Estate Attorneys in Westchester County, New York

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

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning17 Tax Planning6 Special Needs Planning11 Asset Protection9 Medicaid Planning10

Settling an estate

Trust Administration9 Probate18 Probate Litigation9 Trust Litigation3

Capacity and care

Elder Law14 Conservatorship1 Guardianship10

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18 firms

Amoruso & Amoruso LLP

800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-605, Rye Brook, NY 10573

Rye Brook (Westchester County) firm serving Westchester, Putnam and Rockland families, including Carmel and Brewster. Handles probate administration, estate administration, trust administration and guardianship, alongside wills, trusts, Medicaid and long-term-care planning, and special-needs planning. Its two founders hold nearly six decades of combined experience.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-253-9255

Abrams Fensterman, LLP

81 Main Street, Suite 400, White Plains, NY 10601

Lake Success (Nassau County) firm guiding executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries through New York Surrogate's Court — probate, estate and trust administration, and contested estates and objections to a will or to fiduciary conduct. Also handles estate planning, retirement-distribution planning, Medicaid and elder law. Absorbed the Berwitz & DiTata estate practice.

Since 2000Serves 9 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-914-607-7010

The Law Offices of Michael Camporeale P.C.

75 South Broadway, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601

Staten Island (Richmond County) firm with eight offices across the New York City metro area, from Wall Street to Melville. Brings the probate proceeding in the Surrogate's Court of the decedent's own county - Manhattan, Westchester, Long Island, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn or Staten Island - to get the named executor appointed and secure Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, then marshals the estate assets and distributes them to the beneficiaries. Also handles will contests and estate litigation, elder law, Medicaid and nursing-home planning, guardianships and special-needs planning; initial consultations are free.

Serves 8 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-682-5252

Cavallo & Cavallo

1293A North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804

Bronx firm on East Tremont Avenue with an appointment-only New Rochelle office, serving Bronx, Westchester, Manhattan and Queens families since 1989. Walks executors and administrators through filing the will and petition with the Surrogate's Court, getting appointed, notifying heirs, beneficiaries and creditors, collecting and valuing assets, paying debts, taxes and expenses, and distributing what remains. Also takes contested probate - will contests, undue-influence claims, disputes over asset ownership and challenges to executor authority - plus trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and Medicaid and special-needs planning. Consultations are free and the firm practices in Spanish.

Since 1989Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+6

1-914-235-8500

James G. Dibbini & Associates, P.C.

570 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704

Yonkers firm representing Westchester executors and administrators from the first Surrogate's Court filing through the order closing the estate. Handles the probate petition for letters testamentary or the administration petition for letters of administration, determines distributees and creditors, prepares the inventory and family tree affidavits, pays debts and distributes property. Also litigates contested accountings and will contests.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationBusiness LawReal Estate

1-914-965-1011

Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP

245 Main Street, Suite 500, White Plains, NY 10601

White Plains elder law and estate firm with a second office in Somers, serving the greater Westchester County area through the Surrogate's Court. Files the will and petitions for letters testamentary, values estate assets, notifies beneficiaries, works with the family accountant on estate tax returns and distributes the estate; where there is no will, petitions for letters of administration instead. Nine attorneys, and its guardianship practice covers Article 81 guardianship of an incapacitated adult as well as 17-A special needs guardianships.

Since 2004Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+2

1-914-269-2367

Ettinger Law Firm

140 Grand Street, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10601

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

1-914-684-6100

Gould & Berg, LLP

222 Bloomingdale Road, Suite 304, White Plains, NY 10605

White Plains firm serving Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. Submits a recently deceased relative's estate for probate or administration in the Surrogate's Court and carries the transfer of assets through, then litigates will contests and other estate disputes, using alternative dispute resolution where a probate fight would drain the estate. Drafts wills, powers of attorney, health care proxies and living wills alongside the firm's employment and civil-rights practice.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation

1-914-397-1050

Cory A. Levine, Attorney at Law

352 Route 202, Somers, NY 10589

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.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateBusiness LawReal Estate

1-914-276-0222

Law Offices of Kobrick & Moccia

600 Mamaroneck Avenue, 4th Floor, Harrison, NY 10528

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.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection

1-516-248-9500

The Law Offices of Thomas J. Lavin

50 Main Street, 10th Floor, White Plains, NY 10606

Bronx firm with two Bronx offices and one in White Plains, running probate and estate administration alongside a larger personal injury practice. For a family settling an estate it verifies the will, identifies and values the assets, pays the debts and distributes to the heirs, and it handles Medicaid asset protection and long-term-care trusts. The first estate planning consultation is free.

