
Britta L. McKenna
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
Boston College, B.A.
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Britta concentrates her practice in all areas of domestic and complex cross-border trust and estate matters, including planning for high-end estates, estate and trust administration, and the preparation of wills, trust agreements, and other estate planning documents. Britta regularly counsels individuals regarding a variety of cross-border issues, including U.S. tax planning for foreign spouses, U.S. beneficiaries of Canadian estates, and Canadians with U.S.-situs assets. She also advises on the U.S. tax implications of Canadian family-owned business estate plans. Britta counsels both individuals and entities regarding U.S. tax compliance, estate planning for U.S. citizens living abroad, tax advice and structuring for foreign nationals acquiring U.S. assets, and estate and trust dispute proceedings.
Britta exclusively practices U.S. law and is admitted to practice in New York.
Honors
- Leadership Buffalo, Class of 2019
- Buffalo Business First 40 Under Forty honoree, 2015
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2014 and 2015
- Buffalo Niagara 360 Spotlight Professional, 2013
- Former managing editor, Buffalo Law Review
In the News
- Buffalo Business First, May 17, 2019
- Justia US Law, July 17, 2017
- Buffalo Business First, August 29, 2015
- Buffalo Business First, March 21, 2014
- December 27, 2011
Press Releases
- Press Release, August 19, 2015
- Press Release, August 14, 2014
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, November 11, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, July 21, 2020
- Hodgson Russ International Tax Alert, April 22, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, April 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert , March 25, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, January 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, January 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, December 27, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Trusts & Estates Alert, November 18, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Federal and International Tax Alert, September 9, 2019
- Canadian Tax Highlights, February 2018
- Estates and Trusts Alert, December 27, 2017
- Estate Planning Alert, August 18, 2016
- Canadian Tax Highlights, February 1, 2016
- JD Supra, April 4, 2014
- JD Supra, January 28, 2014
- Lawyers Weekly, November 29, 2013
- Federal/International Tax Alert, January 4, 2013
- Broadening New York's Decanting StatuteNew York Law Journal, September 2011
- U.S. Estate Tax: 2011 and 2012Canadian Tax Highlights, January 2011
Presentations & Events
- March 2023
- October 30, 2018
- Montreal, QC, October 24-26, 2018
- Toronto, ON, October 17, 2015
- Insurance Planning and Cross-Border IssuesToronto, ON, June 12, 2014
- STEP Canada Seminar: U.S. Issues in Your Canadian Business Estate PlanVancouver, BC, November 21, 2013
- Identifying Issues in Your Canadian Estate PlanCalgary, AB, May 12 & 13, 2013
- U.S. Real Property Owned by a Canadian DecedentApril 24, 2013
- Montreal, QC, March 14, 2013
- The Six-Minute Estate Lawyer2013
- 15th Annual Law Society of Upper Canada Estates and Trusts Summit: U.S. Income & Transfer Tax Implications of a Canadian Freeze TransactionToronto, ON, November 14 & 15, 2012
- Calgary, AB, November 13, 2012
- U.S. Estate Planning ConsiderationsNew York, NY, November 8, 2012
- ICE Business Symposium: Estate Planning in a Time of UncertaintyAmherst, NY, October 2012
- Toronto, ON, May 10, 2012
- Planning for U.S. Estate taxes for Canadians With U.S. Real PropertyMay 9, 2012; July 6, 2011; and November 16, 2011
- California Dreamin'Calgary, AB, April 25, 2012
- Canada-U.S. Cross-Border IssuesToronto, ON, March 30, 2011
- Toronto, ON, November 18, 2010
- 13th Annual Law Society of Upper Canada Estates and Trusts Summit: Cross-Border Estate PlanningToronto, ON, November 17 & 18, 2010
Professional Associations
- Estate Analysts of Western New York
- Surrogate's Court Practice & Procedure Committee
- Surrogate's Court Liaison Committee
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County
- Ontario Bar Association
Community & Pro Bono
- Member, Goodwill Industries of Western New York board of trustees
- Member, WNED board of directors
- Volunteer, Olmsted Parks Conservancy
- Volunteer, Darwin D. Martin House
- Former member, CMH Counseling board of directors