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A call comes from a hospital in Manhattan. A client has had a stroke and is unable to communicate. The family is gathered, but the

Three months after a Brooklyn father transferred his brownstone to his daughter using a downloaded “quick claim” deed, the family tried to secure a home

When a business owner in Brooklyn dies unexpectedly, his two adult children are left with grief and an overwhelming responsibility. They know he owned his

A call came in last week from a client in Brooklyn. Her parents had set up a trust years ago, naming her uncle as trustee

A client once described the feeling perfectly. His father, a meticulous man, had passed away in his Brooklyn home. The family knew he had a

A diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s for a parent in Nassau County changes everything. Suddenly, conversations about “someday” become urgent questions about today: How will we

A call comes in from a client in Queens. Her mother passed away last week. Amid the grief, she and her sister have been searching

A client recently came to our Manhattan office after moving from Denver. He and his wife had drafted their wills with a Colorado attorney years

A client came into my Manhattan office last week with a will he’d signed in 2005. At the time, he was single and just starting

I once worked with a family from Brooklyn where the father, a successful small business owner, died suddenly. He was on his second marriage and

A client from Manhattan calls me, holding his father’s will. He’s been named the executor, so he assumes he can start calling the bank and

I once met with a successful entrepreneur who built a significant manufacturing business from the ground up in Brooklyn. He proudly told me he had

An executor for a parent’s estate recently called my office. His mother had lived in the same Brooklyn brownstone for 50 years, but after she

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

Several years ago, I met with the children of a successful Brooklyn contractor. Their father built a respected company from scratch, leaving it as the

I often meet with families in our office who have just purchased their first home—a brownstone in Park Slope, perhaps, or a co-op in Brooklyn

When a Brooklyn family attempts to settle their late parents’ affairs, the process often grinds to a halt over a single missing document: the deed

A son recently came to my office with his late mother’s will. He was the named executor, ready to probate her Manhattan apartment and investment

A few months after her aunt passed away, a client came to my office. She knew she was a beneficiary in the will—her aunt had

You’ve found the document in your father’s desk drawer or a safe deposit box. It’s the original, signed and witnessed—his Last Will and Testament. He

A client recently asked me why his mother’s seemingly simple estate in Queens was still tied up in Surrogate’s Court nine months after her passing.

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

Your father named you as executor in his will, a final gesture of trust. You have the original document, properly signed and witnessed. But when

A client’s son recently sat in my Manhattan office, confused. “My mother had a will,” he said. “I thought that meant we were done.” He

A few years ago, a client called me in a panic. Her father, a proud retired engineer in Queens, had suffered a major stroke. Before

A client recently came to our Manhattan office after moving from Florida. He had meticulously planned his estate there, using a “transfer on death” deed