FirmBrooklyn, NY
Serves 4 counties
Bay Ridge firm working the Kings County Surrogate's Court for Brooklyn executors and heirs. Handles probate of the will, notice to heirs, collection of assets, creditors' claims, estate and decedent tax returns, judicial and informal accountings, and distribution, plus administration and kinship hearings when there is no will. A three-attorney practice limited to estate planning, elder law, probate and estate litigation.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 269 86th StreetBrooklyn, NY 11209
Solo PracticePlainview, NY
Serves 2 counties
Long Island solo taking families through probate and estate administration for deaths on Long Island and in the New York City area: obtaining appointment as executor or administrator, filing the petition in the county Surrogate's Court, resolving creditor claims, and distributing assets. Handles intestate administrations under New York's intestacy rules and the nine-month deadline on the New York estate tax. Also drafts wills and revocable, irrevocable, and special-needs trusts, guides trustees, and represents executors and beneficiaries in contested-will matters.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more
- Office
- 781 Old Country RoadPlainview, NY 11803
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
- Office
- 450 Plaza DriveVestal, NY 13850
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
- Office
- 900 South Avenue, 3rd FloorStaten Island, NY 10314
FirmPleasantville, NY
Since 1993 · Serves 2 counties
Pleasantville firm serving Westchester and Putnam families through probate and estate administration, with an appointment-only Mahopac office. Reviews the will, trust, deeds and beneficiary forms, files with the correct Surrogate's Court to have an executor or administrator appointed, identifies assets and notifies creditors, sells the decedent's home, and prepares the final accounting that closes the estate. Also files Article 81 guardianship petitions, including emergency applications.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 390 Bedford RoadPleasantville, NY 10570
FirmNew City, NY
Serves 3 counties
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.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more
- Office
- 254 South Main Street, Suite 306New City, NY 10956
FirmMillbrook, NY
Serves 2 counties
Millbrook and Poughkeepsie offices appearing before the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Advises trustees and executors on their fiduciary duties and walks administrators through probate and intestate administration, then litigates the estates that go wrong — will and trust contests, accounting proceedings and missing-asset claims. A twenty-attorney bench spanning New York and Connecticut.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 3208 Franklin AvenueMillbrook, NY 12545
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
FirmGarden City, NY
Since 1991 · Serves 7 counties
Garden City firm on Old Country Road serving Nassau, Suffolk, and the New York City boroughs. Works alongside executors and trustees to locate, gather and liquidate assets, notify creditors and review claims within the seven-month Letters Testamentary window, file the decedent's final income and estate tax returns, prepare estate accountings and releases, and distribute to beneficiaries. Three attorneys, led by a Certified Elder Law Attorney, also handling Medicaid planning and applications, special-needs planning, and asset protection.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 3 more
- Office
- 600 Old Country Road, Suite 444Garden City, NY 11530
FirmSyracuse, NY
Since 2015 · Serves 2 counties
Syracuse firm on East Washington Street with a by-appointment Watertown office, serving Central and Northern New York. Walks heirs and fiduciaries through Surrogate's Court from the petition to appoint the executor through the inventory, debts, distributions, tax returns, and final accounting; administers trusts for successor trustees; and litigates objections to probate, trust-validity contests, trustee removals, and accounting proceedings. Its planning side covers elder law, Medicaid trusts and applications, dementia planning, guardianship and special-needs planning, and elder care coordination.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 506 East Washington Street, Suite ASyracuse, NY 13202
Solo PracticeWappingers Falls, NY
Since 2004 · Serves 3 counties
Wappingers Falls (Dutchess County) solo with Westchester offices in Yorktown Heights and Mt Kisco, appearing in the Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. Represents executors and court-appointed administrators from the petition through inventory, creditor notice, and final accounting, keeps out-of-state executors from having to travel, and defends the estate when heirs dispute the will. Also handles Article 81 guardianships, trust administration, Medicaid and special-needs trusts, asset protection, and nursing-home planning, and makes house calls.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 2644 East Main StreetWappingers Falls, NY 12590
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
- Office
- 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
- Office
- 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
Solo PracticeBronx, NY
Serves 1 county
Morris Park practice taking Bronx families through wills, trusts, and probate and estate administration. Many of its clients arrive already administering a relative's estate and worried about their own exposure as fiduciary; the firm walks executors, administrators and trustees through each step until the estate is settled. The initial consultation is free and the office keeps Spanish-speaking staff.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateBusiness LawReal Estate
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- 788 Morris Park AvenueBronx, NY 10462
FirmRochester, NY
Serves 1 county
Greater Rochester elder-law firm with offices in Greece and Webster (Monroe County), focused on estate planning, asset protection, probate, and trust administration. Guides families through estate and trust settlement, from securing belongings and notifying heirs to transferring assets to the intended beneficiaries.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 1100 Long Pond Road, #214Rochester, NY 14626
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
- Office
- 43 British American BoulevardLatham, NY 12110
FirmTroy, NY
Since 1813 · Serves 4 counties
Troy firm at 22 First Street serving Albany, Troy, Schenectady and Saratoga in the Capital District, tracing its roots to 1813. Handles estate and trust administration: probating wills, intestate administration, beneficiary and fiduciary representation, contested accountings, will contests and right-of-election claims, plus Medicaid planning and guardianship petitions.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more
- Office
- 22 First StreetTroy, NY 12180
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
- Office
- 570 Taxter Road, Suite 600Elmsford, NY 10523
FirmNew York, NY
Serves 6 counties
Five-attorney estate practice at 40 Wall Street, appearing regularly in the New York County Surrogate's Court. Gets fiduciaries appointed — letters testamentary, letters of administration c.t.a. and d.b.n. — then handles what goes wrong afterwards: contested accountings, discovery and turnover proceedings to recover estate assets, fiduciary removal, and kinship hearings proving a right to inherit. Also runs contested Article 81 guardianships.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more
- Office
- 40 Wall Street, Suite 2508New York, NY 10005