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I recently attended a funeral for the patriarch of a Manhattan family our firm has represented for decades. The eulogies were filled with stories of

A few years ago, a client’s son called me from his late father’s apartment in Manhattan. He was holding two items—a beautifully bound last will

A few months ago, a man came into my Manhattan office. His wife of thirty years had just passed away without a will, and he

When a Manhattan business owner dies, his family often believes his meticulously drafted will is the final word. They’re surprised to learn it’s just the

A few months after her father’s death, a client from Brooklyn called my office in a panic. She had received a thick envelope from the

I once worked with a family whose patriarch had built a formidable real estate portfolio in Brooklyn over 50 years. His net worth was in

A client of mine, a successful entrepreneur, once bought her first significant piece of real estate—a brownstone in Brooklyn—entirely on her own. The deed listed

An individual I represent recently walked out of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court in Brooklyn holding a document called Letters Testamentary. The court had officially

A surgeon on Park Avenue builds a successful practice over 30 years. She’s proud of her work, but she also knows that one frivolous lawsuit—even

A client came to my office last month with what she thought was a simple plan. She wanted to give her Brooklyn brownstone—the home she’d

I often meet with families in our Manhattan office who have spent a lifetime building a business or curating a collection of assets. Their primary

I once met with two siblings in our Manhattan office. Their father had just passed away, and they were at a complete impasse. One insisted

Three siblings inherit their parents’ brownstone in Brooklyn. It’s been in the family for fifty years, free and clear of any mortgage. One sibling, who

A client from Brooklyn sat in my office last week with what she thought was a simple plan. “I want to give the house to

A client recently came to my office with a copy of his mother’s will. He was named executor, a role he was prepared to fill.

I once had a client, a successful architect in Manhattan, whose son was a gifted musician but struggled with profound debt. The father was torn—he

After a funeral service on Long Island, I watched a family gather. The legal documents—the will, the trust, the powers of attorney—were all in order,

A client once sat in my office, a successful tech founder with a portfolio that had grown faster than he could track. He wanted to

A client once came to our firm with a will her father had created using a popular website. He was a savvy businessman from Long

A young couple sat in my office last week, ready to draft their first wills. Their main concern was clear: “We need to name a

A successful entrepreneur from Manhattan once handed me a will he’d signed nearly twenty years prior. In the intervening two decades, he had divorced, remarried,

The call that brings a family to our firm often starts the same way: “My mother’s will says one thing, but she always told me

A client recently sat in my Manhattan office and asked, “Russel, my will names an executor, but my trust names a trustee. I chose the

I once worked with a family whose patriarch had built a successful manufacturing business in Queens over 40 years. It was his life’s work and

When a New Yorker dies without a will, the State of New York and a Surrogate’s Court judge—strangers to the family—make the most personal decisions

An executor for a Manhattan co-op has just received the final appraisal report. The art, the brokerage account, the tangible property—everything has a value assigned

The call usually comes from a hospital social worker. A client’s mother, living alone in her Brooklyn apartment, has had a serious fall. She’s stable,