FirmTroy, NY
Serves 2 counties
Troy (Rensselaer County) firm serving the Capital District, with more than 30 years of probate and estate administration work in the Troy and Albany areas. Handles an estate start to finish — probating the will, estate and income tax, liquidating assets, accountings and distribution to beneficiaries — plus wills, trusts, Medicaid planning and asset protection.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
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- 317 Brick Church RoadTroy, NY 12180
Smithtown (Suffolk County) firm with staffed offices in Melville and Garden City, representing Nassau and Suffolk families in probate and estate administration — inventorying assets, validating the will and distributing the estate. Also handles estate and probate litigation, elder law, Medicaid benefits and special needs planning. Its team includes attorney-CPAs and social workers.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
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- 50 NY-111, Suite 314Smithtown, NY 11787
FirmNiagara Falls, NY
Serves 2 counties
Niagara Falls firm handling estate and trust settlements for families filing in the Niagara County Surrogate's Court. The practice walks an executor through appointment, inventorying assets the decedent held in their own name, tracking down digital and safe-deposit records, paying credit-card and hospital debts, and distributing what remains to beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 345 Buffalo AvenueNiagara Falls, NY 14303
FirmBrewster, NY
Serves 4 counties
Brewster firm representing Lower Hudson Valley families across Putnam, Dutchess, Westchester and Rockland counties. Carries executors and administrators through every stage of estate administration — the probate court filings, the deadlines and the disputes among beneficiaries — and litigates will disputes and accounting disputes, alongside Article 81 guardianship petitions and trust administration for trustees. Principal Andres D. Gil is a combat veteran and former assistant district attorney.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 973 NY-22, Suite 3Brewster, NY 10509
FirmSmithtown, NY
Serves 2 counties
Smithtown elder law firm helping seniors and their families across Suffolk and Nassau counties, including Hauppauge, Nesconset, Lake Grove and Centereach. Michael C. McCarthy concentrates in probate, estate administration and guardianship, and Michele D. Morley in trust administration and asset protection, alongside the firm's core work qualifying seniors and the disabled for Medicaid-paid care at home and in nursing homes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 162 Terry RoadSmithtown, NY 11787
Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Serves 5 counties
Brooklyn Heights solo whose office sits a few blocks from the Kings County Surrogate Court, handling Surrogate's Court proceedings, probate of wills and estate administration. Peter G. Gray spent five years as a Kings County prosecutor before moving to trusts and estates, and has since taken on numerous will contests and disputes where a deed, trust or transfer of assets was done in an improper manner. Initial consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 188 Montague Street, Suite 950Brooklyn, NY 11201
FirmHudson, NY
Serves 1 county
Hudson (Columbia County) firm practicing from Proprietor's Hall on North Seventh Street. Handles estate planning and probate — drafting wills and trusts, then estate filing, asset distribution and fiduciary representation — and covers elder law, real estate and municipal work across the Hudson Valley.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
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- 21 N. 7th StreetHudson, NY 12534
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Midtown Manhattan trusts-and-estates practice on Madison Avenue, serving families and fiduciaries throughout the tri-state area and in Florida. Handles probate and estate administration — estate inventory and appraisal, the petition to Surrogate's Court, letters testamentary, paying debts and claims against the estate, and phased distribution to heirs — plus revocable and irrevocable trusts and private fiduciary services. Michael J. Greenberg is admitted in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and also handles business succession and generation-skipping transfer-tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 515 Madison Avenue, 31st FloorNew York, NY 10022
FirmWilliamsville, NY
Serves 1 county
Williamsville firm handling Erie County estates through the Surrogate's Court, from probate of a will to administration when there is none. The work covers marshaling assets, final accounting and settlement, and small estate proceedings for estates under $50,000, plus contested matters where an heir was excluded or an executor's conduct is questioned. Elder law and Medicaid crisis planning run alongside.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more
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- 6325 Main StreetWilliamsville, NY 14221
Solo PracticeWoodbury, NY
Serves 2 counties
Woodbury solo handling Nassau County probate through the Surrogate's Court in Mineola. Haner files probate petitions, gets executors appointed under letters testamentary, and brings compulsory-accounting and will-contest proceedings when a fiduciary refuses to account. The site carries fourteen plain-language Surrogate's Court explainers covering citations, renunciations, temporary administration and venue.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 7600 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 301Woodbury, NY 11797
FirmSaratoga Springs, NY
Since 2015 · Serves 1 county
Saratoga Springs firm whose estate settlement practice walks executors and administrators through fiduciary appointment, collecting estate assets, paying debts, and distributing to beneficiaries, and also represents beneficiaries. Drafts wills, trusts, and health-care proxies, handles Medicaid and elder law, and runs a farm succession planning practice for farm families.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law
