New York uses formal, court-supervised probate, which makes an attorney worthwhile for most estates in Greene 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 Greene 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.
FirmCairo, NY
Serves 4 counties
Cairo (Greene County) two-lawyer practice serving the Catskills — Coxsackie, Catskill, Windham, Hudson, Ravena and Kingston. Guides estate administrators and executors through probate, and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies alongside Medicaid asset protection. Michael Esslie and Denise Frenia Esslie, a husband-and-wife team each with more than 16 years in practice, handle matters personally and offer free consultations, home visits and after-hours appointments.
PracticesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning
- Office
- 550 Main StreetCairo, NY 12413
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
FirmLake Success, NY
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
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
FirmAlbany, NY
Since 1991 · Serves the whole state
New York elder law and estate planning firm working from twelve offices — Albany, five on Long Island, three in the Mid-Hudson Valley, New City and White Plains, and Staten Island. Guides executors and families through probate and estate administration, and handles trusts built to keep an estate out of Surrogate's Court, Medicaid asset protection, Medicaid applications and estate tax savings. Nine lawyers and seventeen paralegals and support staff, practicing since 1991; consultations are no-cost, virtual or in person, and the firm takes uncontested probate only.
PracticesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder Lawand 4 more
- Office
- 125 Wolf Road, Suite 225Albany, NY 12205
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