New York Wills and Trust Lawyers

Wills and Trust Law

401 Franklin Ave, Suite 300, Garden City, NY 11530

Area of Practice: Commercial Litigation; Trust & Estate Litigation & Administration Brian Lacoff, as a partner at Stagg Wabnik Law Group, focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, transactional work, and trust and estate litigation and administration. He represents clients in New York and New Jersey federal and state courts and is admitted to practice in the federal court of Connecticut. In 2015, Superlawyers named Brian to the New York Metro Rising Stars list. The Rising Stars list is an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice and is awarded to up-and-coming attorneys 40 years old or younger. Brian has represented the firm's banking and corporate clients in connection with Uniform Commercial Code matters, federal and state consumer credit statutes and regulations, safe deposit box litigation, and trusts and estate litigation. In addition to complex litigation matters, Brian focuses on trust administration and has negotiated numerous purchase and sale contracts and partnership agreements for the firm's corporate and private clients. ?Brian has been certified as a guardian ad litem by New York State. In addition, he has volunteered with the American Bar Association's Military Pro Bono Project, a program that assists active-duty military personnel and their families with civil legal issues. ? After graduating magna cum laude from the State University of New York, University at Albany, with a degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology, Brian earned his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. At St.John's, Brian was a senior American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review staff member. Brian is a member of the state and federal bars of New York and New Jersey and the United States District Court, District of Connecticut.

Wills and Trust Law

622 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10017

Brian P. Corrigan focuses on the areas of trusts, estates, and fiduciary litigation. He has represented clients successfully in a variety of Surrogate’s Court matters, including will contests, contested accounting, fiduciary removal, fiduciary surcharge, will construction/reformation and discovery proceedings. Brian has further achieved favorable results for clients in disputes related to powers of attorney, the spousal right of election, and joint accounts/pay on death accounts. He is experienced in contested and uncontested guardianship proceedings in New York State Supreme Court and New York Surrogate’s Court.

Wills and Trust Law

1133 Westchester Ave suite s 321, White Plains, NY 10604, USA

Emily P. Kahn is a Partner at Walsh & Amicucci LLP, practicing exclusively in the areas of Estate and Tax Planning, Probate and Administration of Estates, Trust Administration and Modification, Fiduciary Representation and Accounting, Special Needs Planning and Guardianships. She frequently advises injured and disabled claimants and their families receiving benefits through New York State Retirement Systems and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Ms. Kahn serves on the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Westchester County Bar Association and on the Executive Committee of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association. She serves as pro bono counsel to Legal Services of the Hudson Valley and to a variety of individuals in Surrogate’s Court proceedings as Guardian ad Litem. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association Foundation, Inc. and lectures for bar associations, wealth management firms and municipal associations in the New York City area. Ms. Kahn is a past Chair of the New Lawyers Section and continues her work with the judiciary to organize continuing legal education courses, pro bono opportunities and social events for young professionals. Ms. Kahn is a recipient of the 2018 Legal Services of the Hudson Valley Pro Bono Award for her mentorship in Trusts and Estates and the 2016 Westchester County Bar Association New Lawyers Leadership Award for leadership and service in the community. She was selected to the Super Lawyers New York Metro Rising Star list in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and named as a Rising Star in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America published by Westchester Magazine. Prior to being named Partner, Ms. Kahn worked at Walsh & Amicucci LLP as a Law Clerk for two years and as an Associate for eight years. She holds a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from the Elizabeth Haub School of Law and is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

Wills and Trust Law

22 Jericho Tpke, Suite 103, MINEOLA, NY 11501-2976

Area of Practice: Estates, Wills, & Trusts - Litigation & Planning ERNEST T. BARTOL received a Juris Doctorate Degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1970. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1971, Mr. Bartol has served as a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, Estates and Trusts Law Committee since 1977, the Professional Ethics Committee from 1979 to 2000, the Elder Law Committee since 2000, and the New York State Bar Association Estates and Trusts Law Committee since 1973, and the Elder Law Committee since 2010. Mr. Bartol, who has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Fordham University and who formerly worked for two of the Big Eight (8) accounting firms in New York City and Philadelphia, has concentrated on all phases of Estates, Wills, and Trusts, Elder Law and Mental Hygiene Law Guardianship and commercial litigation since leaving the employ of a major accounting firm in 1971. Mr. Bartol has recently been elected as National Director of the Federal Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Federal Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association. He is a member of various Who's Who registers, including Who's Who in American Law. In 2003 Mr. Bartol became a member of the Civil Rules Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and in August of 2008, he became a member of the Magistrate Selection Committee of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In March of 2008, he became a member of the State of New York Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second, Tenth, and Eleventh Judicial Districts. In 2004 he became the Presiding Trustee of the Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County, a charity for whom he has donated substantial time for 40 years. Mr. Bartol is admitted to practice before all the Courts of the State of New York, a number of United States District Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Tax Court. While Mr. Bartol is a seasoned litigator, he is also the Managing Attorney of BARTOL LAW FIRM, P.C.

