FirmNew York, NY
Serves 3 counties
Two-attorney Third Avenue firm taking surviving family through probate and estate administration in the New York County Surrogate's Court, with by-appointment rooms at the Queens and Brooklyn bar associations for clients on that side of the river. Its probate page works through the testamentary-capacity, undue-influence and revocation questions the court tests before admitting a will. Estate and gift tax work is handled in-house.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 733 3rd Avenue, 16th FloorNew York, NY 10017
FirmGarden City, NY
Since 2000 · Serves 1 county
Garden City firm of six attorneys formed in 2000 to continue Edward A. McCoyd, P.C., working across trusts and estates for Nassau County and the New York City metro area. For executors and administrators it handles the proceeding to probate the will, the inventory, settling debts, estate and fiduciary income tax returns, post-mortem tax planning, and the preparation and settlement of the executor's account, including estate administration for non-residents of New York. Also litigates will-validity disputes on both sides, contested accountings, turnover proceedings, and contested guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
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- 1100 Franklin Avenue, The PenthouseGarden City, NY 11530
FirmRochester, NY
Since 1979 · Serves 1 county
Rochester firm at Meridian Centre, with appointment-only offices in Penfield, Fairport, and Greece. Its estate administration lawyers guide executors, administrators, and trustees through probate, establishing estate and trust accounts, liquidating assets, and preparing fiduciary accountings, estate tax returns, and fiduciary income tax returns. Also handles will contests and trust disputes, Medicaid planning, and guardianship proceedings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 300 Meridian Centre Boulevard, Suite 110Rochester, NY 14618
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Since 2015 · Serves 8 counties
Lower Manhattan practice on Broad Street representing beneficiaries, administrators, executors, heirs, and trustees in Surrogate's Court probate proceedings and will contests across the five boroughs, Long Island, and Westchester. Handles estate administration, ancillary probate for foreign and out-of-state decedents, SCPA 1404 examinations, contested accountings, guardianship, and federal and New York estate tax returns.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 85 Broad Street, 18th FloorNew York, NY 10004
FirmElmira, NY
Serves 3 counties
Elmira firm on West Church Street representing executors, administrators, heirs, and beneficiaries in Surrogate's Court probate across Chemung, Steuben, and Schuyler counties, from the petition and appointment through inventory and appraisal of estate assets. Its planning side covers elder law, Medicaid, asset protection, and special-needs planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 4 more
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- 221 W. Church StreetElmira, NY 14901
FirmLatham, NY
Serves 13 counties
Capital Region trusts and estates practice in Latham, with offices in New York City, Garden City, Hudson and Lake Placid and more than 280 years of combined attorney experience. Handles estate and trust administration, probate, estate and trust litigation, guardianship under Article 81 and 17-A, Medicaid and special needs planning, and tax planning.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 5 more
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- 43 British American BoulevardLatham, NY 12110
FirmElmsford, NY
Since 2010 · Serves 1 county
Elmsford firm, formerly in White Plains, guiding Westchester executors through probate in the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived. Walks the executor through the probate petition and death certificate, publication and citation notice to distributees, inventorying and appraising property, paying creditors, distributing the residue, and filing the estate's income, gift and estate tax returns. Both principals are trained mediators who try to settle beneficiary disputes before litigating them.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
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- 570 Taxter Road, Suite 600Elmsford, NY 10523
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Rochester elder-law and estate practice (formerly Dutcher & Zatkowsky) working out of The Design Center Building on Winton Place in Monroe County. Guides executors, trustees and other fiduciaries through the Surrogate's Court process — filing the will and required paperwork, managing estate assets and debts, handling disputes or challenges to the will, and distributing to beneficiaries after the seven months the court requires an estate to stay open for creditor claims. The firm states that no attorney in Monroe County has brought more Article 81 guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 5 more
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- 3445 Winton Place, Suite 222Rochester, NY 14623
Solo PracticeStaten Island, NY
Since 1956 · Serves 2 counties
Great Kills firm on Staten Island's South Shore handling wills and probate for Richmond County families. Assists executors through the full Surrogate's Court process — filing the will, transferring assets from the decedent to the estate, valuing and liquidating property, paying taxes and debts, and locating beneficiaries — and litigates will contests on either side.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 2 more
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- 4060 Amboy RoadStaten Island, NY 10308
