FirmRiverhead, NY
Since 2017 · Serves 1 county
Riverhead firm filing for Suffolk County families in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Melville. Takes administrators from inventorying assets through paying debts to final distribution, guides trustees who have just inherited the job through managing and distributing trust property, and represents both sides in contested accountings and will contests.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 633 East Main Street, Suite 2Riverhead, NY 11901
FirmSyosset, NY
Serves 2 counties
Syosset firm of attorney-CPAs handling Nassau County probate out of the Surrogate's Court in Mineola, with a second office in Manhattan. They petition for letters, guide administrators through paying debts and distributing assets, and keep the estate-tax and final-return work in-house rather than referring it out. All three name partners are admitted attorneys and certified public accountants.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 6800 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 201WSyosset, NY 11791
Solo PracticeRego Park, NY
Since 1982 · Serves 1 county
Rego Park practice limited to New York Surrogate's Court estate cases — Seidel says plainly that he does not do estate planning. The work is the hard end of administration: kinship proceedings after the Public Administrator has filed an accounting and called the family "alleged" heirs, cousin cases, and ancillary probate for out-of-state clients holding New York assets.
PracticesProbate
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- 95-60 Queens Boulevard, PMB 501Rego Park, NY 11374
FirmForest Hills, NY
Since 2002 · Serves 1 county
Forest Hills firm serving Queens families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court, a block from the Long Island Rail Road. Probates wills and handles intestate administration, and litigates will contests and kinship cases, reconstructing family trees so rightful heirs recover funds that would otherwise escheat to New York's Department of Finance. Two attorneys with a combined seven decades in estate matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planning
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- 71-01 Austin Street, Suite 203Forest Hills, NY 11375
Solo PracticeOswego, NY
Serves 1 county
Solo estate practice in Oswego, Oswego County, practicing there since 1994. Works closely with the executor of the estate to manage all aspects of estate administration, closing estates and transferring estate assets to the beneficiaries as soon as legally possible, alongside estate planning and Medicaid planning and applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateMedicaid Planning
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- 106 West Utica Street, Suite 2AOswego, NY 13126
FirmCooperstown, NY
Since 1977 · Serves 2 counties
Cooperstown firm serving the Cooperstown, Oneonta and Norwich communities since 1977, alongside a long-standing real-property practice. Handles probate where there was a will and administration where there was not, distributing estate assets to the named beneficiaries or under New York intestacy law, and takes on estates it did not draft the will for.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
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- 192 Main StreetCooperstown, NY 13326
Solo PracticeWatertown, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 3 counties
Watertown practice founded in 1985, serving Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in the North Country. Assists fiduciary clients with all aspects of estate and trust administration: preparing court documents, marshalling assets, opening bank accounts, bookkeeping, tax returns, accounting and closure. Home visits offered when needed.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbate
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- 220 Sterling StreetWatertown, NY 13601
FirmLockport, NY
Since 2013 · Serves 1 county
Lockport firm covering Niagara County — North Tonawanda, Lockport and Niagara Falls — with three partners. For an estate it handles the probate proceeding, in which a surrogate's court validates the will and oversees distribution, and sees that the assets named in it, from personal property to retirement plans and bank accounts, reach the descendants or surviving spouse. Its elder-law side covers Medicaid eligibility and guardianship for seniors.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipand 2 more
- Office
- 744 Davison RoadLockport, NY 14094
Solo PracticeIthaca, NY
Serves 1 county
Solo practice at 505 Snyder Hill Road in Ithaca, near East Hill Plaza at the corner of Quarry Road, serving Ithaca, Dryden, Caroline and other nearby communities. Handles wills and trusts, estate planning, powers of attorney and health care proxies, alongside residential real estate closings and business formation.
PracticesEstate Planning
- Office
- 505 Snyder Hill RoadIthaca, NY 14850
FirmRiverhead, NY
Serves 2 counties
Riverhead firm with roots in Suffolk County for over a hundred years, serving Suffolk and Nassau with seven attorneys. Represents executors, administrators, and beneficiaries in Surrogate's Court probate, intestate administration, estate accounting proceedings, and will contests, alongside real estate transactions.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationReal Estate
- Office
- 456 Griffing AvenueRiverhead, NY 11901
FirmElma, NY
Since 1993 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawReal Estate
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- 5121 Clinton StreetElma, NY 14059
Solo PracticeForest Hills, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 3 counties
Forest Hills (Queens) solo practice helping families in Queens, Brooklyn, and Nassau since 1985. Guides families through Surrogate's Court probate and estate administration, handling filings, creditor claims, and disputes, and litigates will contests and contested guardianship petitions in Surrogate's and Supreme Court. Also prepares wills, trusts, health care proxies, and powers of attorney, with Medicaid and long-term-care planning. Offers a free consultation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship
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- 118-21 Queens Boulevard, Suite 504Forest Hills, NY 11375
FirmPlattsburgh, NY
Since 1990 · Serves 1 county
Plattsburgh (Clinton County) firm formed by a 1990 merger of two local practices, serving the North Country. Handles probate and estate administration, getting executors appointed, preparing estate accountings, notifying creditors, and filing estate and gift tax returns, plus wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and elder law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning
- Office
- 1 Cumberland AvenuePlattsburgh, NY 12901
FirmDeer Park, NY
Since 2006 · Serves 2 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
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- 375 Commack Road, Suite 204Deer Park, NY 11729
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Boutique Rochester firm on Linden Oaks that takes trust and estate work only. It represents executors and administrators through an estate settlement, preparing the probate and administration documents, collecting and valuing assets, distributing estates and trusts, and drawing the accountings and informal or formal settlement documents that end it, and separately advises beneficiaries who want their own counsel during someone else's administration. Three non-attorney staff work full time on administration files.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
- Office
- 70 Linden Oaks, Suite 220Rochester, NY 14625
Solo PracticeOlean, NY
Since 2018 · Serves 1 county
Olean (Cattaraugus County) firm open since 2018, with one attorney and three paralegals working estate matters. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration and trust funding, and estate litigation, alongside wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and proactive and crisis Medicaid planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 154 North Union StreetOlean, NY 14760
FirmAmherst, NY
Serves 3 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianship
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- 2410 North Forest Road, Suite 301Amherst, NY 14068
FirmSchenectady, NY
Serves 1 county
Schenectady elder law and estate planning practice led by Kathleen M. Toombs, self-employed since 2007. Handles probate management, trust administration, and the transfer of estate assets, plus Medicaid home-care and nursing-home planning, guardianships, health care proxies, and powers of attorney. Free initial consultation for estate planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 157 Barrett StreetSchenectady, NY 12305
FirmAlbany, NY
Serves 2 counties
Albany-headquartered Capital Region firm with a second office in Saratoga Springs, handling probate and administration proceedings and probate litigation alongside wills, lifetime and testamentary trusts, health care proxies, guardianships, and powers of attorney. Quotes probate administration work hourly: "we never charge a percentage of the estate assets in determining our fee for services." Free case evaluation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningGuardianship
- Office
- 500 New Karner RoadAlbany, NY 12205
FirmMelville, NY
Since 2016 · Serves 2 counties
Melville (Suffolk County) elder law and estate planning firm with further offices in Northport and Riverhead, guiding Long Island families through Surrogate's Court. Handles probate and estate and trust administration, including informal and judicial accountings and heirship issues, plus wills and trusts and Medicaid and asset-protection planning. Its founding attorney is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation; consultations are free.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawAsset Protection
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- 532 Broadhollow Road, Suite 123Melville, NY 11747
