This site is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York estate planning and probate firm led by attorney Russel Morgan. The content is written for New York City residents and grounded in New York’s Estate Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL), the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act (SCPA), and the practical realities of the five borough Surrogate’s Courts. Our goal is to give NYC families accurate, plainly explained answers before they ever step into a courthouse.
Who is behind this site
Morgan Legal Group focuses on the areas covered here: wills, trusts, incapacity planning, estate tax, and the full probate process across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Attorney Russel Morgan leads the firm’s estate and probate work.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is a New York-licensed attorney whose practice centers on trusts and estates — drafting estate plans, guiding executors and administrators, and handling probate and estate litigation in New York’s Surrogate’s Courts. His work spans the documents that protect families during life (durable powers of attorney, health care proxies) and the court processes that settle estates after death. (Specific credentials and bar-admission details are maintained on the firm’s primary site.)
Our approach to NYC estates
We built this resource around a belief that New York City estates are genuinely different — and that the difference is mostly about co-ops and the five-court system. A plan that ignores how co-op shares transfer, or files in the wrong borough, creates avoidable delay and cost. Every page here reflects that NYC-specific reality rather than generic estate advice, because the borough of domicile and the form of property ownership change real outcomes.
Why trust this information
The content is written and reviewed against the actual governing statutes — we cite EPTL and SCPA sections by number so readers can verify, and we flag year-dependent figures (like the estate-tax exemption) rather than stating numbers that quietly go stale. Where a court address or fee could change, we say to verify it. This is how a serious legal resource earns trust: precision over polish.
Entity and network references
Morgan Legal Group maintains its primary presence at morganlegalny.com and across recognized legal directories and its Google Business profile. The firm’s identity and contact information are consistent across these profiles.
Service area
We serve all five New York City boroughs and their Surrogate’s Courts: New York County (Manhattan, 31 Chambers Street), Kings County (Brooklyn, 2 Johnson Street), Queens County, Bronx County, and Richmond County (Staten Island). See the complete NYC estate guide for borough-by-borough detail.
Editorial standard
The information on this site is reviewed for accuracy against current New York law by a New York-licensed attorney. It is educational and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Laws and figures change; for advice on your specific situation, speak with an attorney.
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