FirmSyracuse, NY
Since 1979 · Serves 5 counties
Syracuse firm working with Onondaga County executors from the petition to probate a will through to final settlement in Surrogate's Court. The group marshals and disposes of estate assets, prepares estate, inheritance and fiduciary income tax returns, and represents executors and trustees before the IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. It also administers life insurance, charitable and testamentary trusts, including accountings and communications with beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 7 more
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- 507 Plum Street, Suite 300Syracuse, NY 13204
FirmSyosset, NY
Serves 2 counties
Syosset firm of attorney-CPAs handling Nassau County probate out of the Surrogate's Court in Mineola, with a second office in Manhattan. They petition for letters, guide administrators through paying debts and distributing assets, and keep the estate-tax and final-return work in-house rather than referring it out. All three name partners are admitted attorneys and certified public accountants.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationElder Lawand 3 more
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- 6800 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 201WSyosset, NY 11791
FirmForest Hills, NY
Since 2002 · Serves 1 county
Forest Hills firm serving Queens families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court, a block from the Long Island Rail Road. Probates wills and handles intestate administration, and litigates will contests and kinship cases, reconstructing family trees so rightful heirs recover funds that would otherwise escheat to New York's Department of Finance. Two attorneys with a combined seven decades in estate matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planning
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- 71-01 Austin Street, Suite 203Forest Hills, NY 11375
FirmPlattsburgh, NY
Since 1990 · Serves 1 county
Plattsburgh (Clinton County) firm formed by a 1990 merger of two local practices, serving the North Country. Handles probate and estate administration, getting executors appointed, preparing estate accountings, notifying creditors, and filing estate and gift tax returns, plus wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and elder law.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning
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- 1 Cumberland AvenuePlattsburgh, NY 12901
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Boutique Rochester firm on Linden Oaks that takes trust and estate work only. It represents executors and administrators through an estate settlement, preparing the probate and administration documents, collecting and valuing assets, distributing estates and trusts, and drawing the accountings and informal or formal settlement documents that end it, and separately advises beneficiaries who want their own counsel during someone else's administration. Three non-attorney staff work full time on administration files.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more
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- 70 Linden Oaks, Suite 220Rochester, NY 14625
FirmAlbany, NY
Serves 2 counties
Albany-headquartered Capital Region firm with a second office in Saratoga Springs, handling probate and administration proceedings and probate litigation alongside wills, lifetime and testamentary trusts, health care proxies, guardianships, and powers of attorney. Quotes probate administration work hourly: "we never charge a percentage of the estate assets in determining our fee for services." Free case evaluation.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax PlanningGuardianship
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- 500 New Karner RoadAlbany, NY 12205
FirmPoughkeepsie, NY
Since 1914 · Serves 6 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTax Planningand 4 more
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- 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 101Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY
Serves 5 counties
Brooklyn practice on Columbia Street representing executors and administrators in the Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond and Bronx Surrogate's Courts. It collects waivers and consents from distributees, gets a citation issued when an heir will not sign, opens the estate account and EIN, reviews creditor claims and files the final accounting. The first one-hour consultation is free, online or in person.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax Planningand 5 more
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- 221 Columbia StreetBrooklyn, NY 11231
Solo PracticeNew York, NY
Serves 10 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTax PlanningReal Estate
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- 225 Broadway, 38th FloorNew York, NY 10007
FirmWhite Plains, NY
Serves 13 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 4 more
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- 1133 Westchester Avenue, Suite S321White Plains, NY 10604
Rochester (Monroe County) estate planning and elder law firm, serving communities across New York for more than 60 years. Handles estate, probate, and trust administration, estate litigation, guardianships and conservatorships, Medicaid planning, and veterans benefits. Bills flat fees and does not charge for phone calls or meetings.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
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- 290 Linden Oaks, Suite 200Rochester, NY 14625