This Long Island estate-planning resource is published by Morgan Legal Group, a New York trusts-and-estates practice led by attorney Russel Morgan. The firm focuses on wills, trusts, probate, and estate-tax planning under New York’s EPTL and SCPA, serving families in Nassau and Suffolk County whose estates are administered in the Mineola and Riverhead Surrogate’s Courts. The content here is written and reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney.
We built this site because Long Island families repeatedly ask the same questions — which court, how long, how much, do I need a trust — and the answers depend on details that generic legal content gets wrong.
Attorney Russel Morgan
Russel Morgan is a New York-licensed attorney and the founder of Morgan Legal Group, concentrating his practice on estate planning, trusts, probate, and elder law within New York State. His work covers the documents and proceedings discussed throughout this site: New York wills under EPTL 3-2.1, revocable and Medicaid asset-protection trusts, powers of attorney under the 2021 statutory reform, and probate and administration under the SCPA. (Specific credentials, bar-admission dates, and honors are maintained on the firm’s primary site — verify current details there.)
Our approach to Long Island estates
Long Island is a region of homeowners, and that shapes everything we do here. Where a Manhattan practice lives in co-op share certificates and a Brooklyn one in brownstone kinship disputes, a Long Island plan is built around the deeded single-family home — how to keep it out of Surrogate’s Court, how to shield it from nursing-home costs, and how to keep an appreciated home from triggering the New York estate-tax cliff. We also plan for the assets that come with Long Island life: boats, small businesses, and East-End second homes.
Why trust this information
- New York-law focus. Every page cites the actual governing statutes — EPTL and SCPA sections — rather than vague generalities, and pairs each with plain-English explanation.
- Local accuracy. We name the correct courts (Nassau in Mineola, Suffolk in Riverhead), the venue rule (SCPA 205-206), and real Long Island realities like the Riverhead distance.
- Honest about figures. Where numbers change yearly — estate-tax exemptions, filing fees — we tell you to verify the current figure rather than stating a number that may be stale.
Entity and network
Morgan Legal Group maintains its primary presence at morganlegalny.com and across Google Business and legal-directory profiles. This Long Island resource is part of the firm’s New York estate-and-probate information network, sharing the same attorney and entity behind it.
Service area
We serve families across Long Island — Nassau County (Mineola Surrogate’s Court) and Suffolk County (Riverhead Surrogate’s Court) — from Great Neck and Garden City through Huntington, Islip, and out to the East End.
Editorial standard
Content on this site is prepared and reviewed by a New York-licensed attorney and updated as the law and annual figures change. It is general legal information, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship — see our contact page for the full disclaimer.
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