Estate Attorneys in Erie County, New York

14 estate law firms have an office in Erie County, New York, practicing estate planning, probate and elder law. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Erie County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning14 Tax Planning3 Special Needs Planning4 Asset Protection4 Medicaid Planning6

Settling an estate

Trust Administration3 Probate14 Probate Litigation5 Trust Litigation1

Capacity and care

Elder Law9 Conservatorship1 Guardianship7

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14 firms

Cohen & Lombardo, P.C.

343 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222

Buffalo firm in the Elmwood Village, practising in Erie County and across Western New York since 1933. Handles probate proceedings and estate administration end to end, Article 81 guardianships, wills and trusts, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

Since 1933Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-716-881-3010

Cole, Sorrentino, Hurley, Hewner & Gambino, P.C.

37 Franklin Street, Suite 900, Buffalo, NY 14202

Batavia (Genesee County) office of a Western New York firm with further offices in Buffalo and Hamburg, serving individuals and families throughout Genesee County and the surrounding communities. Advises on estate administration, trust administration and probate administration, and litigates contested wills and estates over the disposition of personal and real property. Partner Thomas F. Hewner has handled thousands of estates and served as counsel to the Public Administrator of Erie County.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationConservatorship+2

1-716-869-3011

Duggan & Pawlowski LLP

350 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222

Buffalo firm on Elmwood Avenue handling estate matters throughout greater Western New York. Guides executors through probate and estate administration, picking the right proceeding and preparing the filings, and represents executors, beneficiaries and heirs in will contests and other Surrogate's Court disputes. Also drafts wills, trusts, health care proxies and powers of attorney.

Estate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation

1-716-575-5529

Ruth P. George Law PLLC

5555 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221

Williamsville estate practice on Main Street, working the Erie County and Niagara County Surrogate's Courts. Opens the estate on the nominated executor's petition and carries it through asset collection and distribution, and handles estates where assets arrive after death or where the estate must take on a legal proceeding. Also drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care documents.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbate

1-716-982-1662

Gross Shuman P.C.

465 Main Street, Suite 600, Buffalo, NY 14203

Buffalo firm on Main Street handling probate, estate and trust administration, and estate litigation for estates, fiduciaries and beneficiaries. Admits wills to probate, deals with creditors, transfers probate and non-probate assets, and minimizes estate and trust income tax. Cross-border practice for Canadians holding U.S. property.

Since 1959Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning

1-716-854-4300

Ingold Law PLLC

6325 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221

Williamsville firm handling Erie County estates through the Surrogate's Court, from probate of a will to administration when there is none. The work covers marshaling assets, final accounting and settlement, and small estate proceedings for estates under $50,000, plus contested matters where an heir was excluded or an executor's conduct is questioned. Elder law and Medicaid crisis planning run alongside.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+4

1-716-463-5202

Katz and Baehre

8604 Main Street, Suite Two, Williamsville, NY 14221

Williamsville firm outside Buffalo practising only in estate planning, elder law, trust planning, and estate administration, and serving Buffalo, Amherst, Clarence and the rest of Erie County. Its probate lawyers resolve claims and distribute estates under a will, and the firm handles kinship cases and Medicaid planning. Every matter is handled directly by a partner.

Since 1992Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-716-633-3363

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP

42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120, Buffalo, NY 14202

Buffalo firm on Delaware Avenue with a second Erie County office in Williamsville, whose estates, wills, and trusts group handles estate administration, wills, trusts, guardianships, and estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning. Its estate litigators take contested matters, and the group works alongside the firm's elder law and business-succession practices.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateTrust LitigationElder LawTax Planning

1-716-849-1333

Pfalzgraf Beinhauer Grear Harris Schuller LLP

455 Cayuga Road, Suite 600, Buffalo, NY 14225

Buffalo elder law firm on Cayuga Road with satellite offices in East Aurora and Lockport. Its estate side opens testate and intestate proceedings, locates heirs and notifies them of their right to object to the executor's appointment, works with the executor to inventory assets and fix date-of-death values, then prepares the accounting and the papers that release the executor and close the estate. Twelve attorneys, six of them partners, concentrate in elder law and estate work rather than general practice.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-716-204-1055

Raimondo & Sundquist LLP

535 Washington Street, 12th Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203

Buffalo firm guiding Erie County executors and administrators through the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. The work covers filing the petition, getting Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration issued, notifying heirs and beneficiaries, and settling debts and taxes before distribution. A second office in Jamestown covers Chautauqua County.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipMedicaid Planning+2

1-716-220-8000

Smith Vavonese, LLP

3885 N. Buffalo Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127

Orchard Park firm serving Erie County families in Surrogate's Court, whether a loved one left a will or died without one. The practice covers getting the executor or administrator appointed, identifying and collecting the decedent's assets, and distributing to beneficiaries. Planning work runs to Medicaid asset protection trusts and supplemental needs trusts for a beneficiary on public benefits.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-716-257-1241

Smolarek Law Offices

5121 Clinton Street, Elma, NY 14059

Elma (Erie County) firm just outside Buffalo, protecting families and their assets since 1993. Handles Erie County Surrogate's Court probate and estate administration, including voluntary administration, Letters Testamentary, and ancillary probate for out-of-state decedents, plus wills, powers of attorney, and elder law.

