New City firm whose office sits a quarter mile from the Rockland County Courthouse, serving executors and administrators across Rockland, Orange and Westchester. Files the Surrogate's Court probate papers, works through inventory, valuation, collection and sale of assets, pays estate debts, manages a decedent's trust and prepares the federal and New York estate tax returns. Both partners litigate contested accountings and undue-influence claims.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

White Plains trusts-and-estates firm whose six attorneys serve the New York City metro area from one Westchester Avenue office. Handles probate and estate administration for executors, administrators and trustees, trust administration and modification, trust and estate litigation and fiduciary accountings, estate and gift tax, Medicaid protective trusts, and Article 17, 17-A and 81 guardianships.

Serves 13 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+3

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

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

Albany firm at Corporate Woods, with offices in Saratoga Springs, Kingston, and Queensbury, taking families through probate, estate administration, and trust administration: re-titling assets, transfers to surviving joint owners and named beneficiaries, and the income, estate, and gift tax issues that arise at death. Litigates will contests, construction proceedings, and contested accountings, and practises elder law, Medicaid, and special-needs planning. Has served the greater Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Adirondacks since 1946.

Since 1946Serves 4 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationElder Law+2

Garden City practice with by-appointment offices in Hauppauge and Harrison, covering probate and trust administration for Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester families. Walks executors and trustees through appointment, managing assets, paying debts, and distributing property, including the case where assets were never funded into the trust and must go through probate separately. Also handles Medicaid and nursing-home planning, special-needs and blended-family planning, and IRA and retirement planning. Anthony Moccia began as a law clerk at the firm and took ownership in May of 2021.

Solo PracticeServes 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawSpecial Needs PlanningAsset Protection