Trust Litigation Attorneys in New York

34 trust litigation firms in New York, by county and firm type.

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34 firms

FirmStaten Island, NY

Angiuli & Gentile, LLP

Serves 1 county

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.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 9 more

Office: 1493 Hylan BoulevardStaten Island, NY 10305
Phone: (718) 550-0466

FirmAlbany, NY

Bailey, Johnson & Peck, P.C.

Serves 3 counties

Albany firm whose estate group guides executors and trustees through Surrogate's Court, obtaining Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, filing accountings, and distributing estate proceeds. Also handles trust administration and represents beneficiaries in will contests and trust challenges. Serves Albany, Schenectady and Troy.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation

Office: 5 Pine West Plaza, Suite 507Albany, NY 12205
Phone: (518) 456-0082

FirmLake Success, NY

Abrams Fensterman, LLP

Since 2000 · Serves 9 counties

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.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 3 Dakota Drive, Suite 300Lake Success, NY 11042
Phone: (516) 328-2300

Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY

Bohm Law Firm, P.C.

Since 2011 · Serves 5 counties

Brooklyn firm led by Pinni Bohm with a second office in Times Square, Manhattan. Petitions the New York City Surrogate's Courts for Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, advises executors and administrators on their duties, oversees distributions to beneficiaries and heirs, and negotiates with estate creditors. Also litigates will and trust contests, spousal right-of-election disputes, and fiduciary-misconduct claims.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more

Office: 1301 Coney Island Avenue, Suite 2ABrooklyn, NY 11230
Phone: (718) 407-4461

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmGoshen, NY

Blustein, Shapiro, Frank & Barone, LLP

Serves 2 counties

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.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office: 10 Matthews StreetGoshen, NY 10924
Phone: (845) 291-0011

FirmSyracuse, NY

CDH Law PLLC

Syracuse (Onondaga County) firm representing executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries across Central New York in the Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate and estate administration and litigates objections to a will or a trust, alongside estate planning, wills and trusts, and Medicaid trusts.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 211 Tompkins StreetSyracuse, NY 13204
Phone: (315) 930-4077

FirmBinghamton, NY

Coughlin & Gerhart LLP

Since 1898 · Serves the whole state

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.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office: 99 Corporate DriveBinghamton, NY 13904
Phone: (607) 821-2202

FirmYonkers, NY

James G. Dibbini & Associates, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Yonkers firm representing Westchester executors and administrators from the first Surrogate's Court filing through the order closing the estate. Handles the probate petition for letters testamentary or the administration petition for letters of administration, determines distributees and creditors, prepares the inventory and family tree affidavits, pays debts and distributes property. Also litigates contested accountings and will contests.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more

Office: 570 Yonkers AvenueYonkers, NY 10704
Phone: (914) 965-1011

FirmForest Hills, NY

DeCandido & Azachi, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Forest Hills firm handling probate and intestate administration for Queens and Nassau families through the Queens County Surrogate's Court. Its two attorneys take executors through the petition for probate, contested objections to a will, trustee removal and accounting challenges, and Article 81 guardianships for a parent who can no longer manage their own affairs.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office: 7150 Austin Street, Suite 206Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: (347) 808-5746

Free consultation

FirmMalone, NY

Fischer, Bessette, Muldowney & McArdle, LLP

Serves 5 counties

Malone (Franklin County) firm serving the North Country for over 75 years, with offices in Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake. Handles probate administration and contested wills — undue influence, capacity and executor-misconduct disputes — and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies and special needs trusts. Estate consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigationand 2 more

Office: 43 Golf Course RoadMalone, NY 12953
Phone: (518) 481-5000

Free consultation

FirmKew Gardens, NY

Gill & Kadochnikov P.C.

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

Office: 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 600Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Phone: (929) 405-1054

Free consultationVirtual consultations

FirmNew York, NY

Greenfield, Stein & Senior, LLP

Serves the whole state

New York (Manhattan) boutique on Third Avenue whose practice is trust, estate and fiduciary litigation. Represents heirs, spouses, next of kin, executors, trustees and charities in Surrogate's Courts across the state — will and trust contests, contested accountings, turnover and kinship proceedings, and fiduciary removal — and handles guardianships.

PracticesProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

Office: 600 Third AvenueNew York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 818-9600

Solo PracticeNew York, NY

Jules M. Haas

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
Phone: (212) 355-2575

Free consultation

FirmBrooklyn, NY

Korsinsky & Klein LLP

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
Phone: (212) 257-0199

Solo PracticeBrooklyn, NY

Lugara PLLC

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

Office: 7811 15th AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11228
Phone: (718) 759-9244

Free consultation

FirmBrooklyn, NY

Landskind & Ricaforte Law Group, P.C.

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
Phone: (718) 333-5007

Free consultation

Solo PracticeQueens, NY

Ledwidge & Associates, P.C.

Since 2005 · Serves 5 counties

Queens practice weighted toward probate and estate administration, representing executors and administrators through appointment, creditor debts, and distribution. Also litigates disputes over asset distribution, will validity, and trust administration, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health-care proxies. Consultations are free.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

Office: 170-26 Cedarcroft RoadQueens, NY 11432
Phone: (718) 276-6656

Free consultation

FirmVestal, NY

Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP

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
Phone: (607) 763-9200

FirmBuffalo, NY

Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP

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

Office: 42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 849-1333

Solo PracticeSetauket, NY

David J. Lorber & Associates, PLLC

Since 2019 · Serves 7 counties

Setauket (Suffolk County) practice handling probate, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation in the Surrogate's Court, serving Long Island and the New York metro area. Drafts wills, trusts, and special-needs and business-succession plans, and brings adult guardianship proceedings, with phone, virtual, and office consultations offered at no charge.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateTrust LitigationElder Lawand 2 more

Office: 100 North Country RoadSetauket, NY 11733
Phone: (631) 750-0900

Free consultationVirtual consultations

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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.

Trust Litigation 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.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 15, 2026

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