Estate Planning for Staten Island, New York Property Owners

Brooklyn (Kings County) practice led by Theodore Alatsas, working the Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, New York and Nassau County Surrogate's Courts for nearly 30 years. Handles probate, administration proceedings, and trust administration, plus wills and trusts, Medicaid and long-term care planning, and asset protection. Runs estate planning workshops.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationProbateand 3 more

Office

2115 Avenue UBrooklyn, NY 11229

Phone

(718) 233-2903

College Point (Queens) firm with dedicated pages for will probate, estate administration, lost-will hearings, and spousal and beneficiary-rights disputes, taking executors from validating the will through distributing what is left, and petitioning the Surrogate's Court to admit a copy when the original will cannot be found. Also drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and testamentary guardian appointments for minor children. Serves all five New York City boroughs plus Nassau and Suffolk, and offers a free consultation and case evaluation on probate matters.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbate

Office

127-16 14th AvenueCollege Point, NY 11356

Phone

(718) 357-1216

Hylan Boulevard firm serving Richmond County families through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court at 18 Richmond Terrace. Files wills with the court, identifies and distributes estate assets, handles debts and tax obligations, and litigates will contests, executor misconduct and trustee breach-of-duty claims. Also brings Article 81 and Article 17-A guardianship petitions when no plan was in place.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 10 more

Office

1493 Hylan BoulevardStaten Island, NY 10305

Phone

(718) 550-0466

Brooklyn firm led by Pinni Bohm with a second office in Times Square, Manhattan. Petitions the New York City Surrogate's Courts for Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration, advises executors and administrators on their duties, oversees distributions to beneficiaries and heirs, and negotiates with estate creditors. Also litigates will and trust contests, spousal right-of-election disputes, and fiduciary-misconduct claims.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 3 more

Office

1301 Coney Island Avenue, Suite 2ABrooklyn, NY 11230

Phone

(718) 407-4461

Bay Ridge (Brooklyn) estate and elder law firm with four further offices in Manhattan, Bayside, Middle Village and Staten Island. For executors it files the original will, contacts next of kin, collects assets and prepares income and estate tax returns, and it litigates will contests, contested accountings and contested deed transfers in Surrogate's Court. Also handles wills and trusts, special needs trusts, estate tax and capital-gains planning, and Medicaid and long-term-care planning; the initial consultation is complimentary.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 5 more

Office

7408 Fifth AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11209

Phone

(718) 238-6500

Corporate Park of Staten Island firm serving Richmond County executors through the Richmond County Surrogate's Court. Guides executors past the mistakes that create personal liability — misattributed assets, failure to give creditors proper notice, improper distributions — and litigates will contests, contested probate and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims, preferring negotiation to keep estate disputes out of the public record.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 7 more

Office

1200 South Avenue, Suite 201Staten Island, NY 10314

Phone

(718) 691-1669