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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 family we represent recently faced a common question. Their late father had placed his Manhattan brownstone into an irrevocable trust years ago. The children,

An executor for a Brooklyn estate recently sat in my office, looking at a list of expenses. He had dutifully paid the decedent’s final bills,

I once met with the adult children of a client who was in a hospital here in Manhattan. Their father had suffered a severe stroke,

A client once came into my Manhattan office with a will they’d created from a website. They were proud of their diligence. They had listed

A few years ago, a client sat in my Manhattan office and told me, with complete seriousness, that his estate plan needed to include instructions

A client will call our office with a direct question: “I just need a simple will. What does that cost?” The question is understandable, but

A client recently came to my office with a common but stressful problem. His mother had passed away, leaving him her house in Westchester. He

An executor for a parent’s estate in Brooklyn receives a credit card statement in the mail, addressed to the deceased. The bill is for several

A client called me last week. His uncle, a recluse living in Queens, hadn’t been heard from in months. The family suspected he had passed

Your mother named you as executor in her will. You believe you have a clear set of instructions. You take the original will and the

Who Has the Final Say on a DNR? I’ve stood in the quiet tension of a hospital room more times than I can count. A

A client once brought me his father’s will, a straightforward document leaving a valuable Brooklyn brownstone to him and his brother. On its face, it

A client recently came to our Manhattan office after her father passed away. She was named the executor in his will and went to his

Imagine your family gathered in a sterile hospital waiting room in Manhattan. A doctor is explaining that a medical event has left you unable to

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

A client called me last week from Brooklyn, his voice tight with anxiety. His mother had passed away, leaving behind the family brownstone, some savings—and

A father in Brooklyn decides to save his daughter the headache of Surrogate’s Court. He goes online, downloads a two-page template, signs it before a

Years after their father’s passing, two siblings in Brooklyn decided to sell the family home. They found a buyer, signed a contract, and believed the

A son calls me from his mother’s home in Brooklyn. She has just passed away, and he is her nominated executor. He’s heard stories from

A family in Brooklyn recently came to me after their father’s death. They had his will, a straightforward document leaving everything to his three children.

An adult child, recently named executor, stands in the doorway of their parents’ Manhattan apartment. Every room is filled with a lifetime of possessions—furniture, art,

When the last surviving parent passes away in a Brooklyn brownstone held by the family for fifty years, the heirs inherit more than real estate.