NY estate lawyers
New York estate litigation and planning.
Estate litigation, kinship, probate, estate administration, wills and trusts, and high-wealth planning. The same lawyers try the cases and write the wills.
- 01Estate litigationChallenging a will
The firm is one of a handful of New York estate litigation firms that have successfully challenged valid attorney-drafted and witnessed wills.
- 02KinshipCousins cases
When someone dies in New York without a will and without close surviving relatives, the estate becomes a kinship case. Genealogists help prove the line.
- 03ProbateProbating the will
Probate of a will in Surrogate’s Court: the original is filed, the executor is appointed, and the estate passes as the will directs.
- 04Wills & TrustsEstate planning
An attorney-drafted and supervised will names who serves and who receives the estate. A gift to a citizen spouse is exempt from both federal and New York estate tax.
- 05High-wealth planningLarger estates
Plans for larger estates, starting with a will, built to limit judgments and estate tax.
- 06Estate administrationIntestate estates
When someone dies in New York without a will, the estate is administered in Surrogate’s Court. For a 2026 death the New York exclusion is $7,350,000. The federal exclusion is $15,000,000.