Top Estate Planning Lawyers in White Plains | 31 available

Firm: Lynch Schwab, PLLC

75 S Broadway , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Family , Insurance , Labor , Personal Injury, Real Estate

Rated "AV Preeminent" (4.9 out of 5.0) by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.. Louis U. Gasparini is a Member (Partner) with Lynch Schwab, PLLC, working primarily from the White Plains and Hudson Valley office locations. Lou joined Lynch Schwab in 2008 as a Partner after practicing for a prestigious Albany based civil litigation firm. Since that time, he has developed his practice to include several insurers as well as privately owned businesses and individuals.. Lou primarily practices in the areas of civil litigation (from inception, to trial and appeal), commercial litigation and all aspects of employment law. He focuses a large part of his practice on the defense of municipalities and private schools, clubs and other businesses in sports related injury litigation. These institutions have ranged from colleges, private religious schools, after school programs, local, regional and nationally recognized sports clubs and community groups and organizations.. Since joining the Firm, Lou has tried both personal injury claims and commercial litigation matters to verdict. He has gained a reputation as being a well prepared advocate at trial and beforehand.. Lou also serves as counsel to a national retail supply distributor, overseeing all employment litigation nationwide and handling employment counseling matters for the Company. He actively handles various types of employment matters for other Firm clients, defending against claims of tortuous interference, contracts, discrimination and unfair competition. Lou handles actions to enforce and defend against claims relating to non-competition and solicitation agreements. He counsels clients on employment issues dealing with contracts, discipline, promotions, terminations and workplace law issues, and has defended against employment discrimination suits before the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Lou advises employers on the drafting and negotiating of non-compete agreements, and on the preparation of specific employment policies, handbooks and manuals.. Lou is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut State Courts, and the United States District Courts of the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York and Northern District of New York.

Firm: Magdalen Gaynor

10 Bank St Ste 650 , White Plains , New York 10606

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Firm: McLaughlin & Zerafa, LLP

1 North Lexington Avenue , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Real Estate , Trusts, Estate Planning

Firm: Danziger & Markhoff LLP

123 Main Street , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts

Michael Markhoff concentrates on estate planning and estate administration, representing professionals, executives and small businesses owners. Michael works with clients on minimizing (and often eliminating) estate and gift taxes through the coordination of pension benefits, business assets and other assets in the estate plan while preserving the client's assets for future generations. He analyzes liquidity needs for the payment of estate tax, including the use of life insurance products, family limited partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts and generation-skipping trusts. Michael also advises individuals with regards to charitable giving including the formation of not-for-profit corporations. He has also worked on numerous estates and estate plans involving clients who have non-citizen spouses. Michael works closely with accountants, financial advisors and insurance underwriters using a "team approach" to identify the clients' goals and provide creative and appropriate solutions.Michael is a graduate of Columbia College (1987) and Brooklyn Law School (1990) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America - Trusts and Estates Category. He is Past President of the Estate Planning Council of Westchester County, Inc. (where he served on the Board of Directors from 1998-2001), Past Chairman of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Westchester County Bar Association (1998-2000), Past Director of the Westchester Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals (2001-2005) and Past President of the Northern Westchester Bar Association (2001-2002) and the White Plains Bar Association (2004-2005). Michael was the Ninth District Delegate to the New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Section (2003 - 2005) as well as a member of its Executive Committee (2000 - 2005) and was the Ninth District Delegate to the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association (2005-2008).. Michael is the Vice-President of the Hudson Valley Estate Planning Council. Michael has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bedford Free Library since 2005.Michael is also a member of the Westchester County (Sections on Tax and Trusts and Estates), Connecticut (Estates and Probate Section) and American (Sections on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations as well as the Estate Planning Council of Rockland County, Inc.

Firm: Estate Planning & Elder Law Associates LLP

244 Westchester Avenue , White Plains , New York 10604

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business Organizations, Contracts, Estate Planning, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Wills & Living Wills

Firm: Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP

One North Lexington Avenue , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Tax

245 Main St , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Ms. Meyers is a Member of the firm of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP, having joined the firm as an Associate in July 2007. She concentrates her practice on Elder Law, Trusts & Estates, Special Needs Planning, Guardianships, and long-term care planning strategies, with a focus on Medicaid home care and nursing home. She has been named to the 2013-2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list in Elder Law.. Prior to Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, Ms. Meyers was a staff attorney at the Sadin Institute on Law of the Brookdale Center on Aging (December 1999 – June 2007) and the New York Legal Assistance Group (September 1995 – December 1999).Ms. Meyers has authored “Highlights of New York’s Medicaid Law,” NYSBA Senior Lawyer Section, The Senior Lawyer, Summer NYSBA 2019; “Effectively Utilizing the Fair Hearing Process to Establish that a Transfer was a Gift for Medicaid Purposes,” WCBA Newsletter, May 2019; “Using SCPA Article 17-A and MHL Article 81 Guardianships for Disabled Children,” NYSBA Senior Lawyer Section, The Senior Lawyer, Spring 2015; “Medicaid Managed Long Term Care is Coming to Westchester. Are You and Your Clients Ready?,” WCBA Newsletter, January 2013; “Guardianships and Supplemental Needs Trusts (SNT) as planning tools for Parents of Adult Disabled Children,” NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs Journal, Winter 2012; “An Overview of Medicaid Home Care Options for Seniors,” NYSBA Elder Law Attorney, Winter 2010; “Utilizing Medicaid Home Care as a Solution in a Post-DRA World,” NYSBA Elder Law Attorney, Summer 2007 and WCBA Newsletter, June 2007.. Ms. Meyers is a frequent lecturer for Elder Law Programs sponsored by the New York State and Westchester County Bar Associations. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Elder Law and Special Needs Section (Executive Committee, vice-chair Guardianship Committee and 9th District Delegate; Editor, Elder Law and Special Needs Journal) and Trust and Estates Section, and a member of the Westchester County Bar Association (Co-Chair Guardianship Committee, past Co-Chair of the Elder Law Committee) and is an editor of the Westchester County Bar Journal. She is also a Co-Chair of Westchester County Senior Law Day.. Ms. Meyers has a B.A. in History, cum laude, from Brandeis University and a J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law. She is a volunteer attorney for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley. She is a Trustee of the Board of Directors of the Westchester Day School in Mamaroneck, New York. Sara is also the White Plains coordinator for I-Shine, an after-school program for children living with illness or loss in their homes.

Firm: Bashian P.C.

235 Main St , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

It is my duty as an attorney to zealously advocate for my clients, to protect them, and to obtain the most favorable outcome possible.  I strive to ensure that my client is kept informed throughout the entirety of the legal process, to have an open and direct line of communication at all times, and to make sure that they feel comfortable and well-represented.  Although the law itself can be overwhelming to laypeople, it is part of my professional responsibiliy to make sure that my clients know that they are in the right hands.

Firm: Law Offices Of Susan Taxin Baer

399 Knollwood Road Suite 212 , White Plains , New York 10603

Practice Areas: Elder , Estate Planning, Non-Profit Corporations, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Estate Planning

Firm: Stern Keiser Panken and Wohl, LLP

1025 Westchester Avenue   305 New  10 , White Plains , New York 10604

Practice Areas: Elder ,Estate Planning,Real Estate ,Trusts

Firm: Bleakley Platt & Schmidt LLP

One North Lexington Avenue , White Plains , New York 10601

Practice Areas: Trusts, Estate Planning