Best Lawyers Near You in Garden City, New York for Trusts and Estates
Linda B. Hirschson focuses her practice on virtually all aspects of estate planning and administration and is a past member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel (ACTEC). Linda develops estate plans for high net worth individuals, enabling them to dispose of their assets during life and at death in a manner that meets their personal goals and as tax efficient as possible. In the course of doing so, she helps form and administer private foundations and c...
Jean Hegler is a partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York. Her practice focuses on trusts and estates, including estate, gift, and trust taxation, estate planning, estate administration, and elder law planning. She works closely with individuals and families to address personal, financial, and business considerations through thoughtful planning and compliance with New York law. Jean represents high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, family-owned businesses, and foundations in ...
Ilene Sherwyn Cooper is a partner practicing litigation and estate planning in Surrogate’s Courts throughout Metropolitan New York. Before joining Farrell Fritz, she served for ten years as the Chief Law Assistant of the Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court. Her responsibilities there included preparing judicial opinions on complex and novel issues; acting as the Trial Assistant to the Surrogate, preparing pretrial memoranda, jury charges, evidentiary rulings and post-trial decisions;...
Michael W. Galligan is a partner in the Trusts & Estates Department at Phillips Nizer LLP, where he practices primarily in the areas of domestic and international estates and trusts, U.S. and cross-border estate and income tax planning, private international law, and immigration. Mr. Galligan concentrates his practice in complex U.S. and international estate planning and the administration of U.S. and non-U.S. trusts, estates and other wealth transfer and wealth preservation vehicles. In ...
Joseph T. La Ferlita is an attorney with Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York, where he concentrates his practice in Trusts and Estates. He works with individuals, families, fiduciaries, and organizations on estate planning and the administration of trusts and estates, as well as related tax matters. His representation includes advising clients before the New York Surrogate’s Court and the U.S. Tax Court on estate- and trust-related issues. Mr. La Ferlita’s practice includes d...
Amy Erenrich Heller is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Amy Erenrich, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Amy Erenrich is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Lawrence Eric Davidow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates who practices law in Islandia, New York, and has been recognized since 2007. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lawrence Eric Davidow is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area. Mr. Davidow is the senior and managing partner of Davidow, Davidow, Siegel & Stern, redirec...
Louis Vlahos is an attorney at Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York whose practice focuses on Tax Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation and Controversy - Tax, and Trusts and Estates. He advises businesses, individuals, and tax-exempt organizations on a wide range of federal and state tax matters, including corporate, individual, and partnership income taxation, as well as estate and gift taxation. His work includes tax planning, ruling requests, and rep...
John Barnosky is a trusts and estates lawyer advising families, individuals, banks, foundations, and other institutions. Jack handles the full range of estate planning, probate and administration, as well as taxation matters. John also represents clients in litigated trusts and estates matters, including will contests, disputes over the validity of trusts, contested accounting proceedings, and tax disputes before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York. A longtime le...
In his widely respected practice, Joshua Rubenstein, national chair of the firm's Private Wealth practice, brings a variety of important services under one roof for high-net-worth individuals. He offers integrated planning, administration and litigation counseling for individuals, their estates and their businesses, all of it designed to preserve wealth over generations. His advice stretches as far as his clients' financial interests – locally, nationally and globally. Josh is the rare ...
Rosemary Harnisher is an attorney with Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, New York, where she focuses her practice on Trusts and Estates. She advises individuals and families on a wide range of trust and estate planning and administration matters, with an emphasis on practical, tax-conscious strategies tailored to each client’s objectives. Rosemary works with clients to develop and implement comprehensive estate plans intended to address personal, family, and financial goals while facilita...
Sandra Viana is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Sandra, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Sandra is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Bruce Wexler's experience is in estate planning for a diverse group of individuals including estate administration, estate litigation, business succession planning, and corporate and tax matters. He designs and implements estate plans using the various techniques available through a will and various types of inter vivos trusts to minimize the ultimate estate tax payable. His extensive drafting experience includes wills, trusts, prenuptial agreements, stock purchase agreements and shareholders...
Mark Holden is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Mark, who practices law in New York, New York, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mark is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jerry Levine concentrates his practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and income and estate taxation. He represents closely held businesses, real estate owners and developers, entertainment and media clients, private investors and entrepreneurs, and executives of publicly held companies. Jerry’s experience encompasses wills and trusts, estate and gift tax audits, valuation of closely held businesses, estate and trust accountings, domicile disputes, Tax Court procee...
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