Since 1993Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawReal Estate

1-716-771-1601

Tiveron Law PLLC

2410 North Forest Road, Suite 301, Amherst, NY 14068

Western New York firm with offices in Amherst, Buffalo, Ellicottville, and Lockport. Its estate group concludes the final affairs of a client's loved one: filing the probate petition in Surrogate's Court for an executor named in a will, or having an administrator appointed when there is none, then accounting for estate assets, paying the decedent's debts, and distributing what remains to beneficiaries. Also handles Article 81 guardianships for incapacitated adults, elder law, and long-term-care planning.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianship

1-716-636-7600

Voelkl Law PC

19 South Long Street, Williamsville, NY 14221

Williamsville (Erie County) firm handling probate and estate administration across Western New York. Marshals and values assets, pays estate debts, files estate accountings, and represents beneficiaries and excluded heirs in will-validity and executor-impropriety disputes, including ancillary probate for out-of-state property. Free 30-minute consultation.

Since 2020Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianship

1-716-633-4030

Probate in Erie County

Probate Court Record

Erie County Surrogate's Court

Erie County · 8th Judicial District

Phone

1-716-845-2560

eriesurrogatehelp@nycourts.gov

Hours

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

Office

Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14202

Website

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E-filing

Required for attorneys

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

Court forms packet

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How to file probate in Erie County →

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Estate Law Firms Serving Erie County

Kathleen Gaines Attorney At Law

2074 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, NY 14304

Niagara Falls solo practice filing for families in the Niagara County Surrogate's Court at Lockport. Gaines handles probate administration for executors - preparing the court paperwork, communicating with the court, and dealing with disputes that surface during probate - alongside will drafting, powers of attorney and health care proxies.

Solo PracticeServes 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawPersonal InjuryReal Estate

1-716-297-9786

Law Offices of Gold & Dezik

345 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY 14303

Niagara Falls firm handling estate and trust settlements for families filing in the Niagara County Surrogate's Court. The practice walks an executor through appointment, inventorying assets the decedent held in their own name, tracking down digital and safe-deposit records, paying credit-card and hospital debts, and distributing what remains to beneficiaries.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

1-716-285-2267

Scolaro Fetter Grizanti & McGough, P.C.

507 Plum Street, Suite 300, Syracuse, NY 13204

Syracuse firm working with Onondaga County executors from the petition to probate a will through to final settlement in Surrogate's Court. The group marshals and disposes of estate assets, prepares estate, inheritance and fiduciary income tax returns, and represents executors and trustees before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. It also administers life insurance, charitable and testamentary trusts, including accountings and communications with beneficiaries.

Since 1979Serves 5 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+6

1-315-471-8111

Aswad & Ingraham, LLP

46 Front Street, Binghamton, NY 13905

Binghamton (Broome County) general-practice firm on Front Street handling probate alongside civil litigation, real estate, banking and credit union law, commercial transactions, and labor relations. Represents business, banking, institutional and individual clients across New York State and in Pennsylvania. Holds an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Serves the whole stateProbate

1-607-722-3495

Coughlin & Gerhart LLP

99 Corporate Drive, Binghamton, NY 13904

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

1-607-821-2202

Ettinger Law Firm

125 Wolf Road, Suite 225, Albany, NY 12205

New York elder law and estate planning firm working from twelve offices — Albany, five on Long Island, three in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New City and White Plains, and Staten Island. Guides executors and families through probate and estate administration, and handles trusts built to keep an estate out of Surrogate's Court, Medicaid asset protection, Medicaid applications and estate tax savings. Nine lawyers and seventeen paralegals and support staff, practicing since 1991; consultations are no-cost, virtual or in person, and the firm takes uncontested probate only.

Since 1991Serves the whole stateFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+3

1-518-459-2700

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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in New York

Free New York forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for New York.

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Last Will and Testament

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Pour-Over Will

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Transfer on Death Deed

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Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in New York

Free calculators and checklists to plan or settle an estate in New York: will and trust costs, probate, executor pay and taxes. Run each tool for New York.

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

In New York, a will-based plan pays probate attorney fees of typically 2.5% to 4% of the estate; a funded revocable trust keeps those assets out of probate and off that fee.

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Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

Probate in New York takes 7 months to 9 months for a simple estate and charges attorney fees of typically 2.5% to 4% of the estate; assets held in a revocable trust skip both.

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How Much Does Probate Cost?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in New York costs an estimated $35,992. Attorney fees run 2.5% to 4% of the estate under a reasonable-compensation standard.

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What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

Probate on a $500,000 estate in New York costs an estimated $35,992 and takes 7 months to 9 months for a simple estate, with attorney fees of typically 2.5% to 4% of the estate. Estates under $50,000 can use a small-estate procedure instead.

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How Do I Settle an Estate?

Settling an estate in New York: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 270 days of appointment; creditors have 7 months to present claims; a simple estate closes in 7 months to 9 months.

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What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

An attorney-prepared revocable trust in New York runs $4,250 to $6,375 and a simple will $1,344 to $2,688, against $0 to $549 up front plus a subscription with an online service.

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Estate Attorneys in Erie County, New York

Probate in Erie County

Erie County Surrogate's Court

Estate Law Firms Serving Erie County

Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in New York

Revocable Living Trust

Last Will and Testament

Healthcare Power of Attorney

Financial Power of Attorney

Pour-Over Will

Transfer on Death Deed

Tools for Planning and Settling an Estate in New York

Trust or Will: Which Costs Less?

Do I Need a Revocable Trust?

How Much Does Probate Cost?

What Are the Estate Laws in My State?

How Do I Settle an Estate?

What Does Estate Planning Actually Cost?

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Estate Attorneys in Erie County, New York