The 2026 listing of leading New York City Trusts, Estates & Probate Litigation Lawyers details solicitors practising in contested trusts, estates, probate and succession litigation matters in the New York City legal market who have been identified by their fellow New York City lawyers specialsing in these areas for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Preeminent
John Barnosky, Farrell Fritz
Bonnie Lynn Chmil, Katten
Brian Corrigan, Farrell Fritz
Jay Freiberg, Elman Freiberg
Angelo Grasso, Loeb & Loeb
Michael Kavoukjian, White & Case
John Morken, Farrell Fritz
Eric Penzer, Farrell Fritz
Joshua Rubenstein, Katten
Charles Scott, Greenfield Stein & Senior
Leading
Anne Bederka, Greenfield Stein & Senior
John Brickman, McLaughlin & Stern
Neil Carbone, Farrell Fritz
Carolyn Caufield, Herrick, Feinstein
Ilene Sherwyn Cooper, Farrell Fritz
Harvey Corn, Greenfield Stein & Senior
Ronni Davidowitz, Katten
Christen Douglas, McDermott Will & Schulte
John Farinacci, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein
Michael Frankel, Carter Ledyard & Milburn
Michael Friedman, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Robert Harper, Farrell Fritz
T. Randolph Harris, McLaughlin & Stern
Jennifer Hillman, Rivkin Radler
Steven Holinstat, Proskauer Rose
Yolanda Kanes, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
Steven Malech, Wiggin and Dana
Eve Rachel Markewich, Markewich and Rosenstock
Justin Piccione, McLaughlin & Stern
Jonathan Rikoon, Loeb & Loeb
Anita Rosenbloom, McDermott Will & Schulte
Lawrence Rosenstock, Markewich and Rosenstock
Frank Santoro, Farrell Fritz
Barbara Sloan, McLaughlin & Stern
Sean Weissbart, Blank Rome
Recommended
Stephanie Alberts, Forchelli Deegan Terrana
Amy Altman, Greenfield Stein & Senior
Edward Baker, Farrell Fritz
Jessica Baquet, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein
Michael Barrows, Barrows Levy
Ernest Bartol, The Bartol Law Firm
Gary Bashian, Bashian
Alison Arden Besunder, Goetz Platzer
Gail Boggio, McCarthy Fingar
Andre Brittis-Tannenbaum, Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein
Bret Cahn, Farrell Fritz
Michael Calcagni, Moritt Hock & Hamroff
Lisa Capone, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Robert Cohen, Sahn Ward Braff Coschignano
Mary Croly, McLaughlin & Stern
Robert Crotty, Kelley Drye & Warren
Jaclene D’Agostino, Farrell Fritz
Lisa Fenech, Offit Kurman
Glenn Fox, Baker McKenzie
Hillary Frommer, Elman Freiberg
Susan Galvao, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
Stephanie Goldstein, Goetz Platzer
Cheryl Katz, Forchelli Deegan Terrana
Caryn Keppler, Offit Kurman
Daniel Kornstein, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel
Amanda Leone, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
Jerome Levine, Loeb & Loeb
Andrew Luskin, McLaughlin & Stern
Ian MacLean, The MacLean Law Firm
Jonathan Nelson, Dorf Nelson & Zauderer
Andrew Nitkewicz, Cullen and Dykman
John Novogrod, McLaughlin & Stern
Andrew O’Gwynn, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Deanna Olivero, Avelino Law
Bill Parkas, McCoyd, Parkas & Ronan
Spencer Reames, Farrell Fritz
Nancy Rudolph, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt
Paul Shoemaker, Greenfield Stein & Senior
Ashley Steinhart, Lowenstein Sandler
Parker Taylor, Katten
Daniella Wittenberg, Greenfield Stein & Senior
Basil Zirinis, Sullivan & Cromwell