Lake Success (Nassau County) firm guiding executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries through New York Surrogate's Court — probate, estate and trust administration, and contested estates and objections to a will or to fiduciary conduct. Also handles estate planning, retirement-distribution planning, Medicaid and elder law. Absorbed the Berwitz & DiTata estate practice.

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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.

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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.

Since 1979Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

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.

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Boutique Rochester firm on Linden Oaks that takes trust and estate work only. It represents executors and administrators through an estate settlement, preparing the probate and administration documents, collecting and valuing assets, distributing estates and trusts, and drawing the accountings and informal or formal settlement documents that end it, and separately advises beneficiaries who want their own counsel during someone else's administration. Three non-attorney staff work full time on administration files.

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Rochester (Monroe County) estate planning and elder law firm, serving communities across New York for more than 60 years. Handles estate, probate, and trust administration, estate litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, Medicaid planning, and veterans benefits. Bills flat fees and does not charge for phone calls or meetings.

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