Probate Litigation Attorneys in New York

84 probate litigation firms in New York, by city, county and firm type.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning82 Tax Planning34 Special Needs Planning32 Asset Protection30 Medicaid Planning41

Settling an estate

Trust Administration37 Probate83 Probate Litigation84 Trust Litigation30

Capacity and care

Elder Law50 Conservatorship2 Guardianship43

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84 firms

Angiuli & Gentile, LLP

1493 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10305

Hylan Boulevard firm serving Richmond County families through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court at 18 Richmond Terrace. Files wills with the court, identifies and distributes estate assets, handles debts and tax obligations, and litigates will contests, executor misconduct and trustee breach-of-duty claims. Also brings Article 81 and Article 17-A guardianship petitions when no plan was in place.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+8

1-718-550-0466

Law Offices of Roman Aminov

147-17 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY 11367

Flushing (Queens County) firm representing families in probate and estate administration through the New York City Surrogate's Courts, with offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Also handles estate litigation, asset collection and marshaling, wills and trusts, powers of attorney and health-care proxies, and Medicaid and special-needs planning. Initial phone consultations are free.

Serves 7 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship+2

1-347-766-2685

Bailey, Johnson & Peck, P.C.

5 Pine West Plaza, Suite 507, Albany, NY 12205

Albany firm whose estate group guides executors and trustees through Surrogate's Court, obtaining Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, filing accountings, and distributing estate proceeds. Also handles trust administration and represents beneficiaries in will contests and trust challenges. Serves Albany, Schenectady and Troy.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation

1-518-456-0082

Abrams Fensterman, LLP

3 Dakota Drive, Suite 300, Lake Success, NY 11042

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

1-516-328-2300

Bohm Law Firm, P.C.

1301 Coney Island Avenue, Suite 2A, Brooklyn, NY 11230

Brooklyn firm led by Pinni Bohm with a second office in Times Square, Manhattan. Petitions the New York City Surrogate's Courts for Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, advises executors and administrators on their duties, oversees distributions to beneficiaries and heirs, and negotiates with estate creditors. Also litigates will and trust contests, spousal right-of-election disputes, and fiduciary-misconduct claims.

Solo PracticeSince 2011Serves 5 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax PlanningReal Estate

1-718-407-4461

Blustein, Shapiro, Frank & Barone, LLP

10 Matthews Street, Goshen, NY 10924

Goshen (Orange County) firm with a second office in Monticello, in Sullivan County. Its wealth-preservation group sees that a decedent's assets are distributed correctly and on time through probate for individually owned property and trust administration for assets passing under a trust instrument, and takes on guardianships; its litigation group handles estate and trust disputes among heirs. Most of its attorneys have been named to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-845-291-0011

Corash & Hollender, P.C.

1200 South Avenue, Suite 201, Staten Island, NY 10314

Corporate Park of Staten Island firm serving Richmond County executors through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court. Guides executors past the mistakes that create personal liability — misattributed assets, failure to give creditors proper notice, improper distributions — and litigates will contests, contested probate and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, preferring negotiation to keep estate disputes out of the public record.

Since 1977Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+5

1-718-691-1669

The Law Offices of Michael Camporeale P.C.

1688 Victory Blvd, Suite 201, Staten Island, NY 10314

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

1-929-667-6554

Cavallo & Cavallo

3453 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY 10465

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

1-718-822-2203

CDH Law PLLC

211 Tompkins Street, Syracuse, NY 13204

Syracuse (Onondaga County) firm representing executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries across Central New York in the Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate and estate administration and litigates objections to a will or a trust, alongside estate planning, wills and trusts, and Medicaid trusts.

Estate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning+2

1-315-930-4077

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

81 Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020

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

1-585-479-3838

Connors & Sullivan, Attorneys at Law, PLLC

7408 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) estate and elder law firm with four further offices in Manhattan, Bayside, Middle Village and Staten Island. For executors it files the original will, contacts next of kin, collects assets and prepares income and estate tax returns, and it litigates will contests, contested accountings and contested deed transfers in Surrogate's Court. Also handles wills and trusts, special needs trusts, estate tax and capital-gains planning, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning; the initial consultation is complimentary.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+3

1-718-238-6500

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

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

DerOhannesian & DerOhannesian

159 Wolf Road, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12205

Albany firm on Wolf Road handling Surrogate's Court work for families in Albany County and beyond. It probates wills through the county Surrogate's Court and litigates contested ones — challenges based on capacity, undue influence, forged signature or defective witnessing — interviewing beneficiaries and relatives and putting on medical experts where the decedent's mental state at signing is in dispute.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate Litigation

1-518-465-6420

DeCandido & Azachi, PLLC

7150 Austin Street, Suite 206, Forest Hills, NY 11375

Forest Hills firm handling probate and intestate administration for Queens and Nassau families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Its two attorneys take executors through the petition for probate, contested objections to a will, trustee removal and accounting challenges, and Article 81 guardianships for a parent who can no longer manage their own affairs.

