judicial career that lasted more than two decades. Her area of legal expertise is estates and trusts.

Prudenti’s judicial career included serving as the chief administrative judge of the Courts of New York State. In this role, she supervised the administration and operation of the statewide court system. Prior to that, she served as the presiding justice of the Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department in New York State, the first woman to hold that position. Before that, she was the first woman from Suffolk County to serve as an associate justice of the Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department. She was also the first woman to serve as surrogate of Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court.

From 2017 to 2023, Prudenti served as the 10th dean of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. During her deanship, Prudenti successfully improved the quality and credentials of the student body; strengthened the law school’s financial standing; launched cutting-edge legal tech and interdisciplinary programs; and helped create the diversity, equity and inclusion council at Hofstra Law. She was also a professor in the guardianship practicum.

Prudenti is also a founding member of Mediation Solutions of NY, a women-owned business with three female founding members. The firm provides in-person and virtual mediation and arbitration services for attorneys and their clients across Long Island and New York City.

 

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