Guardianship Attorneys in Westchester County, New York

10 guardianship firms have an office in Westchester County, New York. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Westchester County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning17 Tax Planning6 Special Needs Planning11 Asset Protection9 Medicaid Planning10

Settling an estate

Trust Administration9 Probate18 Probate Litigation9 Trust Litigation3

Capacity and care

Elder Law14 Conservatorship1 Guardianship10

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10 firms

Amoruso & Amoruso LLP

800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-605, Rye Brook, NY 10573

Rye Brook (Westchester County) firm serving Westchester, Putnam and Rockland families, including Carmel and Brewster. Handles probate administration, estate administration, trust administration and guardianship, alongside wills, trusts, Medicaid and long-term-care planning, and special-needs planning. Its two founders hold nearly six decades of combined experience.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-253-9255

Abrams Fensterman, LLP

81 Main Street, Suite 400, White Plains, NY 10601

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.

Since 2000Serves 9 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-914-607-7010

The Law Offices of Michael Camporeale P.C.

75 South Broadway, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601

Staten Island (Richmond County) firm with eight offices across the New York City metro area, from Wall Street to Melville. Brings the probate proceeding in the Surrogate's Court of the decedent's own county - Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn or Staten Island - to get the named executor appointed and secure Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, then marshals the estate assets and distributes them to the beneficiaries. Also handles will contests and estate litigation, elder law, Medicaid and nursing-home planning, guardianships and special-needs planning; initial consultations are free.

Serves 8 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-682-5252

Cavallo & Cavallo

1293A North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804

Bronx firm on East Tremont Avenue with an appointment-only New Rochelle office, serving Bronx, Westchester, Manhattan and Queens families since 1989. Walks executors and administrators through filing the will and petition with the Surrogate's Court, getting appointed, notifying heirs, beneficiaries and creditors, collecting and valuing assets, paying debts, taxes and expenses, and distributing what remains. Also takes contested probate - will contests, undue-influence claims, disputes over asset ownership and challenges to executor authority - plus trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid and special-needs planning. Consultations are free and the firm practices in Spanish.

Since 1989Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+6

1-914-235-8500

Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP

245 Main Street, Suite 500, White Plains, NY 10601

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.

Since 2004Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+2

1-914-269-2367

Littman Krooks LLP

800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-436, Rye Brook, NY 10573

Manhattan firm on Avenue of the Americas serving New York City and Westchester County from offices there and in Rye Brook. Takes executors from submitting the will to probate through distribution and final accounting, preparing the court documents and tax returns, and handles estate litigation and contested wills, guardianship, Medicaid planning, and special-needs trusts.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+3

1-914-684-2100

Meyer & Spencer PC

390 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Pleasantville firm serving Westchester and Putnam families through probate and estate administration, with an appointment-only Mahopac office. Reviews the will, trust, deeds and beneficiary forms, files with the correct Surrogate's Court to have an executor or administrator appointed, identifies assets and notifies creditors, sells the decedent's home, and prepares the final accounting that closes the estate. Also files Article 81 guardianship petitions, including emergency applications.

Since 1993Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-741-2288

Martin Law, PC

1940 Commerce Street, Suite 203, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Wappingers Falls (Dutchess County) solo with Westchester offices in Yorktown Heights and Mt Kisco, appearing in the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Represents executors and court-appointed administrators from the petition through inventory, creditor notice, and final accounting, keeps out-of-state executors from having to travel, and defends the estate when heirs dispute the will. Also handles Article 81 guardianships, trust administration, Medicaid and special-needs trusts, asset protection, and nursing-home planning, and makes house calls.

Solo PracticeSince 2004Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-845-764-8104

Ely J. Rosenzveig & Associates, P.C.

570 Taxter Road, Suite 600, Elmsford, NY 10523

Elmsford firm, formerly in White Plains, guiding Westchester executors through probate in the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. Walks the executor through the probate petition and death certificate, publication and citation notice to distributees, inventorying and appraising property, paying creditors, distributing the residue, and filing the estate's income, gift and estate tax returns. Both principals are trained mediators who try to settle beneficiary disputes before litigating them.

Since 2010Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-914-816-2900

Walsh & Amicucci LLP

1133 Westchester Avenue, Suite S321, White Plains, NY 10604

White Plains trusts-and-estates firm whose six attorneys serve the New York City metro area from one Westchester Avenue office. Handles probate and estate administration for executors, administrators and trustees, trust administration and modification, trust and estate litigation and fiduciary accountings, estate and gift tax, Medicaid protective trusts, and Article 17, 17-A and 81 guardianships.

Serves 13 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+3

1-914-251-1115

Probate in Westchester County

Probate Court Record

Westchester County Surrogate's Court

Westchester County · 9th Judicial District

Phone

1-914-824-5656

virtualwestchestersurrogatescourt@nycourts.gov

Hours

Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Office

111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 19th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601

Website

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E-filing

Required for attorneys

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

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How to file probate in Westchester County →

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Guardianship Firms Serving Westchester County

David J. Lorber & Associates, PLLC

100 North Country Road, Setauket, NY 11733

Setauket (Suffolk County) practice handling probate, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation in the Surrogate's Court, serving Long Island and the New York metro area. Drafts wills, trusts, and special-needs and business-succession plans, and brings adult guardianship proceedings, with phone, virtual, and office consultations offered at no charge.

Solo PracticeSince 2019Serves 7 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateTrust LitigationElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning

1-631-750-0900

Esther Schwartz Zelmanovitz, PLLC

1010 Northern Boulevard, Suite 302, Great Neck, NY 11021

Great Neck (Nassau County) firm of two attorneys serving Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Westchester. Handles probate where there is a will and estate administration where there is not, navigating the Surrogate's Court system for executors and administrators, alongside trust administration, wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, elder law, Medicaid planning, and special-needs trusts. Founded in 2017 by attorneys with more than two decades in elder law and estate practice; free 15-minute phone consultation.

Since 2017Serves 6 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+2

1-516-347-7356

Jules M. Haas

488 Madison Avenue, Suite 1120, New York, NY 10022

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 8 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax PlanningGuardianship

1-212-355-2575

Korsinsky & Klein LLP

2926 Avenue L, Brooklyn, NY 11210

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.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-212-257-0199

Law Office of Andres D. Gil, PLLC

973 NY-22, Suite 3, Brewster, NY 10509

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.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-845-237-3117

Ledwidge & Associates, P.C.

170-26 Cedarcroft Road, Queens, NY 11432

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.

Solo PracticeSince 2005Serves 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

1-718-276-6656

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