Binghamton general practice whose service area runs across the Sixth Judicial District, including the Chenango County courts in Norwich as well as Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties. Handles wills, probate, guardianship, health care proxies and powers of attorney alongside family law, real estate and civil litigation. Founded in 1991.

Since 1991Serves 8 countiesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipFamily LawPersonal InjuryReal Estate

Cooperstown firm serving the Cooperstown, Oneonta and Norwich communities since 1977, alongside a long-standing real-property practice. Handles probate where there was a will and administration where there was not, distributing estate assets to the named beneficiaries or under New York intestacy law, and takes on estates it did not draft the will for.

Since 1977Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbate

Elmira (Chemung County) firm on West Water Street, serving the Elmira area since 1934 and now in its third generation under James E. DeFilippo. Represents executors and trustees through estate and trust administration — protecting assets for beneficiaries, collecting outstanding assets and income, paying valid bills, filing federal and state estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns, calculating tax basis for beneficiaries and filing court reports. Also prepares wills, lifetime trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies and lifetime transfers of the home with a reserved life use.

Since 1934Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateReal Estate

Binghamton (Broome County) practice serving the Southern Tier since 1985 and appearing in New York's probate courts. Handles all aspects of estate and trust administration, including will-contest proceedings and family disputes, and prepares simple and complex wills and trusts. Uses tax and estate-planning techniques to reduce federal and New York estate transfer taxes.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningAsset Protection

New York elder law and estate planning firm working from twelve offices — Albany, five on Long Island, three in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New City and White Plains, and Staten Island. Guides executors and families through probate and estate administration, and handles trusts built to keep an estate out of Surrogate's Court, Medicaid asset protection, Medicaid applications and estate tax savings. Nine lawyers and seventeen paralegals and support staff, practicing since 1991; consultations are no-cost, virtual or in person, and the firm takes uncontested probate only.

Since 1991Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

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.

Since 2017Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship+2