Our highly-skilled Trusts & Estates lawyers personally and attentively address the legal needs of clients across the following areas:

• Estate Planning
  Bleakley Platt’s estate planning lawyers counsel and represent clients in all aspects of estate planning, working closely with clients to develop tax-efficient, customized estate plans to fit their particular needs. These experienced attorneys use a variety of estate planning vehicles and techniques to reduce transfer taxes and to maximize the amount of wealth that passes to the people and charities that are important to you.
• Estate & Trust Administration
  Our estate and trust administration attorneys represent corporate and individual fiduciaries and are committed to ensuring that clients have a complete understanding of their fiduciary obligations and a clear plan for meeting them.
• Estate & Trust Litigation
  The Trusts & Estates Practice Group represents corporate and individual fiduciaries and beneficiaries (individual and charitable) in estate and trust proceedings in Surrogate’s Court, federal and state courts and before the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities.

Additionally, the former head of our Trusts and Estates Practice Group is an approved Part 146 Mediator and takes referrals for private mediation as well as referrals by Orders of Reference from the Surrogate.