The expertise of Heller, Horowitz & Feit, P.C. in the areas of wills and decedent=s estates goes well beyond the drafting of wills for our clients, and includes sophisticated estate planning and estate litigation.

Estate Litigation.  We represent diverse parties including trustees, executors, administrators, distributees, proponents of wills, objectants to wills and trust beneficiaries in a wide range of matters involving issues of testamentary capacity, will construction, spousal rights, estate and gift taxes, claims against particular estate and trust assets, claims involving waste, defalcation, fraud and mismanagement. We have litigated these matters across the country, internationally, and quite extensively in both the Surrogate=s Courts and Supreme Courts of New York City and the neighboring counties.  These matters have ranged in size from intimate family estates to complex multi‑party litigations.

Estate and Business Planning.  The burden of federal estate taxes can have a devastating effect on a family, especially when it owns a closely‑held business. We assist such clients with estate planning to help clients avoid or minimize estate taxes; establish the liquidity necessary to pay any remaining estate taxes and insure the continued success of the family‑owned business; and to provide the family with sufficient resources for its needs.