This Long Island estate resource is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York law firm led by attorney Russel Morgan, focused on estate planning, trusts, and probate. The firm helps Nassau and Suffolk families plan for and administer estates under New York’s Estate Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL) and Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act (SCPA), with content written and reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is the founding attorney of Morgan Legal Group and is admitted to practice law in New York. His practice concentrates on estate planning, trusts and estates, probate, and estate administration — the precise areas this site covers. He works with individuals and families to build wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care proxies, and represents executors and beneficiaries through Surrogate’s Court proceedings. (For full credentials and bar status, consult the firm’s official profile.)
Our approach to Long Island estates
Long Island estate work has its own texture: deeded single-family homes rather than co-op shares, appreciated property that quietly approaches the New York estate tax cliff, boats and family businesses, and East-End second homes that raise domicile questions. We meet those realities head-on — clarifying whether Nassau (Mineola) or Suffolk (Riverhead) controls, structuring plans that keep an appreciated home out of probate where it makes sense, and guiding executors through the SCPA step by step.
Why trust this information
- Focused practice. Estate planning and probate are the core of what the firm does, not a sideline.
- New York law specifics. Pages cite the actual governing statutes — EPTL 3-2.1, EPTL 4-1.1, SCPA 1402, SCPA 2307, and more — paired with plain-English explanations.
- Local accuracy. Court names, addresses, and county venue rules are stated for the two courts that actually serve Long Island, with year-dependent figures flagged for verification.
- Attorney review. Content is reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney for legal accuracy.
Entity and profiles
Morgan Legal Group maintains a primary presence at morganlegalny.com and across legal directory and Google Business profiles. This Long Island site is part of that single, consistent professional identity — the same firm and the same attorney behind the broader New York practice.
Service area
We serve Long Island estate and probate clients across Nassau County (Nassau County Surrogate’s Court, Mineola) and Suffolk County (Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court, Riverhead), and the surrounding New York metro region. From Garden City and Great Neck to Huntington, Babylon, and the Hamptons, we map each family’s situation to the court that actually has jurisdiction.
Editorial standard
Every page here is original, written for Long Island specifically, and reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney. Figures that change annually — estate tax exemptions, filing fees — are noted as such and should be verified for the current year. Nothing on this site is legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.
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