Practice Areas
Estate And Trust Administration
Guiding executors, administrators and families through the Probate process and other Surrogate’s Court Proceedings.
When a family member dies, the estate must be probated or administered, assets gathered, debts and taxes paid and property distributed. The firm handles probate and estate administration matters, including accountings.
As Described In The Firm’s Materials
- Accountings Firm narrative
- Probate Martindale entry (G. E. Bashian)
- Probate and Estate Administration A. Naclerio biography and Martindale entry
Related Writing By Gary E. Bashian
February 2026
“Strictly by the Rules: Surrogate Courts’ Procedural Discipline in Estate Litigation”
Westchester Lawyer, Vol. 13 No. 2
July 12, 2021
“An Appellant’s (Mostly) Procedural Guide to Noticing, Filing, and Perfecting an Appeal from the Surrogate’s Court to the Appellate Divisions”
NYSBA Trusts & Estates Law Section Journal, Vol. 54 No. 2
Late Fall 2020
“The Probate Exception: From Jurisdictional Shotgun to Jurisdictional Scalpel”
New York State Bar Association Newsletter, Vol. 53 No. 4
Fall 2016
“Potts and Freeman Updated: Surrogate’s Court Criteria and Rationale for Fixing Legal Fees in Estates”
New York State Bar Association Newsletter
2013
“A Practical and Balanced Approach to SCPA 117 Fiduciary Suspension and Revocation”
WCBA Newsletter
2012
“I Did But Now I Don’t … Vacatur of a Probate Decree Admitted on Consent Rarely Granted”
WCBA Newsletter
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The firm serves clients from offices in White Plains, New York; Greenwich, Connecticut; and Newburgh, New York.