Wills and Trust Law

711 Westchester Avenue, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10604

Ian W. MacLean is a White Plains, New York, trusts and estates attorney and a partner at McCarthy Fingar LLP. His clients occupy different positions in an estate or trust: some are beneficiaries or distributees, others fiduciaries or creditors. The matters involve estates and trusts worth less than $1 million as well as those exceeding $50 million. He represents clients in proceedings before New York State Surrogate’s Courts and Supreme Courts. Not all of his work involves litigation. MacLean also handles estate planning and estate and trust administration. Individuals and couples come to his planning practice with complicated family structures, varied assets, and differing business and income arrangements. At McCarthy Fingar, his practice-group memberships include Trusts & Estates, Estate & Trust Litigation and Taxation. The firm announced his appointment as a partner on June 1, 2026, describing a legal career of more than three decades. MacLean’s teaching has addressed specific problems in estate practice. His New York State Bar Association presentations include a December 2019 session on 1404 examinations and contested accountings, followed in January 2020 by a program on digital assets, litigation discovery, estate planning and administration. In December 2021, he presented on estate accounting and settlement. He has also written articles and seminar outlines and held leadership positions in trusts and estates practice, including work with the association’s Trusts & Estates Law Section.

Wills and Trust Law

500 bi county blvd, Suite 105, Farmindale, NY 11735

Michael A. Hochfelsen is director of trusts and estate planning at Skye Legacy Planning, LLC., in Farmingdale, New York. He oversees the legal planning and drafting operations of the firm’s trusts and estates department. His listed areas of concentration encompass estate planning as well as life and disability insurance. Insurance work connects his legal background with the needs of two groups: private clients and financial advisors at large national financial institutions. In describing that work, his firm biography identifies assistance with life and disability insurance needs, rather than estate planning alone. Before joining Skye, Hochfelsen worked in both a private law firm and a corporate bank. His career began with wills, trusts and estates work in private practice. He subsequently moved to the trusts and estates division of a Fortune 500 bank, then brought his estate planning and document-drafting background to Skye. His firm biography lists admission to practice law in New York and New Jersey, together with insurance and securities licenses. It also identifies him as a member of the Professional Life Advisor Network, known as PLAN, through Skye Legacy Planning. The charitable organizations listed in his biography are the Cancer Research & Treatment Foundation, Inc., Visions and the NYBKW Charitable Foundation.

Wills and Trust Law

290 Broadhollow Road, Suite 220E, Melville, NY 11747

Scott G. Kaufman is an attorney and founding partner of Heitner Kaufman P.C. in Melville, New York. Surrogate’s Court litigation and administration are central to his practice, which also includes Article 81 guardianship proceedings. He leads the firm with fellow founding partner Brian R. Heitner; its office is on Broadhollow Road. Guardianship work has brought Kaufman appointments in several capacities: court evaluator, guardian ad litem and counsel for alleged incapacitated persons. Courts have also appointed him as counsel to the Public Administrator. In a separate role, he served as a court examiner in the First Judicial Department. That assignment involved reviewing the annual accountings filed by guardians. Queens County figures in his earlier public service. His first position in that work was as an assistant district attorney. Before entering private practice, he worked in the Law Department of the county’s Surrogate’s Court as a court attorney. His professional activities also include writing and teaching. Kaufman has written articles for the Queens County Bar Bulletin on Surrogate’s Court practice and lectures at continuing legal education seminars. He serves as vice chairman of the Queens County Bar Association’s Committee on Surrogate’s Court Practice. Kaufman’s undergraduate degree is from Queens College. He earned his law degree, a Juris Doctor, at the City University of New York School of Law.

Wills and Trust Law

3000 Marcus Avenue, 1W6, Lake Success, NY 11042

David S. Shor, Esq. is a Founding Partner of the law firm, Salem, Shor & Saperstein, LLP. His areas of practice include: Trust and Estates, Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Collections, Guardianships, and Real Estate matters. Mr. Shor focuses his practice in the Five Boroughs of New York, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties. Mr. Shor received his undergraduate Degree from Yeshiva University and his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is admitted to the New York State Bar and the New Jersey State Bar.