Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 8 counties
Manhattan solo handling contested and uncontested Surrogate's Court matters across New York City and the surrounding counties: probate and intestate administration, kinship proceedings, will contests, fiduciary accountings, breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, and estate taxes. Also drafts wills, trusts, and advance directives, and brings Article 81 guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 488 Madison Avenue, Suite 1120New York, NY 10022
FirmAlbany, NY
Since 1946 · Serves 4 counties
Albany firm at Corporate Woods, with offices in Saratoga Springs, Kingston, and Queensbury, taking families through probate, estate administration, and trust administration: re-titling assets, transfers to surviving joint owners and named beneficiaries, and the income, estate, and gift tax issues that arise at death. Litigates will contests, construction proceedings, and contested accountings, and practises elder law, Medicaid, and special-needs planning. Has served the greater Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Adirondacks since 1946.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 7 Southwoods BoulevardAlbany, NY 12211
FirmUtica, NY
Since 2012 · Serves 2 counties
Utica firm with offices in Boonville and Lowville whose post-death side handles probate and trust administration, staffed by a dedicated probate paralegal alongside the attorneys. Its planning side covers wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies, revocable and asset-protection trusts, nursing-home and Medicaid planning, tax planning, and special-needs planning. Partner Robert K. Hilton III has helped over 600 families protect assets or qualify for Medicaid and has prevailed in over 50 Medicaid fair hearings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 2100 Genesee StreetUtica, NY 13502
FirmUtica, NY
Callanen, Foley & Hobika, LLP
Serves 1 county
Utica firm on Genesee Street, in the Oneida County seat where the county Surrogate's Court sits. Andrew J. Hobika (admitted 1996) and Joseph H. Hobika, Jr. (admitted 1986) both register the practice there with the state court system. The firm no longer publishes a website, so call the office directly.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 1417 Genesee StreetUtica, NY 13501
FirmOneonta, NY
Since 1901 · Serves 1 county
The Otsego County Regional Office in Oneonta of an LLP founded in 1901 and anchored at 80 Exchange Street in Binghamton. Its wills, trusts and estates group stays with families through estate administration: valuing and collecting assets, paying debts, explaining the estate's provisions to beneficiaries, negotiating with beneficiaries and fiduciaries, selling closely held businesses, and appearing in contested probate proceedings. Also drafts wills and trusts and advises on elder law, Medicaid, guardianship, and tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- One Ford AvenueOneonta, NY 13820
Solo PracticeNiagara Falls, NY
Serves 2 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateFamily LawPersonal InjuryReal Estate
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- 2074 Lockport RoadNiagara Falls, NY 14304
Solo PracticeGlendale, NY
Serves 1 county
Glendale firm on Myrtle Avenue serving Queens families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Walks executors and administrators through supervised and unsupervised probate — managing assets, repaying debts, filing the returns and court papers, distributing to heirs — and separately administers trusts for successor trustees, covering beneficiary and creditor notification, asset valuation, payment of final expenses and taxes, and distribution.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
- Office
- 71-27 Myrtle AvenueGlendale, NY 11385
Solo PracticeCarmel, NY
Serves 3 counties
Carmel solo practice filing directly with the Putnam County Surrogate's Court, which sits in the same town. Files the original will and probate petition, notifies every legal heir and beneficiary, marshals and inventories the estate's assets, settles valid debts and the final state and federal returns, and completes the formal transfer of property to the beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 1834 Route 6Carmel, NY 10512
FirmSaratoga Springs, NY
Serves 1 county
Saratoga Springs firm handling estate administration for families filing in the Saratoga County Surrogate's Court. The attorneys represent executors, administrators and trustees through every stage of a Surrogate's Court proceeding, and the firm's own litigation practice takes on adversarial challenges to probate rather than referring them out.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 68 West AvenueSaratoga Springs, NY 12866
Solo PracticeMineola, NY
Serves 7 counties
Mineola attorney-CPA handling Nassau County estate settlement in the Surrogate's Court. Kutner takes administrators through probate and through the non-probate transfers that sit outside it, including estates holding real property in more than one county, and serves as executor and trustee himself. He also oversees the trust, estate and tax departments of a Manhattan firm as of counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate
