Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Since 1998 · Serves 7 counties
Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn / Kings County) practice running since 1998, representing families and executors in the Brooklyn Surrogate's Court and across the five boroughs, with additional offices in Manhattan and East Quogue. Handles probate and estate administration, drafts wills and revocable and irrevocable trusts, and concentrates in Medicaid asset protection, Article 81 guardianship, and elder law. Inna Fershteyn is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more
- Office
- 1517 Voorhies Avenue, 4th FloorBrooklyn, NY 11235
Solo PracticeBinghamton, NY
Since 1985
Binghamton (Broome County) practice serving the Southern Tier since 1985 and appearing in New York's probate courts. Handles all aspects of estate and trust administration, including will-contest proceedings and family disputes, and prepares simple and complex wills and trusts. Uses tax and estate-planning techniques to reduce federal and New York estate transfer taxes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 84 Court Street, Suite 201Binghamton, NY 13901
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Rochester (Monroe County) firm whose estate group represents executors through administration — addressing disputes, resolving claims, paying estate taxes and distributing assets — and advises individual and corporate trustees on trust administration, distributions and terminations. Founding partner Frank B. Iacovangelo serves as Public Administrator in and for Monroe County.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 180 Canal View BlvdRochester, NY 14623
FirmKew Gardens, NY
Since 2014 · Serves 1 county
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 600Kew Gardens, NY 11415
FirmBuffalo, NY
Since 1959
Buffalo firm on Main Street handling probate, estate and trust administration, and estate litigation for estates, fiduciaries and beneficiaries. Admits wills to probate, deals with creditors, transfers probate and non-probate assets, and minimizes estate and trust income tax. Cross-border practice for Canadians holding U.S. property.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
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- 465 Main Street, Suite 600Buffalo, NY 14203
FirmClifton Park, NY
Since 1971 · Serves 3 counties
Clifton Park firm, with offices in Albany, Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls, handling Surrogate's Court work for Capital Region executors. The estate administration team files the probate petition, notices interested parties, marshals and values assets, pays debts and taxes and distributes what remains — including contested wills, out-of-state heirs, and ancillary probate for property held in other states.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 6 more
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- 805 Route 146Clifton Park, NY 12065
FirmWilliamsville, NY
Serves 1 county
Williamsville firm handling Erie County estates through the Surrogate's Court, from probate of a will to administration when there is none. The work covers marshaling assets, final accounting and settlement, and small estate proceedings for estates under $50,000, plus contested matters where an heir was excluded or an executor's conduct is questioned. Elder law and Medicaid crisis planning run alongside.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 5 more
- Office
- 6325 Main StreetWilliamsville, NY 14221
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 1985 · Serves 8 counties
Manhattan solo handling contested and uncontested Surrogate's Court matters across New York City and the surrounding counties: probate and intestate administration, kinship proceedings, will contests, fiduciary accountings, breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, and estate taxes. Also drafts wills, trusts, and advance directives, and brings Article 81 guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 488 Madison Avenue, Suite 1120New York, NY 10022
FirmUtica, NY
Since 2012 · Serves 2 counties
Utica firm with offices in Boonville and Lowville whose post-death side handles probate and trust administration, staffed by a dedicated probate paralegal alongside the attorneys. Its planning side covers wills, powers of attorney and health care proxies, revocable and asset-protection trusts, nursing-home and Medicaid planning, tax planning, and special-needs planning. Partner Robert K. Hilton III has helped over 600 families protect assets or qualify for Medicaid and has prevailed in over 50 Medicaid fair hearings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
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- 2100 Genesee StreetUtica, NY 13502
FirmOneonta, NY
Since 1901 · Serves 1 county
The Otsego County Regional Office in Oneonta of an LLP founded in 1901 and anchored at 80 Exchange Street in Binghamton. Its wills, trusts and estates group stays with families through estate administration: valuing and collecting assets, paying debts, explaining the estate's provisions to beneficiaries, negotiating with beneficiaries and fiduciaries, selling closely held businesses, and appearing in contested probate proceedings. Also drafts wills and trusts and advises on elder law, Medicaid, guardianship, and tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- One Ford AvenueOneonta, NY 13820
Solo PracticeMineola, NY
Serves 7 counties