Serves 2 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship+2

1-347-808-5746

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

Evans Fox LLP

100 Meridian Centre Boulevard, Suite 300, Rochester, NY 14618

Rochester firm whose trust and estate probate and administration group handles Surrogate's Court proceedings for Monroe County families. For an executor the work runs to setting a timeline, identifying the interested parties, ranking creditor priority, accounting to beneficiaries, and filing fiduciary and estate tax returns. Its litigation group takes on will objections and accounting disputes when a proceeding turns contested.

Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+7

1-585-787-7000

Fischer, Bessette, Muldowney & McArdle, LLP

43 Golf Course Road, Malone, NY 12953

Malone (Franklin County) firm serving the North Country for over 75 years, with offices in Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake. Handles probate administration and contested wills — undue influence, capacity and executor-misconduct disputes — and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies and special needs trusts. Estate consultations are free.

Serves 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax PlanningSpecial Needs Planning

1-518-481-5000

New York Legacy Lawyers by Yana Feldman and Associates

132 32nd Street, Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Sunset Park firm handling Kings County probate and administration from a single Brooklyn office. It petitions the Surrogate's Court to get an executor or administrator appointed, works through intestate distribution under EPTL 4-1.1, and takes on will contests where a beneficiary objects to the appointment or to the document itself. Also brings Article 81 guardianship proceedings for incapacitated adults.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawTax Planning+4

1-718-713-8080

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Estate planning attorneys in New York average $448 an hour for wills and estates work. A flat-fee package runs $1,344 to $2,688 for a simple individual will and $4,250 to $6,375 for a basic revocable trust. An online service prices the same documents in the tens to low hundreds of dollars; the New York will cost calculator sets the two side by side.

In New York, estates with personal property of $50,000 or less use the Voluntary Administration, a court filing short of full probate. That route is a form rather than a court case, and most families handle it without an attorney. Above the line, formal probate generally benefits from counsel for the procedural work, even when nothing is contested. The New York probate calculator estimates the cost by estate value.

In New York, the situations where counsel is typically worth the cost are: a blended family with children from a prior relationship; a business, rental property or significant investment assets; a dependent with special needs, who needs a special-needs trust to keep benefits; an estate near or above the New York estate tax threshold of $7,350,000; substantial property in more than one state. Where none of these apply, an online or self-help document is often enough.

New York splits the two: probate attorney fees of typically 2.5% to 4% of the estate, but the executor's compensation follows a statutory schedule, about $19,000 on a $500,000 estate. That makes the executor's share predictable, which helps when a family member serves and is unsure what to charge.

Filter the directory by county and by the practice area you need, and look for experience with your situation; a board certification in estate planning, trust or probate law is a strong signal. Most New York estate planning attorneys offer an initial consultation, some free and some for a flat fee. Ask up front whether the firm bills by the hour or by package, and what your situation is expected to cost.

Probate Litigation Attorneys in New York

New York attorneys average $448 an hour for wills and estates work. A basic will from an attorney runs $1,344–$2,688; online services cost $30–$300.

New York imposes its own estate tax separate from the federal one, kicking in well below the federal exemption. Estates near the state threshold benefit from real planning — not because every family needs it, but because the line is lower than people expect.

Estates under $50,000 in New York can use a simplified affidavit instead of formal probate. Most families in that range can handle it without retaining counsel.

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(4)·Updated October 15, 2026

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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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Who Inherits Without a Will?

Without a will in New York, a surviving spouse takes the first $50,000 plus half of the rest when a child or other descendant survives, and descendants divide what passes to them per capita at each generation.

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What Are the Creditor Claim Deadlines?

In New York, the 7 months period after the personal representative's appointment protects a representative who distributes after it; late claims can still reach undistributed assets.

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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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How Much Can an Executor Charge?

New York sets executor compensation by statute — about $19,000 on a $500,000 estate, roughly 3.8%.

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