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

Melville firm litigating contested estates in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Huntington. Represents beneficiaries forcing an executor to account, contests wills procured by undue influence, pursues fraudulent transfers of estate assets, and petitions for Article 81 guardianship when an incapacitated relative's assets are being drained. Contingency fee arrangements are available on some matters.

Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

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.

Since 2017Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

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.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationReal Estate

Riverhead-based East End firm litigating contested estate and trust matters in the Suffolk and Nassau Surrogate's Courts: probate contests, contested accountings, undue-influence and competency claims, kinship and right-of-election proceedings, and disputes over closely held corporations. Its Riverhead headquarters sits across the street from the Suffolk County Supreme Court and a few blocks from the Surrogate's Court and County Clerk. Also keeps offices in Southampton, East Hampton, Southold, and Hauppauge.

Since 1973Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law