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- 538 Maple Avenue, Suite CSaratoga Springs, NY 12866
FirmAlbany, NY
Since 1946 · Serves 4 counties
Albany firm at Corporate Woods, with offices in Saratoga Springs, Kingston, and Queensbury, taking families through probate, estate administration, and trust administration: re-titling assets, transfers to surviving joint owners and named beneficiaries, and the income, estate, and gift tax issues that arise at death. Litigates will contests, construction proceedings, and contested accountings, and practises elder law, Medicaid, and special-needs planning. Has served the greater Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Adirondacks since 1946.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 7 Southwoods BoulevardAlbany, NY 12211
FirmUtica, NY
Since 2012 · Serves 2 counties
Utica firm with offices in Boonville and Lowville whose post-death side handles probate and trust administration, staffed by a dedicated probate paralegal alongside the attorneys. Its planning side covers wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies, revocable and asset-protection trusts, nursing-home and Medicaid planning, tax planning, and special-needs planning. Partner Robert K. Hilton III has helped over 600 families protect assets or qualify for Medicaid and has prevailed in over 50 Medicaid fair hearings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 2100 Genesee StreetUtica, NY 13502
FirmOneonta, NY
Since 1901 · Serves 1 county
The Otsego County Regional Office in Oneonta of an LLP founded in 1901 and anchored at 80 Exchange Street in Binghamton. Its wills, trusts and estates group stays with families through estate administration: valuing and collecting assets, paying debts, explaining the estate's provisions to beneficiaries, negotiating with beneficiaries and fiduciaries, selling closely held businesses, and appearing in contested probate proceedings. Also drafts wills and trusts and advises on elder law, Medicaid, guardianship, and tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- One Ford AvenueOneonta, NY 13820
Solo PracticeGlendale, NY
Serves 1 county
Glendale firm on Myrtle Avenue serving Queens families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Walks executors and administrators through supervised and unsupervised probate — managing assets, repaying debts, filing the returns and court papers, distributing to heirs — and separately administers trusts for successor trustees, covering beneficiary and creditor notification, asset valuation, payment of final expenses and taxes, and distribution.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
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- 71-27 Myrtle AvenueGlendale, NY 11385
FirmBrooklyn, NY
Serves 3 counties
Brooklyn firm on Avenue L handling probate and estate administration for New York families, with a second office in Manhattan. Walks executors through collecting assets, obtaining the estate EIN, opening the estate account, paying debts and taxes, transferring estate property and closing the estate, and represents administrators distributing an intestate estate under EPTL 4-1.1. Many matters are billed at a flat fee.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 2926 Avenue LBrooklyn, NY 11210
FirmWilliamsville, NY
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
Williamsville firm outside Buffalo practising only in estate planning, elder law, trust planning, and estate administration, and serving Buffalo, Amherst, Clarence and the rest of Erie County. Its probate lawyers resolve claims and distribute estates under a will, and the firm handles kinship cases and Medicaid planning. Every matter is handled directly by a partner.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 8604 Main Street, Suite TwoWilliamsville, NY 14221
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 2009 · Serves 5 counties
Midtown Manhattan practice on Lexington Avenue guiding executors and beneficiaries through New York probate and trust administration in the five borough Surrogate's Courts: locating and valuing assets, resolving creditor claims in the statutory priority order, and preparing the accounting the court requires before a final distribution. Also drafts wills, trusts, asset-protection plans, and Medicaid plans. Run by Gabriel Katzner, who passed the CPA exam before law school; the practice also keeps a California office in Encinitas.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 360 Lexington Avenue, 15th FloorNew York, NY 10017
Solo PracticeCanandaigua, NY
Canandaigua practice on North Street concentrating on elder law, estate and trust planning and administration, and long-term-care and disability planning. Edward C. "Russ" Kenyon has spent over 30 years helping clients with estates, trusts, Medicaid, and long-term-care plans, and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. The firm returned under the Kenyon & Kenyon name on March 1, 2025.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law
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- 11 North Street, Suite 100Canandaigua, NY 14424
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Serves 8 counties
Upper West Side Manhattan solo with a second office in Long Beach, filing probate and administration petitions in the Surrogate's Court for clients across New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. Handles both testate probate and intestate administration, where the Surrogate's Court distributes by statutory formula rather than the decedent's wishes. Also drafts wills and trusts and handles elder law, within a general practice covering real estate and civil litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
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- 155 West 72nd Street, Suite 308New York, NY 10023