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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 46 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Marriage & Prenuptials, Mediation

Bio: Leslie J. Wilsher is an attorney and was admitted to the New York bar in 1980. Since 1981, she has concentrated in the area of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and preparing and negotiating premarital and marital agreements. She b...

Rating: 9.1

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 9 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Guardianship, Medicaid & Medicare and more

Bio: Jessica M. Klersy is the founder and managing partner at Klersy Law, P.C. Jessica faced severe discrimination and pushback from educational institutions to provide her with reasonable accommodations to which she was entitled after losing her heari...

Rating: 10

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Estate Planning Lawyers in New York

Estate planning attorneys prepare wills, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and trusts to ensure clients’ wishes are honored. They advise on tax-efficient transfers, guardianship for minors, asset protection, and succession planning. They draft documents, coordinate with financial advisors, and guide families through probate avoidance and legacy goals.

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Estate planning attorneys prepare wills, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and trusts to ensure clients’ wishes are honored. They advise on tax-efficient transfers, guardianship for minors, asset protection, and succession planning. They draft documents, coordinate with financial advisors, and guide families through probate avoidance and legacy goals.

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 36 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills & Living Wills

Bio: PETER V. ARCESE, Esq. concentrates his law practice on estate planning, taxation, mediation, and philanthropy. His clients include parents, authors, artists, and charitable organizations. He has been a speaker at the American Bar Association, New ...

Rating: 9.7

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 11 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate

Bio: Michal Lipshitz is a Senior Associate attorney at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C. She joined the Manhattan office in 2017, concentrating her practice in Elder Law, Estate Planning and Medicaid. In 2024, for the fifth consecutive year, Michal was named a...

Rating: 9.5

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 42 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts and more

I'm a good listener. One of my clients told me that she got more talking to me than after a session with her therapist, as I helped her work through some complex family issues that were triggered by estate planning

Rating: 7.2

Call for a consultation(516) 756-9308

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 15 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Real Estate and more

Bio: Melissa Doris is a partner at Burner Prudenti Law, P.C., having joined the firm as a Senior Associate in February 2020 and become Partner in 2025. Prior to joining the firm, she spent over a decade at a leading Long Island trusts and estates pract...

Rating: 8.4

Call for a consultation(631) 250-3848

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 46 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts

Review: "I highly recommend The Hobbs Law Firm which we hired to manage my parents' estate planning for many years. Kevin and his Associates provided exceptional legal support as they aged well into their 90s. They kept my sisters and me (out of staters) c..."

Rating: 7.8

Call for a consultation(845) 390-2751

New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 19 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate

Bio: I pride myself on providing a superior client experience. A teacher at heart, I take the time to make sure that clients both are educated about their options while providing a no pressure atmosphere that allows clients the space and time to make i...

Rating: 9.1

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate and more

Bio: Fratello Law, P.C. serves the legal needs of clients in the areas of Wills, Trusts, Estate Probate, Elder Law, Medicaid and Real Estate. We assists clients with drafting estate planning documents, such as trusts and wills, asset protection, applic...

Rating: 10

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 48 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Health Care

Bio: I am the Chairman of the Trusts, Estates and Elder Law Group at Cuddy & Feder LLP. I concentrate my practice in the areas of elder care, estate planning, disability planning, probate, estate and trust administration, gift and generation-skipping t...

Rating: 10

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, Real Estate and more

Bio: Michael T. Dwan is the principal at the Law Office of Michael T. Dwan. Mr. Dwan oversees Real Estate, Estate Planning, Estate Litigation and Criminal Defense departments for the law firm. Mr. Dwan is one of the top trial lawyers in Erie County. Mr...

Rating: 9.4

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 16 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Probate

Bio: Anthony A. Marrone II focuses his practice and regularly appears in the news and gives public presentations in the areas of elder law, Medicaid, trust and estates, guardianships, and special needs planning. His elder law practice focuses on Medica...

Rating: 9.5

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 43 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts

Bio: Robert Adler is a New York Wills, Trusts and Estate Lawyer. He works with clients of all ages, married and single, blended families, multi-generational families, business owners, professionals, corporate executives, and retirees. His client's are ...

Rating: 9.6

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 53 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts

Rating: 9.5

Call for a consultation(888) 535-3169

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 12 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trusts and more

Estate Planning and Elder Law. Protect your home and assets in a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT Trust).

Rating: 8.4

Call for a consultation(844) 989-2130

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 8 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate

Bio: Yandy Reyes is an American born, first-in-family to graduate college and law school, first-in-family to serve in the U.S. Army as a decorated commissioned officer, and first-in-family to become a licensed attorney. At the university level, Attorne...

Rating: 6.1

Call for a FREE consultation(866) 901-3964

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 50 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Tax, Trusts and more

Review: "I had extensive conversations with Bruce both via email and in person, and he has key knowledge and expertise in the three states that mattered most to our affairs - New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Would very highly recommend him."

Rating: 10

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 61 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Litigation, Probate and more

Review: "David Fuller is a wonderful attorney and a pleasure to work with. He handled my first-ever home closing and took the time to answer and fully explain any and all questions I had (and I had a lot). We will definitely be turning to him to assist wit..."

Rating: 9.7

Call for a consultation(914) 594-5859

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 23 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Corporate & Incorporation, Trusts

Bio: WE ARE REINVENTING THE BUSINESS OF LAW. Dan Scott spent over 12 years at some of the best law firms in the world, including Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP. Determined to bring that same level of expertise and service to a broa...

Rating: 8.9

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New York Estate Planning Attorney

Estate Planning Lawyer Licensed for 21 years

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship and more

It’s Not Just BUSINESS; It Is Personal.

Rating: 7.3

Call for a consultation(518) 313-3093

Christina Watson Meier's Website

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