Asset Protection Attorneys in New York

75 asset protection firms in New York, by county and firm type.

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75 firms

FirmStaten Island, NY

Angiuli & Gentile, LLP

Serves 1 county

Hylan Boulevard firm serving Richmond County families through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court at 18 Richmond Terrace. Files wills with the court, identifies and distributes estate assets, handles debts and tax obligations, and litigates will contests, executor misconduct and trustee breach-of-duty claims. Also brings Article 81 and Article 17-A guardianship petitions when no plan was in place.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 9 more

Office: 1493 Hylan BoulevardStaten Island, NY 10305
Phone: (718) 550-0466

FirmJericho, NY

Adler Law Firm, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Jericho (Nassau County) firm filing for Long Island families in the Nassau and Suffolk Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate, letters of administration and estate administration, wills and trusts, trustee and beneficiary representation, elder law and special-needs planning. Attorneys handle each case personally rather than passing it to staff.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 390 North Broadway, Suite 200Jericho, NY 11753
Phone: (516) 740-1184

Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY

Alatsas Law Firm

Serves 5 counties

Brooklyn (Kings County) practice led by Theodore Alatsas, working the Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, New York and Nassau County Surrogate's Courts for nearly 30 years. Handles probate, administration proceedings, and trust administration, plus wills and trusts, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and asset protection. Runs estate planning workshops.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 2115 Avenue UBrooklyn, NY 11229
Phone: (718) 233-2903

Free consultation

FirmBronx, NY

Adon & Associates, P.C.

Serves 4 counties

Bronx firm on Westchester Avenue handling probate and estate administration for executors and administrators, from the initial filing through distributing assets and closing the estate. Also drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance directives, and handles estate tax planning. Consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset Protection

Office: 2387 Westchester AvenueBronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 819-1728

Free consultation

FirmRye Brook, NY

Amoruso & Amoruso LLP

Serves 3 counties

Rye Brook (Westchester County) firm serving Westchester, Putnam and Rockland families, including Carmel and Brewster. Handles probate administration, estate administration, trust administration and guardianship, alongside wills, trusts, Medicaid and long-term-care planning, and special-needs planning. Its two founders hold nearly six decades of combined experience.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-605Rye Brook, NY 10573
Phone: (914) 253-9255

FirmBrooklyn, NY

Beress & Zalkind PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Sheepshead Bay firm on East 14th Street working Kings County estates out of Brooklyn's Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Manhattan. The practice covers probate, administration and all aspects of estate and trust administration, and prepares and files the estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns that follow — work led by an attorney who is also a practising CPA.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more

Office: 2640 East 14th Street, Suite C1Brooklyn, NY 11235
Phone: (718) 513-3588

Solo PracticePoughkeepsie, NY

Law Office of Rebecca M. Blahut PLLC

Serves 1 county

Poughkeepsie solo practice taking Dutchess County estates through probate and intestate administration. Files the probate or administration petition, marshals and liquidates assets, assesses valid liabilities, prepares and files accountings, and obtains the release or discharge of executors, administrators and trustees. Also petitions for Article 81 guardianship when a family member has lost capacity.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 2 Austin CourtPoughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone: (845) 318-1290

FirmGlens Falls, NY

Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Glens Falls firm on Washington Street, in Warren County. Advises executors and administrators before the Surrogate's Court, from probating the will and collecting estate assets through paying debts, filing estate and fiduciary tax returns, distributing to beneficiaries and preparing the accounting; also advises trustees and represents individual beneficiaries of estates and trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 1 Washington StreetGlens Falls, NY 12801
Phone: (518) 792-2117

FirmEast Setauket, NY

Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.

Since 1995 · Serves 2 counties

East Setauket (Suffolk County) firm with three more Long Island and Manhattan offices, practicing in trusts and estates, elder law and real estate. Walks executors and administrators through a Surrogate's Court file: the petition to appoint, waivers and consents from distributees under EPTL 4-1.1, Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, the estate account and asset inventory, creditor payment, estate taxes, releases and the final accounting. Also handles objections to a will, guardianship, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more

Office: 12 Research WayEast Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: (631) 941-3434

FirmStaten Island, NY

Corash & Hollender, P.C.

Since 1977 · Serves 1 county

Corporate Park of Staten Island firm serving Richmond County executors through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court. Guides executors past the mistakes that create personal liability — misattributed assets, failure to give creditors proper notice, improper distributions — and litigates will contests, contested probate and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, preferring negotiation to keep estate disputes out of the public record.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 6 more

Office: 1200 South Avenue, Suite 201Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: (718) 691-1669

Free consultation

FirmSchenectady, NY

Cioffi • Slezak • Wildgrube P.C.

Since 1995 · Serves 1 county

Schenectady firm on Erie Boulevard representing executors, administrators and trustees before the Schenectady County Surrogate's Court. The practice covers appointment of the fiduciary, collection of assets, informal and judicial accountings, fiduciary and estate tax filings and final distribution, and it also represents beneficiaries on the other side of an administration. Three salaried estate administrators work alongside the attorneys.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 1473 Erie Boulevard, 1st FloorSchenectady, NY 12305
Phone: (518) 377-6700

FirmStaten Island, NY

The Law Offices of Michael Camporeale P.C.

Serves 8 counties

Staten Island (Richmond County) firm with eight offices across the New York City metro area, from Wall Street to Melville. Brings the probate proceeding in the Surrogate's Court of the decedent's own county - Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn or Staten Island - to get the named executor appointed and secure Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, then marshals the estate assets and distributes them to the beneficiaries. Also handles will contests and estate litigation, elder law, Medicaid and nursing-home planning, guardianships and special-needs planning; initial consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 1688 Victory Blvd, Suite 201Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone: (929) 667-6554

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmBronx, NY

Cavallo & Cavallo

Since 1989 · Serves 4 counties

Bronx firm on East Tremont Avenue with an appointment-only New Rochelle office, serving Bronx, Westchester, Manhattan and Queens families since 1989. Walks executors and administrators through filing the will and petition with the Surrogate's Court, getting appointed, notifying heirs, beneficiaries and creditors, collecting and valuing assets, paying debts, taxes and expenses, and distributing what remains. Also takes contested probate - will contests, undue-influence claims, disputes over asset ownership and challenges to executor authority - plus trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid and special-needs planning. Consultations are free and the firm practices in Spanish.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 3453 East Tremont AvenueBronx, NY 10465
Phone: (718) 822-2203

Free consultation

FirmSyracuse, NY

CDH Law PLLC

Syracuse (Onondaga County) firm representing executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries across Central New York in the Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate and estate administration and litigates objections to a will or a trust, alongside estate planning, wills and trusts, and Medicaid trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 211 Tompkins StreetSyracuse, NY 13204
Phone: (315) 930-4077

Solo PracticeForest Hills, NY

Law Offices of Juliet Cohen, P.C.

Serves 3 counties

Forest Hills (Queens County) firm with offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, handling probate matters for residents of Manhattan, Forest Hills and Brooklyn. Walks executors through validating the will, inventorying and appraising estate property and distributing it to beneficiaries, and administers trusts after the trustor's death — reviewing the trust documents, identifying and valuing trust assets and completing the legal, administrative and tax duties. Also covers wills and trusts, Medicaid and elder-law planning, special-needs planning and IRA inheritance planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more

Office: 105-19 Metropolitan AvenueForest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (718) 544-5500

FirmBuffalo, NY

Cohen & Lombardo, P.C.

Since 1933 · Serves 6 counties

Buffalo firm in the Elmwood Village, practising in Erie County and across Western New York since 1933. Handles probate proceedings and estate administration end to end, Article 81 guardianships, wills and trusts, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more

Office: 343 Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 881-3010

FirmBrooklyn, NY

Connors & Sullivan, Attorneys at Law, PLLC

Serves 4 counties

Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) estate and elder law firm with four further offices in Manhattan, Bayside, Middle Village and Staten Island. For executors it files the original will, contacts next of kin, collects assets and prepares income and estate tax returns, and it litigates will contests, contested accountings and contested deed transfers in Surrogate's Court. Also handles wills and trusts, special needs trusts, estate tax and capital-gains planning, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning; the initial consultation is complimentary.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more

Office: 7408 Fifth AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: (718) 238-6500

Free consultation

FirmBinghamton, NY

Coughlin & Gerhart LLP

Since 1898 · Serves the whole state

Binghamton (Broome County) firm tracing its lineage to 1898, with seven New York offices from Ithaca to Walton. Its trusts, estates and elder law group counsels executors, administrators and trustees through estate and trust administration, obtains Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, and litigates disputed executor appointments in Surrogate's Court.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 99 Corporate DriveBinghamton, NY 13904
Phone: (607) 821-2202

Solo PracticeNew City, NY

Davis and Davis

Since 1986 · Serves 1 county

New City firm handling Rockland County probate and administration proceedings in the Surrogate's Court, where an executor is appointed under a will or an administrator when someone dies intestate. Also carries trust planning and administration, guardianship petitions for incapacitated adults, and Medicaid asset-protection trusts. Charles G. Davis is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more

Office: 20 Squadron Boulevard, Suite 330New City, NY 10956
Phone: (845) 634-6633

FirmForest Hills, NY

DeCandido & Azachi, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Forest Hills firm handling probate and intestate administration for Queens and Nassau families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Its two attorneys take executors through the petition for probate, contested objections to a will, trustee removal and accounting challenges, and Article 81 guardianships for a parent who can no longer manage their own affairs.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 7150 Austin Street, Suite 206Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (347) 808-5746

Free consultation

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Estate planning attorneys in New York average $448 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,344 to $2,688 for a simple individual will and $4,250 to $6,375 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the New York will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In New York, estates with personal property of $50,000 or less use the Voluntary Administration, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The New York probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In New York, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the New York estate tax threshold of $7,350,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

New York splits the two: probate attorney fees of typically 2.5% to 4% of the estate, but the executor's compensation follows a statutory schedule, about $19,000 on a $500,000 estate. That makes the executor's share predictable, which helps when a family member serves and is unsure what to charge.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most New York estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Asset Protection Attorneys in New York

New York attorneys average $448 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,344–$2,688; online services cost $30–$300.

New York imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $50,000 in New York can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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