Estate Planning for Onondaga County, New York Property Owners

Syracuse firm founded in 1993 to focus exclusively on estate and long-term planning, serving Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Cortland, Oswego and Cayuga counties. Walks executors and administrators through Onondaga County Surrogate's Court — petitioning for Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, requesting Preliminary Letters for urgent tasks, small-estate voluntary administration under $50,000, and marshaling assets into an estate account. Also handles living trust administration and funding, irrevocable trusts, and Medicaid and elder-law planning.

Since 1993Serves 6 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

Syracuse (Onondaga County) practice founded in 2003, with a second office in Baldwinsville. Handles probate and post-death administration for families settling a relative's affairs, alongside wills and trusts, powers of attorney and health care proxies, and Medicaid asset protection planning such as placing the family home into a protection trust. Also does business succession and real estate work — contract review, title searches and closings. Consultations are free.

Solo PracticeSince 2003Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningAsset Protection+3

East Syracuse firm assisting clients in Onondaga County, the surrounding counties, and central New York with probate and estate administration: managing the decedent's assets, collecting debts, paying bills, and getting the necessary documents filed with the court. Also handles intestate estates, where state law rather than the decedent's promises controls who inherits. Its planning side is built on Medicaid, nursing-home asset protection, and supplemental needs trusts, on flat fees. Established in 1964 by Leonard C. Koldin, the former chief welfare attorney for Onondaga County.

Since 1964Serves 1 countyFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateSpecial Needs PlanningAsset ProtectionMedicaid Planning

Syracuse firm of twelve attorneys with offices in Auburn and Chittenango, guiding families through New York probate court, including estates where there is no will and the administrator must distribute under New York intestacy law, and estates where a will fails the state's execution requirements. Also drafts wills and powers of attorney. Gary J. Valerino manages the estate planning and administration practice with Paula M. Highers. Consultations are free.

Serves 7 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningProbate

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.

Since 1921Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

Solo practitioner in Oneida (Madison County) serving Central New York — Oneida, Rome, Utica, Syracuse, Chittenango, New Hartford, Whitesboro and Lowville. Takes wills through Surrogate's Court probate and handles administration where there is no will, gathering assets, paying outstanding bills and final and administrative expenses, and distributing what remains to the beneficiaries or statutory distributees. Also handles wills, powers of attorney, health care proxies and HIPAA authorizations, and Medicaid applications, fair hearings and crisis planning, alongside a general civil practice.

Solo PracticeServes 4 countiesEstate PlanningProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning