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John Michael Murphy Jr
also known as Safe Harbor Wills & Trusts
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Biography
More than 10 years ago, John M. Murphy, Jr., Esq. saw the devastating impact that poor estate planning and asset protection had on his wife’s family when one of her grandparents required nursing home care. Since then, John has dedicated himself to learning all he can about asset protection, estate planning, and Medicaid in order to help families protect their homes and life savings from long-term care costs and other financial disasters.
The knowledge and proprietary systems used by Safe Harbor Wills & Trusts will allow us to customize a plan to meet your family’s unique needs by providing the asset protection that you believe is necessary. Our process is client-centered, with the emphasis on your particular situation. Contact us today to learn more about our practice or to schedule an appointment to begin protecting your assets.
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Licensed in New York for 37 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1989
No misconduct found
Location
Safe Harbor Wills and Trust
6702 Buckley Road, Suite 100, Syracuse, NY, 13212
Safe Harbor Wills and Trusts
145 Clinton Street, Suite 110, Watertown, NY, 13601
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Posted by Beth | November 23, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning
This Firm Lacks Integrity
His Firm Staff made an error -they lost Original Documents. Instead of acting as a Professional and taking responsibility, the practice, including Atty Murphy, engaged in a lie to the client and cover up their error nightmare. 6 mos after we engaged Safe Harbor - they have not acknowledged they lo...
John Murphy
Replied last November 24, 2025I understand that this has been a stressful time for you. However, as you know, the original documents were in our office. The original Will was filed with the Surrogate Court. Also, as you are well aware, you were mailed the other original documents.
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Karla Levinson
Medicaid and medicare lawyer
Experience
Work Experience
1991 - Present
Senior Attorney - Owner, Safe Harbor Wills and Trust
Associations
2018 - Present
Upstate FoundationMember- Advisory Board
2015 - Present
National Business InstitueContributing Author, Presenter
Education
1998
Syracuse University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1983
State University of New York, College at Geneseo
BS - Bachelor of Science
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Estate planning attorney questions ?
07 Aug 2021
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With an irrevocable living rust is there a look back period ?
24 Jul 2021
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Would changing a deed on a rental property, from one spouse to another, protect this legally from Medicaid?
03 Jun 2021