New York, New York Estate Planning Attorneys

Compare 210 attorneys and 101 law firms in New York , NY. Sort by highest rating and years of estate planning experience.

Paul Gottbetter
New York estate planning attorney at Gottbetter and Partners with 69 years experience

488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Sanford Goldberg
New York estate planning attorney at Roberts and Holland with 69 years experience

825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

Alvin Feder
New York estate planning attorney at Feder Kaszovitz with 68 years experience

845 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Richard Cohen
New York estate planning attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman with 68 years experience

One Battery Park Plaza, New York, NY 10004

James Downey
New York estate planning attorney at Stroock and Stroock and Lavan with 68 years experience

180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038

Charles Burton
New York estate planning attorney at Paul Hastings with 67 years experience

75 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022

David Gerstein
New York estate planning attorney at Eaton and Van Winkle with 66 years experience

3 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10016

Joseph Hutner
New York estate planning attorney at Epstein Becker and Green with 65 years experience

250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10177

Richard Marlin
New York estate planning attorney at Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel with 65 years experience

919 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Judith Gelb
New York estate planning attorney at Winston and Strawn with 65 years experience

200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166

Charles Seidler Jr.
New York estate planning attorney at Davidson Dawson and Clark with 64 years experience

60 East 42nd Street, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10165

George Bruckman
New York estate planning attorney at Goetz Fitzpatrick with 64 years experience

One Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10119

Edward Atnally
New York estate planning attorney at Thompson Hine with 64 years experience

One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 58th Floor, New York, NY 10005

Lauriston Castleman Jr
New York estate planning attorney at White and Case with 64 years experience

1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

Michael Butterman
New York estate planning attorney at Bryan Cave with 63 years experience

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104

Arrial Cogan
New York estate planning attorney at Seward and Kissel with 63 years experience

One Battery Park Plaza, New York, NY 10004

Martin Gold
New York estate planning attorney at Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal with 63 years experience

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

Theodore Lynn
New York estate planning attorney at Stroock and Stroock and Lavan with 63 years experience

180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038

Edwin Baker
New York estate planning attorney at Epstein Becker and Green with 62 years experience

250 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10177

Paul Herman
New York estate planning attorney at Herrick Feinstein with 62 years experience

2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Need help planning your estate?

An estate planning attorney will work with you to prepare the wills and trusts to control and protect your assets during your lifetime and insure they are transferred properly after you die while minimizing taxes and delays. "Estate" is a legal term that means all your assets, property and anything of value that belongs to you. An estate planning attorney is an important advisor. There are many experienced estate planning lawyers listed in our directory.

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