Probate in Suffolk County

Probate Court Record

Suffolk County Surrogate's Court

Suffolk County · 10th Judicial District

Hours

Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Office

320 Center Drive, Riverhead, NY 11901

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Suffolk County

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.

Since 2000Serves 9 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

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.

Solo PracticeSince 1985Serves 8 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax PlanningGuardianship

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.

Solo PracticeSince 2005Serves 5 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationGuardianship

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.

Solo PracticeSince 2015Serves 8 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

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.

Serves 13 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+3

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.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

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