- Office
- 200 Old Country Road, Suite 364Mineola, NY 11501
FirmBrooklyn, NY
Serves 3 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 2926 Avenue LBrooklyn, NY 11210
FirmWilliamsville, NY
Since 1992 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 8604 Main Street, Suite TwoWilliamsville, NY 14221
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 2009 · Serves 5 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 360 Lexington Avenue, 15th FloorNew York, NY 10017
Solo PracticeCanandaigua, NY
Canandaigua practice on North Street concentrating on elder law, estate and trust planning and administration, and long-term-care and disability planning. Edward C. "Russ" Kenyon has spent over 30 years helping clients with estates, trusts, Medicaid, and long-term-care plans, and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. The firm returned under the Kenyon & Kenyon name on March 1, 2025.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Law
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- 11 North Street, Suite 100Canandaigua, NY 14424
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Serves 8 counties
Upper West Side Manhattan solo with a second office in Long Beach, filing probate and administration petitions in the Surrogate's Court for clients across New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. Handles both testate probate and intestate administration, where the Surrogate's Court distributes by statutory formula rather than the decedent's wishes. Also drafts wills and trusts and handles elder law, within a general practice covering real estate and civil litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder Law
- Office
- 155 West 72nd Street, Suite 308New York, NY 10023
Solo PracticeGarden City, NY
Serves 3 counties
Garden City practice with by-appointment offices in Hauppauge and Harrison, covering probate and trust administration for Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester families. Walks executors and trustees through appointment, managing assets, paying debts, and distributing property, including the case where assets were never funded into the trust and must go through probate separately. Also handles Medicaid and nursing-home planning, special-needs and blended-family planning, and IRA and retirement planning. Anthony Moccia began as a law clerk at the firm and took ownership in May of 2021.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
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- 1305 Franklin Avenue, Suite 170Garden City, NY 11530
Solo PracticeNyack, NY
Since 1973 · Serves 3 counties
Nyack general practice serving Rockland, Dutchess, and Westchester, whose wills and probate side guides executors and administrators through settling an estate and shields the fiduciary from personal liability. Handles intestate administrations, where the fiduciary allocates real and personal property by statute, and probate disputes, including offering a copy of a lost will for probate under SCPA 1407.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation
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- 99 Main Street, Suite 206Nyack, NY 10960
FirmEast Syracuse, NY
Since 1964 · Serves 1 county
East Syracuse firm assisting clients in Onondaga County, the surrounding counties, and central New York with probate and estate administration: managing the decedent's assets, collecting debts, paying bills, and getting the necessary documents filed with the court. Also handles intestate estates, where state law rather than the decedent's promises controls who inherits. Its planning side is built on Medicaid, nursing-home asset protection, and supplemental needs trusts, on flat fees. Established in 1964 by Leonard C. Koldin, the former chief welfare attorney for Onondaga County.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning
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- 6661 Kirkville RoadEast Syracuse, NY 13057
FirmBrooklyn, NY
Serves 1 county
Brooklyn firm on East 4th Street running separate estate planning and real estate divisions, in practice over 40 years. Guides executors and administrators through New York probate: the statutory inventory and list of claims, notice by publication and certified mail to creditors, notice to beneficiaries that the will has been admitted, and the formal accounting a beneficiary may demand. Also handles estate and trust administration, Medicaid applications, veterans benefits, special-needs planning, and asset protection.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 1377 East 4th Street, Floor 3Brooklyn, NY 11230
FirmCanton, NY
Serves 1 county
Canton firm working estates through the St. Lawrence County Surrogate's Court on Court Street, a block from its own office, with satellite offices in Massena and Gouverneur. The practice takes an executor from filing the petition and original will through Letters Testamentary, creditor and beneficiary notice, marshalling assets, the formal accounting, and final distribution, and handles will contests brought on capacity, undue influence or improper execution.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationFamily LawReal Estate
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- 11 Court StreetCanton, NY 13617
