Trust Litigation Attorneys in New York

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

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34 firms

FirmNew City, NY

Masch, Coffey & Associates LLP

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
Phone: (845) 639-8100

FirmMillbrook, NY

Mackey Catania & Whalen LLP

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
Phone: (845) 677-6700

FirmSyracuse, NY

Melvin & Melvin, PLLC

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
Phone: (315) 422-1311

FirmSyracuse, NY

The Marrone Law Firm, P.C.

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
Phone: (315) 728-9433

FirmGarden City, NY

McCoyd, Parkas & Ronan LLP

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
Phone: (516) 877-7000

FirmRochester, NY

McConville Considine Cooman & Morin, P.C.

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
Phone: (585) 546-2500

Solo PracticeNew York, NY

Mishiyeva Law, PLLC

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
Phone: (646) 233-0826

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FirmMelville, NY

Novick, Graffeo & Choi, P.C.

Serves 1 county

Melville firm litigating contested estates in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Huntington. Represents beneficiaries forcing an executor to account, contests wills procured by undue influence, pursues fraudulent transfers of estate assets, and petitions for Article 81 guardianship when an incapacitated relative's assets are being drained. Contingency fee arrangements are available on some matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

Office: 425 Broadhollow Road, Suite 210Melville, NY 11747
Phone: (631) 547-0300

Free consultation

FirmLatham, NY

Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC

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
Phone: (518) 459-2100

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FirmNew York, NY

RK Law PC

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
Phone: (917) 261-4514

Free consultation

FirmRiverhead, NY

Sheryll Law, P.C.

Since 2017 · Serves 1 county

Riverhead firm filing for Suffolk County families in the Suffolk County Surrogate's Court, with a second office in Melville. Takes administrators from inventorying assets through paying debts to final distribution, guides trustees who have just inherited the job through managing and distributing trust property, and represents both sides in contested accountings and will contests.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 6 more

Office: 633 East Main Street, Suite 2Riverhead, NY 11901
Phone: (631) 506-8440

FirmRiverhead, NY

Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP

Since 1973 · Serves 2 counties

Riverhead-based East End firm litigating contested estate and trust matters in the Suffolk and Nassau Surrogate's Courts: probate contests, contested accountings, undue-influence and competency claims, kinship and right-of-election proceedings, and disputes over closely held corporations. Its Riverhead headquarters sits across the street from the Suffolk County Supreme Court and a few blocks from the Surrogate's Court and County Clerk. Also keeps offices in Southampton, East Hampton, Southold, and Hauppauge.

PracticesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law

Office: 33 West Second StreetRiverhead, NY 11901
Phone: (631) 727-2180

FirmCanandaigua, NY

The Whitcomb Law Firm, P.C.

Serves 7 counties

Canandaigua firm representing personal representatives, executors and trustees through Ontario County Surrogate's Court administration, with a second office in Geneva. The practice handles both probate and non-probate assets, including assets held in trust, and represents beneficiaries and estate creditors. It also litigates contested estates - will contests, breach of fiduciary duty and trust disputes - on either side.

PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 8 more

Office: 51 N Main StreetCanandaigua, NY 14424
Phone: (585) 412-6002

FirmWhite Plains, NY

Walsh & Amicucci LLP

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

Office: 1133 Westchester Avenue, Suite S321White Plains, NY 10604
Phone: (914) 251-1115

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