FirmNew Windsor, NY
Serves 1 county
New Windsor (Orange County) firm whose estate group handles the probate and administration of a loved one's estate, simple or complex, including the tasks that come with it such as selling estate real property and filing any estate tax returns. Also advises on wills, trusts, health care proxies and powers of attorney, elder law and Medicaid and nursing-home planning, guardianship proceedings and special needs trusts. The group includes members of the Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 555 Hudson Valley Avenue, Suite 100New Windsor, NY 12553
FirmWhite Plains, NY
Since 2004 · Serves 1 county
White Plains elder law and estate firm with a second office in Somers, serving the greater Westchester County area through the Surrogate's Court. Files the will and petitions for letters testamentary, values estate assets, notifies beneficiaries, works with the family accountant on estate tax returns and distributes the estate; where there is no will, petitions for letters of administration instead. Nine attorneys, and its guardianship practice covers Article 81 guardianship of an incapacitated adult as well as 17-A special needs guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 3 more
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- 245 Main Street, Suite 500White Plains, NY 10601
Solo PracticeAstoria, NY
Serves 1 county
Astoria solo practice on Broadway handling Queens County estates through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Furey gets executors and administrators appointed as fiduciary — filing the Surrogate's Court papers whether or not there was a will — then works the collection of assets, payment of bills and distribution to beneficiaries, and petitions the court for a guardian when an elderly or disabled relative needs one.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
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- 44-14 BroadwayAstoria, NY 11103
Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Serves 1 county
Sunset Park firm handling Kings County probate and administration from a single Brooklyn office. It petitions the Surrogate's Court to get an executor or administrator appointed, works through intestate distribution under EPTL 4-1.1, and takes on will contests where a beneficiary objects to the appointment or to the document itself. Also brings Article 81 guardianship proceedings for incapacitated adults.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more
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- 132 32nd Street, Suite 301Brooklyn, NY 11232
FirmSmithtown, NY
Serves 3 counties
Smithtown firm filing for Suffolk County families in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court at Riverhead, with a second office covering Nassau's court in Mineola. Gets executors their letters testamentary so banks will release funds and real property can be sold, and handles administrations where there is no will as well as small estates.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 5 more
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- 26 Landing AvenueSmithtown, NY 11787
Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Since 1998 · Serves 7 counties
Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn / Kings County) practice running since 1998, representing families and executors in the Brooklyn Surrogate's Court and across the five boroughs, with additional offices in Manhattan and East Quogue. Handles probate and estate administration, drafts wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts, and concentrates in Medicaid asset protection, Article 81 guardianship, and elder law. Inna Fershteyn is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more
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- 1517 Voorhies Avenue, 4th FloorBrooklyn, NY 11235
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
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Rochester (Monroe County) firm whose estate group represents executors through administration — addressing disputes, resolving claims, paying estate taxes and distributing assets — and advises individual and corporate trustees on trust administration, distributions and terminations. Founding partner Frank B. Iacovangelo serves as Public Administrator in and for Monroe County.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 180 Canal View BlvdRochester, NY 14623
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
FirmBinghamton, NY
Since 1991 · Serves 8 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipFamily Lawand 2 more
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- 68 Oak Street, Second FloorBinghamton, NY 13905
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
FirmNew York, NY
Serves the whole state
New York (Manhattan) boutique on Third Avenue whose practice is trust, estate and fiduciary litigation. Represents heirs, spouses, next of kin, executors, trustees and charities in Surrogate's Courts across the state — will and trust contests, contested accountings, turnover and kinship proceedings, and fiduciary removal — and handles guardianships.
PracticesProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship
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- 600 Third AvenueNew York, NY 10016
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
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 8 counties
Manhattan solo handling contested and uncontested Surrogate's Court matters across New York City and the surrounding counties: probate and intestate administration, kinship proceedings, will contests, fiduciary accountings, breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, and estate taxes. Also drafts wills, trusts, and advance directives, and brings Article 81 guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more
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- 488 Madison Avenue, Suite 1120New York, NY 10022
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
- Office
- One Ford AvenueOneonta, NY 13820
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
Solo PracticeOrangeburg, NY
Serves 2 counties
Orangeburg firm representing Rockland and Orange County executors and administrators through the Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Suffern. Handles heirship searches, the inventory of assets, liquidating a decedent's house, distributing to heirs and filing the estate accounting, and defends fiduciaries accused of breach of duty. Consultations are free and the office has Spanish-speaking staff.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 7 more
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- 100 Dutch Hill Road, Suite 380Orangeburg, NY 10962
Solo PracticeQueens, NY
Since 2005 · Serves 5 counties
Queens practice weighted toward probate and estate administration, representing executors and administrators through appointment, creditor debts, and distribution. Also litigates disputes over asset distribution, will validity, and trust administration, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health-care proxies. Consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship
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- 170-26 Cedarcroft RoadQueens, NY 11432
FirmVestal, NY
Since 1927 · Serves 4 counties
Vestal firm outside Binghamton with offices in Ithaca, Whitney Point, and Montrose, Pennsylvania. Its trusts and estates group supports executors, trustees, and beneficiaries through estate and trust administration and contested and uncontested probate, and its litigators handle estate controversies. Best Lawyers ranks it the region's only first-tier Trusts & Estates firm; founded in 1927.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 450 Plaza DriveVestal, NY 13850