How to Find Out if a Friend Has Died (And Why It Matters)
A client recently sat across my desk in our Madison Avenue office, reviewing a will we drafted for him back in 2014. When we reached
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A client recently sat across my desk in our Madison Avenue office, reviewing a will we drafted for him back in 2014. When we reached

I often meet with families in their newly purchased Brooklyn brownstone. They’ve done everything right—they’ve saved, they’ve invested, and now they have a significant, tangible

When a Brooklyn family arrived at my office last November with their father’s printed will, they assumed the hard part was over. The document looked

A family in Brooklyn gets the call no one is ever prepared for. Their mother has passed away. In the days that follow, between grief

Your father passes away in his Long Island home. Amid the grief are practical matters. The car he was so proud of—a paid-off sedan—sits in

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A new client once brought me a will he’d downloaded from a website for $99. He was proud of the savings. The problem was that

A client sat across from me last week with a familiar concern. “I need to get this done for my family,” he said, “but I’ve

A son sits at his late mother’s kitchen table in Brooklyn, a stack of papers in front of him. In the stack is the deed
When a Brooklyn family recently reviewed their late father’s $2.5 million estate, they were stunned to learn the appointed executor—an estranged uncle—demanded $125,000 for his

After a parent passes away in Brooklyn, the family is often left in a home filled with a lifetime of possessions. Amid the grief, practical

A client recently called my office in a panic. Her mother had just passed away in her Manhattan apartment, and my client, the named executor

A client of mine, a well-regarded executive, passed away a few years ago. His will was impeccable—a straightforward document leaving his entire estate to his

A client recently brought me her father’s will. He was a meticulous man from Queens who kept detailed records his entire life. After he passed,

I received a call last month from the daughter of a former client. Her father, a successful architect with property in Manhattan, had just passed

A few months ago, I met with three siblings who had just lost their mother. While going through her safe deposit box in Brooklyn, they

A client recently came into our Manhattan office after his mother passed away in her Brooklyn home. He was the executor of her will and

A client in Brooklyn recently called my office, frustrated. His mother had passed away, leaving a clear, well-drafted will that named him as the executor.

A client recently came into my Manhattan office with what he thought was a simple request. “I want to leave my house to my son,”

The family gathers in a Brooklyn brownstone after the funeral. An envelope arrives from an attorney they’ve never heard of. Inside is a copy of

I recently met with a family whose mother had passed away in her Manhattan apartment. She had always been careful with her money and believed

I’ve seen it happen more than once in the Surrogate’s Courts across New York. A family comes to court to probate a loved one’s will,
When a Brooklyn family loses a parent whose only estate plan was a simple will, the family home immediately becomes a ward of Surrogate’s Court.

When an adult child takes on the role of executor after a parent dies, the first few weeks are often spent tearing apart filing cabinets

Last month, the executor of a complex Manhattan estate called me. We had spent weeks working through the details of a trust administration, but his

Consider a family home in Brooklyn. The owner passes away in early January. The children do what most grieving families do—they lock the doors, secure

I once worked with a family whose patriarch, a successful Brooklyn business owner, had left behind a meticulously drafted will. He thought he had done

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When a Brooklyn family sells a business they spent forty years building, the resulting liquidity is a monumental achievement. But if those parents pass away

When a Manhattan business owner passes away leaving a will, his family cannot simply read the document and distribute the assets. They must instead begin