Long Island probate and estate counsel.
Akiva Shapiro Law, PLLC is a focused practice. Estates are what it does — getting them through Surrogate's Court, fighting over them when that becomes necessary, and planning them so that neither is a burden on the people left behind.
Most estates are not disputes; they are procedure. Petitions, citations, inventories, and an accounting that holds up. Surrogate's Court keeps its own timetables and its own habits county by county, and knowing them is the difference between a matter that closes and one that stalls for a year.
Sometimes an inheritance goes somewhere it should not have. Wills procured by undue influence, executors who treat estate assets as their own, trustees who will not account. These are recovery cases, and they turn on getting the information first and the story straight before anyone files.
Wills, trusts, asset protection, and Medicaid planning — the work that keeps a family out of Surrogate's Court in the first place, or at least makes the trip short. Planning done years ahead is worth far more than planning done in a crisis.
One phone call gets you a clear read on where you stand and what your options are. No pressure, no obligation — just straight answers from a Long Island attorney.