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 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

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

Staten Island firm on South Avenue, with a by-appointment Manhattan office, handling estate administration where there is a will and administration where there is not, plus trust administration and trustee and fiduciary guidance. Also drafts wills, pour-over wills, and revocable, irrevocable, and asset-protection trusts, and files community and nursing-home Medicaid applications.

Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+2

Garden City firm on Old Country Road serving Nassau, Suffolk, and the New York City boroughs. Works alongside executors and trustees to locate, gather and liquidate assets, notify creditors and review claims within the seven-month Letters Testamentary window, file the decedent's final income and estate tax returns, prepare estate accountings and releases, and distribute to beneficiaries. Three attorneys, led by a Certified Elder Law Attorney, also handling Medicaid planning and applications, special-needs planning, and asset protection.

Since 1991Serves 7 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+2

New City firm whose office sits a quarter mile from the Rockland County Courthouse, serving executors and administrators across Rockland, Orange and Westchester. Files the Surrogate's Court probate papers, works through inventory, valuation, collection and sale of assets, pays estate debts, manages a decedent's trust and prepares the federal and New York estate tax returns. Both partners litigate contested accountings and undue-influence claims.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5