FEATURES & NEWS

An executor for her father’s estate in Brooklyn just received two invoices. One is from our firm for the initial legal work. The other is

I once worked with the family of a man who built a beloved Italian restaurant in Brooklyn. He was the business. For 40 years, his

A client recently sat in my Manhattan office after selling the technology company he’d spent 30 years building. He wasn’t concerned about his own retirement—he

A client from Brooklyn called me last week. His parents, now in their eighties, could no longer manage the upkeep on the brownstone they’d owned

I often meet with families after a parent passes away, and the first question is always about logistics. When they discover their mother, a lifelong

A client once described his father’s will as “simple”—everything was to be split equally between the children. What wasn’t simple was the year his family

An investor spots a promising brownstone in Brooklyn, only to learn it’s an “estate sale.” A family finds their ideal home, but the owner has

A client came to our firm last year. After a long career as a surgeon, she had just paid off the mortgage on her Brooklyn

An executor for a Manhattan estate recently called my office. Her late father’s will was straightforward—it divided his tangible property between his children. The problem

I often meet with families who have put off creating a trust because they are focused on the cost. They see it as an expense—another

A Manhattan executive suffers a severe stroke on a Tuesday. By Thursday, her husband goes to the bank to access her individual accounts to cover

A client called our office last month with a common, urgent question. His mother, who lived in Brooklyn, had passed away, leaving him a modest

A client recently came into my Manhattan office with a will that had just been unsealed. His mother had named him as the executor of

A thick envelope arrives from a law firm. Inside, you find a copy of your uncle’s will, and your name is listed next to the

A client recently came to my office with a common and frustrating problem. Her aunt, a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, had passed away. My client

Three siblings inherit their parents’ Brooklyn brownstone. Two, living out of state, want to sell it and use their inheritance to fund their own children’s

A client once came to our Manhattan office after her husband’s sudden passing. They had been married for fifteen years. She was grieving, but she

When a Brooklyn family discovers their late father’s will in a safety deposit box, the relief is brief. They assume possessing the original document—complete with

When a family patriarch passes away in his Todt Hill home, his children often believe his signed will is the final word. They expect a

I once worked with a client whose brother passed away unexpectedly. The two siblings had co-owned a small investment property in Brooklyn for over a

A client called me last week from Brooklyn. Her father had passed, and while she was certain he had a will, she couldn’t find it.

A new client, recently relocated from Texas, sat in my Manhattan office last week. He’d just closed on a co-op and wanted to file a

A client recently came to me with a seemingly simple plan. He wanted to gift his daughter the family’s longtime apartment on the Upper East

A client recently sat in my office, the original copy of her mother’s will on the table between us. She had been named the executor,

A client came to my office with a common but difficult problem. Years ago, he and his wife signed their Brooklyn home over to their

I often meet with families in our Manhattan office holding a document their parent downloaded from the internet. It’s signed, but there’s only one witness