The 2026 listing of leading New York City Wealth, Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers details lawyers practising in wealth management, trusts, estate & succession planning law matters in the New York City legal market who have been identified by their fellow New York City lawyers, clients and referrers specialising in these areas for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Preeminent
Austin Bramwell, Milbank
Alan Halperin, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Amy Erenrich Heller, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Dina Kapur Sanna, Day Pitney
Avi Kestenbaum, Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone
Kevin Matz, ArentFox Schiff
David McCabe, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Carlyn McCaffrey, McDermott Will & Schulte
Jonathan Rikoon, Loeb & Loeb
Joshua Rubenstein, Katten
Michael Schwartz, Day Pitney
Robert Sheehan, Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle
Jessica Soojian, Milbank
David Stutzman, Seward & Kissel
Jay DWaxenberg, Proskauer Rose
Basil Zirinis, Sullivan & Cromwell
Leading
N. Todd Angkatavanich, ArentFox Schiff
Michael Arlein, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
Carole Bass, Sullivan & Worcester
Dean Berry, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
William Brick, Brick & Patel
Kristen Curatolo, Seward & Kissel
Ronni Davidowitz, Katten
Alexandra Denning, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Eric Dorsch, Kozusko Harris Duncan
Charles Dowling, Sullivan & Cromwell
Pamela Ehrenkranz, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
David Finkelstein, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Glenn Fox, Baker McKenzie
Susan Frunzi, McDermott Will & Schulte
Jessica Galligan Goldsmith, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Catherine Grevers Schmidt, McDermott Will & Schulte
Mark Haranzo, Holland & Knight
T. Randolph Harris, McLaughlin & Stern
Stephanie Heilborn, Proskauer Rose
Linda Hirschson, Greenberg Traurig
Loretta Ippolito, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Monika Jain, Holland & Knight
Elyse Kirschner, McDermott Will & Schulte
Jeffrey Kolodny, Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
Toni Ann Kruse, McDermott Will & Schulte
Christopher Lacaria, White & Case
Jordan Linn, Tannenbaum Helpern
Rachel Mansdorf, Loeb & Loeb
Kerry O’Rourke Perri, White & Case
Dilip Patel, Brick & Patel
David Posner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Ivan Sacks, Withers
Sanford Schlesinger, Schlesinger Lazetera & Auchincloss
Georgiana Slade, Milbank
Barbara Sloan, McLaughlin & Stern
Zena Tamler, Sullivan & Cromwell
Edward Vergara, Seward & Kissel
Kathryn von Matthiessen, Katten
Recommended
Cynthia Reed Altchek, Katten
Andrew Auchincloss, Schlesinger Lazetera & Auchincloss
Max Biedermann, McDermott Will & Schulte
Neil Carbone, Farrell Fritz
Diana Chen, McLaughlin & Stern
Joan Murtagh Frankel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Marnie Grossman, McDermott Will & Schulte
Cheryl Hader, Reed Smith
Shifra Herzberg, Sullivan & Cromwell
Ani Hovanessian, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Erica Howard-Potter, Pryor Cashman
Sean Imfeld, Milbank
Joshua Kaplan, Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
Bachir Karam, Sullivan & Cromwell
Jayne Kurzman, Davidson Dawson & Clark
Christopher Lagno, Seyfarth Shaw
Christiana Lazo, Proskauer Rose
Jerome Levine, Loeb & Loeb
Carl Merino, Day Pitney
Arlene Newton, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Dani Nodelman, Nodelman Law
Mary O’Reilly, Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone
Joann Palumbo, Tarter Krinsky & Drogin
Jay Rivlin, McDermott Will & Schulte
Natasha Robertson, Norton Rose Fulbright
Anita Rosenbloom, McDermott Will & Schulte
Elyse Schajer, Federman Steifman
Kara Schissler, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Douglas Schneidman, Sullivan & Worcester
Marc Selden, Greenberg Traurig
R. Andrew Shore, Herrick Feinstein
Brian G. Smith, Greenberg Traurig
David Stack, McLaughlin & Stern
David Stein, Withers
Brian Sweet, Pryor Cashman
Parker Taylor, Katten
Marceline Tempesta, Milbank
Paul Van Horn, Pryor Cashman
Bruce Wexler, Loeb & Loeb