East Setauket (Suffolk County) firm with three more Long Island and Manhattan offices, practicing in trusts and estates, elder law and real estate. Walks executors and administrators through a Surrogate's Court file: the petition to appoint, waivers and consents from distributees under EPTL 4-1.1, Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, the estate account and asset inventory, creditor payment, estate taxes, releases and the final accounting. Also handles objections to a will, guardianship, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

Since 1995Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+2

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.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+4

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

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.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+2

Capital Region trusts and estates practice in Latham, with offices in New York City, Garden City, Hudson and Lake Placid and more than 280 years of combined attorney experience. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, estate and trust litigation, guardianship under Article 81 and 17-A, Medicaid and special needs planning, and tax planning.

Serves 13 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+4

Deer Park (Suffolk County) firm founded in 2006, guiding Long Island executors and administrators through Surrogate's Court in both Suffolk and Nassau. Obtains Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration and prepares wills, trusts, and powers of attorney, alongside a residential real-estate and business-law practice. Consultations are free.

Since 2006Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning