New York uses formal, court-supervised probate, which makes an attorney worthwhile for most estates in Chenango County — the filing sequence, notice requirements, and accounting leave little room for error. Estates under the small-estate threshold are the usual exception.
Probate attorney fees in New York are based on reasonable compensation, billed hourly or as a flat fee. Ask a Chenango County firm to quote a structure up front.
A probate attorney files the petition with the Surrogate's Court, publishes the required creditor notices, prepares the inventory and accounting, handles creditor claims and tax filings, and guides the final distribution. They represent the personal representative — not the beneficiaries — a distinction that matters if a dispute develops.
FirmBinghamton, NY
Since 1991 · Serves 8 counties
Binghamton general practice whose service area runs across the Sixth Judicial District, including the Chenango County courts in Norwich as well as Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties. Handles wills, probate, guardianship, health care proxies and powers of attorney alongside family law, real estate and civil litigation. Founded in 1991.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateGuardianshipFamily Lawand 2 more
- Office
- 68 Oak Street, Second FloorBinghamton, NY 13905
Elmira (Chemung County) firm on West Water Street, serving the Elmira area since 1934 and now in its third generation under James E. DeFilippo. Represents executors and trustees through estate and trust administration — protecting assets for beneficiaries, collecting outstanding assets and income, paying valid bills, filing federal and state estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns, calculating tax basis for beneficiaries and filing court reports. Also prepares wills, lifetime trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies and lifetime transfers of the home with a reserved life use.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateReal Estate
- Office
- 1225 West Water Street, Suite 1Elmira, NY 14905
Solo PracticeBinghamton, NY
Since 1985
Binghamton (Broome County) practice serving the Southern Tier since 1985 and appearing in New York's probate courts. Handles all aspects of estate and trust administration, including will-contest proceedings and family disputes, and prepares simple and complex wills and trusts. Uses tax and estate-planning techniques to reduce federal and New York estate transfer taxes.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 2 more
- Office
- 84 Court Street, Suite 201Binghamton, NY 13901
FirmCooperstown, NY
Since 1977 · Serves 2 counties
Cooperstown firm serving the Cooperstown, Oneonta and Norwich communities since 1977, alongside a long-standing real-property practice. Handles probate where there was a will and administration where there was not, distributing estate assets to the named beneficiaries or under New York intestacy law, and takes on estates it did not draft the will for.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbate
- Office
- 192 Main StreetCooperstown, NY 13326
FirmBinghamton, NY
Serves the whole state
Binghamton (Broome County) general-practice firm on Front Street handling probate alongside civil litigation, real estate, banking and credit union law, commercial transactions, and labor relations. Represents business, banking, institutional and individual clients across New York State and in Pennsylvania. Holds an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
PracticesProbate
- Office
- 46 Front StreetBinghamton, NY 13905
FirmBinghamton, NY
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
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