This Manhattan estate-planning resource is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York trusts and estates firm led by attorney Russel Morgan. The firm concentrates on wills, trusts, probate, estate tax, and estate litigation for New York residents, and represents Manhattan clients before the New York County Surrogate’s Court at 31 Chambers Street. The information here is written and reviewed under the standards of a New York-licensed attorney.
We built this site because Manhattan estate planning is genuinely different from the generic advice found online. Co-op ownership, the New York estate tax cliff, and the high rate of will contests in New York County demand local, statute-grounded guidance — not boilerplate.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is the founding attorney of Morgan Legal Group and an attorney admitted to practice in New York. His practice focuses on estate planning and estate administration under New York’s Estate, Powers and Trusts Law (EPTL) and the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act (SCPA) — the two statutes that govern everything on this site. He and the firm advise clients on wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, Medicaid asset protection, estate-tax planning around the New York cliff, and the administration and litigation of estates in the Surrogate’s Courts.
Our approach to Manhattan estates
We start from the asset, not the form. For most New York County clients, the central asset is a co-op apartment — shares plus a proprietary lease — which passes very differently from a deeded home and requires coordination with the cooperative board. We map each plan to that reality: whether a revocable trust should hold the co-op, how the estate tax cliff applies to the apartment’s value, and how the estate will move through probate at 31 Chambers Street.
Why trust this information
- New York focus. The firm practices New York trusts and estates law specifically, not a little of everything.
- Statute-grounded content. Every page cites the governing EPTL and SCPA provisions and explains them in plain English.
- Surrogate’s Court experience. The firm appears before the New York County Surrogate’s Court and understands its local procedures, from NYSCEF e-filing to the Help Center in Room 302.
- Accuracy guardrails. Where a figure changes annually (estate-tax exemptions, fees), we flag it for verification rather than presenting a stale number as fact.
Entity and profiles
Morgan Legal Group maintains a consistent presence across New York legal-services platforms. Our primary firm profile is morganlegalny.com, and the firm is listed on Google Business and legal directories. (See the structured-data references below for entity grounding.)
Service area
We serve clients across Manhattan (New York County) and the broader New York City area, with estate matters administered at the New York County Surrogate’s Court, 31 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007. From the Upper West Side to Tribeca, our work centers on the co-op- and condo-heavy estates that define the borough.
Editorial standard
The guidance on this site is prepared and reviewed under the supervision of a New York-licensed attorney. It is general information, not legal advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice tailored to your assets, speak with us directly.
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