Cairo (Greene County) two-lawyer practice serving the Catskills — Coxsackie, Catskill, Windham, Hudson, Ravena and Kingston. Guides estate administrators and executors through probate, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies alongside Medicaid asset protection. Michael Esslie and Denise Frenia Esslie, a husband-and-wife team each with more than 16 years in practice, handle matters personally and offer free consultations, home visits and after-hours appointments.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

Troy (Rensselaer County) firm serving the Capital District, with more than 30 years of probate and estate administration work in the Troy and Albany areas. Handles an estate start to finish — probating the will, estate and income tax, liquidating assets, accountings and distribution to beneficiaries — plus wills, trusts, Medicaid planning and asset protection.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

Troy firm at 22 First Street serving Albany, Troy, Schenectady and Saratoga in the Capital District, tracing its roots to 1813. Handles estate and trust administration: probating wills, intestate administration, beneficiary and fiduciary representation, contested accountings, will contests and right-of-election claims, plus Medicaid planning and guardianship petitions.

Since 1813Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+3

Schenectady solo practice serving families through the Schenectady County Surrogate's Court and four neighbouring counties. The office locates and values estate property, collects investment income, determines payment of claims, debts and taxes, prepares estate tax returns and distributes property to beneficiaries. Will challenges based on capacity, execution, undue influence or duress are handled in-house.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 5 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawAsset Protection+3

Binghamton (Broome County) firm tracing its lineage to 1898, with seven New York offices from Ithaca to Walton. Its trusts, estates and elder law group counsels executors, administrators and trustees through estate and trust administration, obtains Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, and litigates disputed executor appointments in Surrogate's Court.

Since 1898Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

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