FirmYonkers, NY
Since 1988 · Serves 1 county
Yonkers firm on Midland Avenue serving Westchester County, positioned as an alternative to Manhattan and White Plains firms on cost. Counsels executors and court-appointed administrators through probate in Westchester: identifying and appraising assets, filing the will with the court, paying debts and estate taxes, and distributing to beneficiaries, including where the will is contested. Also practises elder law and Medicaid planning, divorce, personal injury, real estate, and small business representation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
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- 909 Midland AvenueYonkers, NY 10704
Solo PracticeWappingers Falls, NY
Since 2004 · Serves 3 counties
Wappingers Falls (Dutchess County) solo with Westchester offices in Yorktown Heights and Mt Kisco, appearing in the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Represents executors and court-appointed administrators from the petition through inventory, creditor notice, and final accounting, keeps out-of-state executors from having to travel, and defends the estate when heirs dispute the will. Also handles Article 81 guardianships, trust administration, Medicaid and special-needs trusts, asset protection, and nursing-home planning, and makes house calls.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 2644 East Main StreetWappingers Falls, NY 12590
FirmRochester, NY
Since 1979 · Serves 1 county
Rochester firm at Meridian Centre, with appointment-only offices in Penfield, Fairport, and Greece. Its estate administration lawyers guide executors, administrators, and trustees through probate, establishing estate and trust accounts, liquidating assets, and preparing fiduciary accountings, estate tax returns, and fiduciary income tax returns. Also handles will contests and trust disputes, Medicaid planning, and guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 300 Meridian Centre Boulevard, Suite 110Rochester, NY 14618
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 2015 · Serves 8 counties
Lower Manhattan practice on Broad Street representing beneficiaries, administrators, executors, heirs, and trustees in Surrogate's Court probate proceedings and will contests across the five boroughs, Long Island, and Westchester. Handles estate administration, ancillary probate for foreign and out-of-state decedents, SCPA 1404 examinations, contested accountings, guardianship, and federal and New York estate tax returns.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 85 Broad Street, 18th FloorNew York, NY 10004
FirmNew York, NY
Since 2017 · Serves the whole state
Financial District firm on Maiden Lane guiding executors and beneficiaries through New York Surrogate's Court probate, including SCPA 1404 examinations and will contests, and filing final 1040 and fiduciary 1041 returns. Also drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, and builds Medicaid asset-protection trusts around the five-year look-back. Serving New York families since 2017.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 15 Maiden Lane, Suite 905New York, NY 10038
FirmElmira, NY
Serves 3 counties
Elmira firm on West Church Street representing executors, administrators, heirs, and beneficiaries in Surrogate's Court probate across Chemung, Steuben, and Schuyler counties, from the petition and appointment through inventory and appraisal of estate assets. Its planning side covers elder law, Medicaid, asset protection, and special-needs planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more
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- 221 W. Church StreetElmira, NY 14901
FirmBuffalo, NY
Serves 2 counties
Buffalo elder law firm on Cayuga Road with satellite offices in East Aurora and Lockport. Its estate side opens testate and intestate proceedings, locates heirs and notifies them of their right to object to the executor's appointment, works with the executor to inventory assets and fix date-of-death values, then prepares the accounting and the papers that release the executor and close the estate. Twelve attorneys, six of them partners, concentrate in elder law and estate work rather than general practice.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 455 Cayuga Road, Suite 600Buffalo, NY 14225
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Greater Rochester elder-law firm with offices in Greece and Webster (Monroe County), focused on estate planning, asset protection, probate, and trust administration. Guides families through estate and trust settlement, from securing belongings and notifying heirs to transferring assets to the intended beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 1100 Long Pond Road, #214Rochester, NY 14626
FirmLatham, NY
Serves 13 counties
Capital Region trusts and estates practice in Latham, with offices in New York City, Garden City, Hudson and Lake Placid and more than 280 years of combined attorney experience. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, estate and trust litigation, guardianship under Article 81 and 17-A, Medicaid and special needs planning, and tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 5 more
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- 43 British American BoulevardLatham, NY 12110
FirmTroy, NY
Since 1813 · Serves 4 counties
