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.

Since 1933Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

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.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+4

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.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

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.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipMedicaid Planning+2

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.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianship

Williamsville (Erie County) firm handling probate and estate administration across Western New York. Marshals and values assets, pays estate debts, files estate accountings, and represents beneficiaries and excluded heirs in will-validity and executor-impropriety disputes, including ancillary probate for out-of-state property. Free 30-minute consultation.

Since 2020Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship