FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Rochester elder-law and estate practice (formerly Dutcher & Zatkowsky) working out of The Design Center Building on Winton Place in Monroe County. Guides executors, trustees and other fiduciaries through the Surrogate's Court process — filing the will and required paperwork, managing estate assets and debts, handling disputes or challenges to the will, and distributing to beneficiaries after the seven months the court requires an estate to stay open for creditor claims. The firm states that no attorney in Monroe County has brought more Article 81 guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
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- 3445 Winton Place, Suite 222Rochester, NY 14623
FirmPainted Post, NY
Serves 1 county
Two-attorney firm at 109 W. Water Street in Painted Post, Steuben County. Works for the named executor or trustee: protecting assets for beneficiaries, collecting outstanding assets and income, paying valid bills, dividing personal property, filing the required federal and state returns, calculating tax basis for the beneficiaries and filing court reports. Also handles estate planning, elder law with Medicaid applications, and business formations.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 109 W. Water StreetPainted Post, NY 14870
FirmIthaca, NY
Serves 1 county
Ithaca firm representing executors and beneficiaries in Tompkins County Surrogate's Court proceedings. The practice files the probate and administration petitions that open an estate, handles petitions for recovery of real property, and represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries through the administration. Estate work sits alongside residential and commercial real estate closings for the same Ithaca-area families.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more
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- 310 N. Aurora St., 2nd FloorIthaca, NY 14850
FirmOrchard Park, NY
Serves 1 county
Orchard Park firm serving Erie County families in Surrogate's Court, whether a loved one left a will or died without one. The practice covers getting the executor or administrator appointed, identifying and collecting the decedent's assets, and distributing to beneficiaries. Planning work runs to Medicaid asset protection trusts and supplemental needs trusts for a beneficiary on public benefits.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planningand 2 more
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- 3885 N. Buffalo RoadOrchard Park, NY 14127
FirmSyracuse, NY
Since 1979 · Serves 5 counties
Syracuse firm working with Onondaga County executors from the petition to probate a will through to final settlement in Surrogate's Court. The group marshals and disposes of estate assets, prepares estate, inheritance and fiduciary income tax returns, and represents executors and trustees before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. It also administers life insurance, charitable and testamentary trusts, including accountings and communications with beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more
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- 507 Plum Street, Suite 300Syracuse, NY 13204
FirmRiverhead, NY
Since 2017 · Serves 1 county
Riverhead firm filing for Suffolk County families in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Melville. Takes administrators from inventorying assets through paying debts to final distribution, guides trustees who have just inherited the job through managing and distributing trust property, and represents both sides in contested accountings and will contests.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
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- 633 East Main Street, Suite 2Riverhead, NY 11901
FirmSyosset, NY
Serves 2 counties
Syosset firm of attorney-CPAs handling Nassau County probate out of the Surrogate's Court in Mineola, with a second office in Manhattan. They petition for letters, guide administrators through paying debts and distributing assets, and keep the estate-tax and final-return work in-house rather than referring it out. All three name partners are admitted attorneys and certified public accountants.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 6800 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 201WSyosset, NY 11791
FirmLockport, NY
Since 2013 · Serves 1 county
Lockport firm covering Niagara County — North Tonawanda, Lockport and Niagara Falls — with three partners. For an estate it handles the probate proceeding, in which a surrogate's court validates the will and oversees distribution, and sees that the assets named in it, from personal property to retirement plans and bank accounts, reach the descendants or surviving spouse. Its elder-law side covers Medicaid eligibility and guardianship for seniors.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 744 Davison RoadLockport, NY 14094
FirmElma, NY
Since 1993 · Serves 1 county
Elma (Erie County) firm just outside Buffalo, protecting families and their assets since 1993. Handles Erie County Surrogate's Court probate and estate administration, including voluntary administration, Letters Testamentary, and ancillary probate for out-of-state decedents, plus wills, powers of attorney, and elder law.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawReal Estate
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- 5121 Clinton StreetElma, NY 14059
Solo PracticeForest Hills, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 3 counties
Forest Hills (Queens) solo practice helping families in Queens, Brooklyn, and Nassau since 1985. Guides families through Surrogate's Court probate and estate administration, handling filings, creditor claims, and disputes, and litigates will contests and contested guardianship petitions in Surrogate's and Supreme Court. Also prepares wills, trusts, health care proxies, and powers of attorney, with Medicaid and long-term-care planning. Offers a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship
