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

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

Brooklyn practice on Columbia Street representing executors and administrators in the Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond and Bronx Surrogate's Courts. It collects waivers and consents from distributees, gets a citation issued when an heir will not sign, opens the estate account and EIN, reviews creditor claims and files the final accounting. The first one-hour consultation is free, online or in person.

Solo PracticeServes 5 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+4

Midtown Manhattan practice on Lexington Avenue guiding executors and beneficiaries through New York probate and trust administration in the five borough Surrogate's Courts: locating and valuing assets, resolving creditor claims in the statutory priority order, and preparing the accounting the court requires before a final distribution. Also drafts wills, trusts, asset-protection plans, and Medicaid plans. Run by Gabriel Katzner, who passed the CPA exam before law school; the practice also keeps a California office in Encinitas.

Solo PracticeSince 2009Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1998Serves 7 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+3

Brooklyn Heights solo whose office sits a few blocks from the Kings County Surrogate Court, handling Surrogate's Court proceedings, probate of wills and estate administration. Peter G. Gray spent five years as a Kings County prosecutor before moving to trusts and estates, and has since taken on numerous will contests and disputes where a deed, trust or transfer of assets was done in an improper manner. Initial consultations are free.

Solo PracticeServes 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawMedicaid Planning