Special Needs Planning Attorneys in New York

70 special needs planning firms in New York, by city, county and firm type.

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County

City

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning70 Tax Planning31 Special Needs Planning70 Asset Protection42 Medicaid Planning57

Settling an estate

Trust Administration43 Probate70 Probate Litigation32 Trust Litigation15

Capacity and care

Elder Law63 Conservatorship2 Guardianship45

Firm Type

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70 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

Mark G. Aberasturi, Attorney at Law P.C.

30 Matthews Street, Goshen, NY 10924

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

1-845-219-5834

Adler Law Firm, PLLC

390 North Broadway, Suite 200, Jericho, NY 11753

Jericho (Nassau County) firm filing for Long Island families in the Nassau and Suffolk Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate, letters of administration and estate administration, wills and trusts, trustee and beneficiary representation, elder law and special-needs planning. Attorneys handle each case personally rather than passing it to staff.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+2

1-516-740-1184

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

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

Beress & Zalkind PLLC

2640 East 14th Street, Suite C1, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Sheepshead Bay firm on East 14th Street working Kings County estates out of Brooklyn's Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Manhattan. The practice covers probate, administration and all aspects of estate and trust administration, and prepares and files the estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns that follow — work led by an attorney who is also a practising CPA.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+6

1-718-513-3588

Law Office of Rebecca M. Blahut PLLC

2 Austin Court, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Poughkeepsie solo practice taking Dutchess County estates through probate and intestate administration. Files the probate or administration petition, marshals and liquidates assets, assesses valid liabilities, prepares and files accountings, and obtains the release or discharge of executors, administrators and trustees. Also petitions for Article 81 guardianship when a family member has lost capacity.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning+4

1-845-318-1290

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

Burner Prudenti Law, P.C.

12 Research Way, East Setauket, NY 11733

East Setauket (Suffolk County) firm with three more Long Island and Manhattan offices, practicing in trusts and estates, elder law and real estate. Walks executors and administrators through a Surrogate's Court file: the petition to appoint, waivers and consents from distributees under EPTL 4-1.1, Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, the estate account and asset inventory, creditor payment, estate taxes, releases and the final accounting. Also handles objections to a will, guardianship, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning.

Since 1995Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawGuardianshipSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-631-941-3434

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

Law Offices of Juliet Cohen, P.C.

105-19 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375

Forest Hills (Queens County) firm with offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, handling probate matters for residents of Manhattan, Forest Hills and Brooklyn. Walks executors through validating the will, inventorying and appraising estate property and distributing it to beneficiaries, and administers trusts after the trustor's death — reviewing the trust documents, identifying and valuing trust assets and completing the legal, administrative and tax duties. Also covers wills and trusts, Medicaid and elder-law planning, special-needs planning and IRA inheritance planning.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs Planning+2

1-718-544-5500

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

Cook, Kurtz & Murphy, P.C.

85 Main Street, Kingston, NY 12401

Kingston firm a block from the Ulster County Courthouse, established in 1905 and the second oldest law firm in Ulster County. Acts as counsel to executors through probate and estate administration, and serves as executor or estate administrator itself when the named person is unable to serve or the heirs cannot agree. Handles the work of settling an estate — appraising assets, settling creditor claims, locating beneficiaries, paying estate taxes and executing deed transfers — alongside wills, trusts, special-needs trusts and Medicaid planning.

Since 1905Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningMedicaid Planning

1-845-943-2498

Compson & Pimpinella, PLLC

2310 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13502

Utica (Oneida County) firm handling probates and trust administration — proving the will and distributing property and assets under the will through a court-supervised process it puts at seven months to several years, and following a trust's instructions after the grantor's death without court oversight. Also covers wills and trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies, Medicaid and long-term-care planning, and special-needs planning and guardianships for adults with a disability.

Since 2005Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+2

1-315-724-5147

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

Davis and Davis

20 Squadron Boulevard, Suite 330, New City, NY 10956

New City firm handling Rockland County probate and administration proceedings in the Surrogate's Court, where an executor is appointed under a will or an administrator when someone dies intestate. Also carries trust planning and administration, guardianship petitions for incapacitated adults, and Medicaid asset-protection trusts. Charles G. Davis is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation.

Solo PracticeSince 1986Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship+4

1-845-634-6633

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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.

Special Needs Planning 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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