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- 118-21 Queens Boulevard, Suite 504Forest Hills, NY 11375
FirmPlattsburgh, NY
Since 1990 · Serves 1 county
Plattsburgh (Clinton County) firm formed by a 1990 merger of two local practices, serving the North Country. Handles probate and estate administration, getting executors appointed, preparing estate accountings, notifying creditors, and filing estate and gift tax returns, plus wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and elder law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning
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- 1 Cumberland AvenuePlattsburgh, NY 12901
FirmDeer Park, NY
Since 2006 · Serves 2 counties
Deer Park (Suffolk County) firm founded in 2006, guiding Long Island executors and administrators through Surrogate's Court in both Suffolk and Nassau. Obtains Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration and prepares wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, alongside a residential real-estate and business-law practice. Consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 375 Commack Road, Suite 204Deer Park, NY 11729
Solo PracticeOlean, NY
Since 2018 · Serves 1 county
Olean (Cattaraugus County) firm open since 2018, with one attorney and three paralegals working estate matters. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration and trust funding, and estate litigation, alongside wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and proactive and crisis Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 154 North Union StreetOlean, NY 14760
FirmAmherst, NY
Serves 3 counties
Western New York firm with offices in Amherst, Buffalo, Ellicottville, and Lockport. Its estate group concludes the final affairs of a client's loved one: filing the probate petition in Surrogate's Court for an executor named in a will, or having an administrator appointed when there is none, then accounting for estate assets, paying the decedent's debts, and distributing what remains to beneficiaries. Also handles Article 81 guardianships for incapacitated adults, elder law, and long-term-care planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianship
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- 2410 North Forest Road, Suite 301Amherst, NY 14068
FirmSchenectady, NY
Serves 1 county
Schenectady elder law and estate planning practice led by Kathleen M. Toombs, self-employed since 2007. Handles probate management, trust administration, and the transfer of estate assets, plus Medicaid home-care and nursing-home planning, guardianships, health care proxies, and powers of attorney. Free initial consultation for estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 157 Barrett StreetSchenectady, NY 12305
FirmMelville, NY
Since 2016 · Serves 2 counties
Melville (Suffolk County) elder law and estate planning firm with further offices in Northport and Riverhead, guiding Long Island families through Surrogate's Court. Handles probate and estate and trust administration, including informal and judicial accountings and heirship issues, plus wills and trusts and Medicaid and asset-protection planning. Its founding attorney is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation; consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawAsset Protection
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- 532 Broadhollow Road, Suite 123Melville, NY 11747
FirmRiverhead, NY
Since 1973 · Serves 2 counties
Riverhead-based East End firm litigating contested estate and trust matters in the Suffolk and Nassau Surrogate's Courts: probate contests, contested accountings, undue-influence and competency claims, kinship and right-of-election proceedings, and disputes over closely held corporations. Its Riverhead headquarters sits across the street from the Suffolk County Supreme Court and a few blocks from the Surrogate's Court and County Clerk. Also keeps offices in Southampton, East Hampton, Southold, and Hauppauge.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law
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- 33 West Second StreetRiverhead, NY 11901
FirmOneida, NY
Since 2001 · Serves 2 counties
Downtown Oneida (Madison County) firm serving central New York since 2001, with a second office in Hamilton. Handles probate and estate administration, wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts, Medicaid planning, powers of attorney, health care proxies, and life estates. Free initial consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 146 Madison StreetOneida, NY 13421
FirmCanandaigua, NY
Serves 7 counties
Canandaigua firm representing personal representatives, executors and trustees through Ontario County Surrogate's Court administration, with a second office in Geneva. The practice handles both probate and non-probate assets, including assets held in trust, and represents beneficiaries and estate creditors. It also litigates contested estates - will contests, breach of fiduciary duty and trust disputes - on either side.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more
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- 51 N Main StreetCanandaigua, NY 14424
Solo PracticeSchenectady, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 5 counties
Schenectady solo practice serving families through the Schenectady County Surrogate's Court and four neighbouring counties. The office locates and values estate property, collects investment income, determines payment of claims, debts and taxes, prepares estate tax returns and distributes property to beneficiaries. Will challenges based on capacity, execution, undue influence or duress are handled in-house.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
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- 8 S. Church StreetSchenectady, NY 12305