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The envelope arrives from the New York County Surrogate’s Court. It looks official, and it is. Inside, a document called a “Citation” or a “Notice

A client recently came to our Manhattan office with her late father’s will. She was named executor, a role she was ready to embrace as

A family in Brooklyn loses their father. His will is clear: the brownstone goes to his three children. But for the next ten to twelve

I have sat in conference rooms in Manhattan with families a day after they’ve lost a parent. The grief is overwhelming, but so are the

A client from Brooklyn called me last month. Her brother had died suddenly, without a will, leaving behind a small business and two rental properties.

A couple I’ve represented for years recently sat in my Manhattan office. Their net worth is around $20 million—a figure built over a lifetime of

A construction worker from Queens falls from a scaffold, and after two years of litigation, he is awarded a seven-figure settlement. The money is meant

A business owner in Brooklyn downloads a will template for $99. He fills it out, signs it, and has his two adult children—his only heirs—sign

Two siblings inherit a multi-family property in Brooklyn. One agrees to buy the other out. They download a blank quitclaim deed from a generic legal

After a client’s father passed away in his Brooklyn home, the family was overwhelmed. Amid the grief and funeral arrangements, the mail continued to arrive.

A client came to my office a few years ago. He was a successful tech founder who had, on the advice of a previous advisor,

I often meet with families who assume their will is the final word on their legacy. They believe that because they’ve named an executor and

A client recently sat in my office, pointing to a single phrase in his draft will. “Russel,” he said, “what does ‘per stirpes’ even mean?

A couple I met with recently had been together since 1998. They bought a brownstone in Brooklyn in the early 2000s, started a business together,

A client came to my office a few years ago, distraught. His mother, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, had passed away, leaving behind a carefully written

The call comes on a Tuesday morning. A friend, his voice hollow, tells you his wife is gone. An accident. A sudden illness. In that

A new client once came to our Manhattan office with a will he’d created online for $99. He was proud of his thrift. The problem

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

An executor for a family estate in Queens recently called me. He was holding his father’s will and a stack of bank statements totaling just

A mother passes away in Brooklyn, leaving her beloved brownstone to her three adult children in her will. For them, it’s more than a building—it’s

A family in Nassau County believes they are prepared. Their recently deceased father had a will, properly signed and witnessed. They assume the next step

I once worked with the children of a successful Brooklyn business founder. The man had built a remarkable company from nothing, but his estate plan

A family in Brooklyn recently came to my office. Their father had passed away, leaving behind a straightforward will and a paid-off brownstone. They assumed

I recently met with a family from Brooklyn whose father had suffered a severe stroke. He was a retired contractor who built a comfortable life—a

When a Brooklyn business owner dies leaving only a will, his family believes his wishes are set in stone. They soon learn the will is

When an aging father in Brooklyn adds his eldest daughter to his checking account “just to help pay the bills,” he rarely realizes he is