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

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

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

Kew Gardens firm whose attorneys appear in the Queens Surrogate's Court on probate, administration and Surrogate's Court disputes — will contests brought on fraud, capacity or undue influence, beneficiary disputes and ambiguous will provisions. Also assists trustees with managing a trust, including tax returns and distributions, and brings partition actions when heirs inherit a co-owned property. Consultations are complimentary and conducted virtually.

Since 2014Serves 1 countyFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+2

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.

Since 2002Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planning

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder LawGuardianship