Troy firm at 22 First Street serving Albany, Troy, Schenectady and Saratoga in the Capital District, tracing its roots to 1813. Handles estate and trust administration: probating wills, intestate administration, beneficiary and fiduciary representation, contested accountings, will contests and right-of-election claims, plus Medicaid planning and guardianship petitions.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 22 First StreetTroy, NY 12180
FirmElmsford, NY
Since 2010 · Serves 1 county
Elmsford firm, formerly in White Plains, guiding Westchester executors through probate in the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. Walks the executor through the probate petition and death certificate, publication and citation notice to distributees, inventorying and appraising property, paying creditors, distributing the residue, and filing the estate's income, gift and estate tax returns. Both principals are trained mediators who try to settle beneficiary disputes before litigating them.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 570 Taxter Road, Suite 600Elmsford, NY 10523
FirmKingston, NY
Serves 2 counties
Kingston firm at 115 Green Street working the Ulster County Surrogate's Court, and Poughkeepsie for Dutchess estates. Walks executors and administrators through the questions that stall an estate — who gets legal notice, which debts are paid, whether the executor may be compensated — and tracks the filing clock: inventory six months after appointment, creditor claims at seven, estate taxes at nine. Takes referrals of contested wills.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 2 more
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- 115 Green StreetKingston, NY 12401
FirmKingston, NY
Since 1870 · Serves 1 county
Kingston firm one block from the Ulster County Surrogate's Court, handling probate, intestate administration, small estates under $30,000, and the cases where no administration is needed at all. Guides the administrator through notifying creditors and heirs, cataloging and valuing property, prudently managing assets until distribution, paying taxes and debts, and closing the estate.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset Protectionand 3 more
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- 255 Fair StreetKingston, NY 12401
FirmBuffalo, NY
Serves 2 counties
Buffalo firm guiding Erie County executors and administrators through the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. The work covers filing the petition, getting Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration issued, notifying heirs and beneficiaries, and settling debts and taxes before distribution. A second office in Jamestown covers Chautauqua County.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 3 more
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- 535 Washington Street, 12th FloorBuffalo, NY 14203
FirmNew York, NY
Serves 6 counties
Five-attorney estate practice at 40 Wall Street, appearing regularly in the New York County Surrogate's Court. Gets fiduciaries appointed — letters testamentary, letters of administration c.t.a. and d.b.n. — then handles what goes wrong afterwards: contested accountings, discovery and turnover proceedings to recover estate assets, fiduciary removal, and kinship hearings proving a right to inherit. Also runs contested Article 81 guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 40 Wall Street, Suite 2508New York, NY 10005
FirmRome, NY
Serves 2 counties
Elder law and estate planning firm with offices in Rome (Oneida County) and Ilion (Herkimer County). Its three attorneys, led by a Certified Elder Law Attorney with over 25 years in practice, handle probate and estate administration, guardianships, estate litigation, and crisis Medicaid and long-term care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 301 Black River BoulevardRome, NY 13440
FirmLakewood, NY
Serves 1 county
Lakewood office serving rural western and southwestern New York, with two partners, one admitted in New York since 1976. Handles probate and estate administration alongside wills, trusts and elder law, walking families through the process so the wishes of the deceased, as expressed in the estate plan, are carried out.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
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- 69 E. Fairmount AvenueLakewood, NY 14750
FirmCorning, NY
Since 1979 · Serves 5 counties
Corning firm (Steuben County) serving the Southern Tier since 1979, with seven attorneys. Its trusts and estates practice covers estates, probate and administration, guardianship proceedings, wills, special needs trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies, plus Medicaid planning and applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 269 West Pulteney StreetCorning, NY 14830
FirmWalton, NY
Serves 3 counties
Walton office (Delaware County) of a three-office firm serving the Catskills, Upper Delaware River Valley and Mid-Hudson regions, opened after the firm identified a critical need for legal services in Delaware County. Handles Surrogate's Court work: probate, administration, estate and trust administration, spousal elective share claims, and guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 44 West Street, Suite 6Walton, NY 13856
Solo PracticePittsford, NY
Since 1986 · Serves 2 counties
Pittsford practice serving Rochester, Naples and the Finger Lakes, opened by Michael Robinson in 1986 and concentrated on estate planning. Guides executors, personal representatives and trust administrators through probate and trust administration, and represents beneficiaries and heirs, alongside Medicaid and special needs planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 1163 Pittsford-Victor Road, Suite 120Pittsford, NY 14534