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

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

Brewster firm representing Lower Hudson Valley families across Putnam, Dutchess, Westchester and Rockland counties. Carries executors and administrators through every stage of estate administration — the probate court filings, the deadlines and the disputes among beneficiaries — and litigates will disputes and accounting disputes, alongside Article 81 guardianship petitions and trust administration for trustees. Principal Andres D. Gil is a combat veteran and former assistant district attorney.

Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+4

Goshen solo practice a few minutes from the Orange County Surrogate's Court, also serving Ulster, Sullivan and Rockland. Walks a surviving spouse or child through being appointed executor or administrator, marshaling scattered accounts, filing the inventory, paying creditors and taxes, filing the decedent's final return and the estate return, and filing the final account with the court. Former chairman of the Orange County Bar Association Elder Law Committee.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

Solo practice at 225 Broadway, minutes from the New York County Surrogate's Court, taking families down both tracks — probating a will, or getting an adult relative appointed administrator when there is none. Weinstein came out of the Justice Department's Tax Division and folds estate-tax saving into the work, and handles the real-estate side when the estate's main asset is an apartment.

Solo PracticeServes 10 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningReal Estate

Poughkeepsie firm at 85 Civic Center Plaza representing executors and administrators in the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Handles the collection and marshalling of estate assets, appraisal of real and personal property, payment of debts, expenses and taxes, and final distribution to beneficiaries, plus estate accounting and will-contest proceedings when a family disputes the estate.

Since 1914Serves 6 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningAsset Protection+3