Since 1984Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

1-914-350-3090

Littman Krooks LLP

800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-436, Rye Brook, NY 10573

Manhattan firm on Avenue of the Americas serving New York City and Westchester County from offices there and in Rye Brook. Takes executors from submitting the will to probate through distribution and final accounting, preparing the court documents and tax returns, and handles estate litigation and contested wills, guardianship, Medicaid planning, and special-needs trusts.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+3

1-914-684-2100

Meyer & Spencer PC

390 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570

Pleasantville firm serving Westchester and Putnam families through probate and estate administration, with an appointment-only Mahopac office. Reviews the will, trust, deeds and beneficiary forms, files with the correct Surrogate's Court to have an executor or administrator appointed, identifies assets and notifies creditors, sells the decedent's home, and prepares the final accounting that closes the estate. Also files Article 81 guardianship petitions, including emergency applications.

Since 1993Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+3

1-914-741-2288

The Law Offices of Joseph A. Marra, PLLC

909 Midland Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704

Yonkers firm on Midland Avenue serving Westchester County, positioned as an alternative to Manhattan and White Plains firms on cost. Counsels executors and court-appointed administrators through probate in Westchester: identifying and appraising assets, filing the will with the court, paying debts and estate taxes, and distributing to beneficiaries, including where the will is contested. Also practises elder law and Medicaid planning, divorce, personal injury, real estate, and small business representation.

Since 1988Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder Law

1-914-964-6806

Martin Law, PC

1940 Commerce Street, Suite 203, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

Wappingers Falls (Dutchess County) solo with Westchester offices in Yorktown Heights and Mt Kisco, appearing in the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Represents executors and court-appointed administrators from the petition through inventory, creditor notice, and final accounting, keeps out-of-state executors from having to travel, and defends the estate when heirs dispute the will. Also handles Article 81 guardianships, trust administration, Medicaid and special-needs trusts, asset protection, and nursing-home planning, and makes house calls.

Solo PracticeSince 2004Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-845-764-8104

Ely J. Rosenzveig & Associates, P.C.

570 Taxter Road, Suite 600, Elmsford, NY 10523

Elmsford firm, formerly in White Plains, guiding Westchester executors through probate in the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. Walks the executor through the probate petition and death certificate, publication and citation notice to distributees, inventorying and appraising property, paying creditors, distributing the residue, and filing the estate's income, gift and estate tax returns. Both principals are trained mediators who try to settle beneficiary disputes before litigating them.

Since 2010Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

1-914-816-2900

Walsh & Amicucci LLP

1133 Westchester Avenue, Suite S321, White Plains, NY 10604

White Plains trusts-and-estates firm whose six attorneys serve the New York City metro area from one Westchester Avenue office. Handles probate and estate administration for executors, administrators and trustees, trust administration and modification, trust and estate litigation and fiduciary accountings, estate and gift tax, Medicaid protective trusts, and Article 17, 17-A and 81 guardianships.

Serves 13 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+3

1-914-251-1115

The Law Offices of Mitchell I. Weingarden, PLLC

81 Main Street, Suite 307, White Plains, NY 10601

White Plains practice representing heirs, executors, and administrators in Westchester County Surrogate's Court will contests and estate disputes, including testamentary-capacity, undue-influence, and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims. A former Brooklyn homicide-division Assistant District Attorney, practicing since 1984, who also runs an employment and commercial-litigation practice.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyFree consultationVirtual consultationsProbateProbate Litigation

1-800-760-1632

Probate in Westchester County

Probate Court Record

Westchester County Surrogate's Court

Westchester County · 9th Judicial District

Phone

1-914-824-5656

virtualwestchestersurrogatescourt@nycourts.gov

Hours

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

Office

111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 19th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601

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Estate Law Firms Serving Westchester County

Adon & Associates, P.C.

2387 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461

Bronx firm on Westchester Avenue handling probate and estate administration for executors and administrators, from the initial filing through distributing assets and closing the estate. Also drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance directives, and handles estate tax planning. Consultations are free.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningAsset Protection

1-718-819-1728

David J. Lorber & Associates, PLLC

100 North Country Road, Setauket, NY 11733

Setauket (Suffolk County) practice handling probate, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation in the Surrogate's Court, serving Long Island and the New York metro area. Drafts wills, trusts, and special-needs and business-succession plans, and brings adult guardianship proceedings, with phone, virtual, and office consultations offered at no charge.

Solo PracticeSince 2019Serves 7 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateTrust LitigationElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning

1-631-750-0900

Eric M. Kutner, Certified Public Accountant & Attorney at Law

200 Old Country Road, Suite 364, Mineola, NY 11501

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.

Solo PracticeServes 7 countiesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate

1-516-248-0650

Esther Schwartz Zelmanovitz, PLLC

1010 Northern Boulevard, Suite 302, Great Neck, NY 11021

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

1-516-347-7356

Jules M. Haas

488 Madison Avenue, Suite 1120, New York, NY 10022

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 8 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax PlanningGuardianship

1-212-355-2575

Klose & Associates, P.C.

99 Main Street, Suite 206, Nyack, NY 10960

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1973Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation

1-845-727-7727

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