This resource is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York estate and probate practice led by attorney Russel Morgan, serving clients across all five boroughs of New York City. Our work centers on the law that actually governs NYC estates — the Estate Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL), the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act (SCPA), and the co-op and condo realities that make this city’s estates unlike anywhere else in the state.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is the attorney behind Morgan Legal Group, a New York–licensed lawyer focused on estate planning, trusts, and the administration of estates through New York’s Surrogate’s Courts. His practice spans the documents people need during life — wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care proxies — and the court process families face after a loss, from probate and administration to contested matters. (Bar admission and credential details are maintained on the firm’s primary profiles; see the entity references below.)
Our approach to NYC estates
New York City does not have one estate system; it has five — a separate Surrogate’s Court for each borough, with venue set by the decedent’s county of domicile under SCPA 205. We build plans and guide administrations with that structure in mind, and with attention to the asset that defines NYC wealth: the co-op apartment, where ownership is shares and a proprietary lease rather than real property (EPTL 7-1.12). That single fact reshapes how title passes, how executors deal with boards, and how families should plan ahead.
Why trust this information
The content on this site is grounded in named New York statutes — EPTL 3-2.1 for wills, EPTL 4-1.1 for intestacy, SCPA 1402 for probate petitions, SCPA 2307 for executor commissions — rather than vague generalities. We cite the law so you can verify it, and we flag year-dependent figures (like estate-tax exemptions) as items to confirm against current sources. Our focus is narrow on purpose: New York estate and probate law, applied to the five boroughs.
Entity and profiles
Morgan Legal Group maintains its primary presence at morganlegalny.com and on its verified business and legal-directory profiles. Those profiles, together with this site, identify Morgan Legal Group and Russel Morgan as the consistent source behind our New York estate content.
Service area
We serve estate planning and probate clients throughout New York City — Manhattan (New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street), Brooklyn (Kings County at 2 Johnson Street), Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island — and counsel families wherever their borough’s court sits.
Editorial standard
This site’s informational content is prepared and reviewed by a New York–licensed attorney. It is intended to educate, not to substitute for individualized legal advice; reading it does not create an attorney–client relationship. For year-dependent tax and fee figures, we direct readers to verify current numbers.
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