Mineola attorney-CPA handling Nassau County estate settlement in the Surrogate's Court. Kutner takes administrators through probate and through the non-probate transfers that sit outside it, including estates holding real property in more than one county, and serves as executor and trustee himself. He also oversees the trust, estate and tax departments of a Manhattan firm as of counsel.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 200 Old Country Road, Suite 364Mineola, NY 11501
FirmBrooklyn, NY
Serves 3 counties
Brooklyn firm on Avenue L handling probate and estate administration for New York families, with a second office in Manhattan. Walks executors through collecting assets, obtaining the estate EIN, opening the estate account, paying debts and taxes, transferring estate property and closing the estate, and represents administrators distributing an intestate estate under EPTL 4-1.1. Many matters are billed at a flat fee.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 2926 Avenue LBrooklyn, NY 11210
Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Serves 1 county
Dyker Heights firm on 15th Avenue handling Kings County estate settlement in Brooklyn's Surrogate's Court. Takes executors and administrators through the full sequence — building the plan of action, making the Surrogate's Court filings, valuing the estate and paying taxes and other debts — whether the decedent left a will or died intestate, and contests or defends wills and trusts when beneficiaries disagree. Staff work in English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Cantonese and Mandarin.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 6 more
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- 7811 15th AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11228
Solo PracticeOrangeburg, NY
Serves 2 counties
Orangeburg firm representing Rockland and Orange County executors and administrators through the Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Suffern. Handles heirship searches, the inventory of assets, liquidating a decedent's house, distributing to heirs and filing the estate accounting, and defends fiduciaries accused of breach of duty. Consultations are free and the office has Spanish-speaking staff.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 7 more
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- 100 Dutch Hill Road, Suite 380Orangeburg, NY 10962
FirmVestal, NY
Since 1927 · Serves 4 counties
Vestal firm outside Binghamton with offices in Ithaca, Whitney Point, and Montrose, Pennsylvania. Its trusts and estates group supports executors, trustees, and beneficiaries through estate and trust administration and contested and uncontested probate, and its litigators handle estate controversies. Best Lawyers ranks it the region's only first-tier Trusts & Estates firm; founded in 1927.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 450 Plaza DriveVestal, NY 13850
FirmBuffalo, NY
Serves 1 county
Buffalo firm on Delaware Avenue with a second Erie County office in Williamsville, whose estates, wills, and trusts group handles estate administration, wills, trusts, guardianships, and estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning. Its estate litigators take contested matters, and the group works alongside the firm's elder law and business-succession practices.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTrust LitigationElder LawTax Planning
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- 42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120Buffalo, NY 14202
FirmStaten Island, NY
Serves 6 counties
Staten Island firm on South Avenue, with a by-appointment Manhattan office, handling estate administration where there is a will and administration where there is not, plus trust administration and trustee and fiduciary guidance. Also drafts wills, pour-over wills, and revocable, irrevocable, and asset-protection trusts, and files community and nursing-home Medicaid applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
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- 900 South Avenue, 3rd FloorStaten Island, NY 10314
FirmNew York, NY
Serves 2 counties
Manhattan firm on Avenue of the Americas serving New York City and Westchester County from offices there and in Rye Brook. Takes executors from submitting the will to probate through distribution and final accounting, preparing the court documents and tax returns, and handles estate litigation and contested wills, guardianship, Medicaid planning, and special-needs trusts.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 4 more
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- 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 15th FloorNew York, NY 10019
FirmPalmyra, NY
Serves 3 counties
Palmyra firm filing for Wayne County families in the Wayne County Surrogate's Court. Morell Law probates wills and handles the administration and settlement of estates, working with the family and beneficiaries to transfer assets and guiding them through the income, estate and gift tax issues that follow a death.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 224 East Main StreetPalmyra, NY 14522
FirmSyracuse, NY
Since 1921 · Serves 1 county
Syracuse firm founded in 1921 that carries an estate from the decedent's death through settlement, assisting executors and trustees with the paperwork, the family exemption and non-probate assets, and distribution. When an estate turns contested it litigates will contests on incompetence or undue influence, fiduciary removal, accounting proceedings and spousal rights claims, for Onondaga County families on either side.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more
- Office
- 217 South Salina StreetSyracuse, NY 13202