Hiscock & Barclay LLP

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Trusts & Estates

Hiscock & Barclay's estate planning services are performed for a variety of clients and in each case are tailored to the needs of the particular client. The practice's services include development and implementation of estate plans, preparation and execution of advance directive documents, advice in connection with legal and tax aspects of various inter vivos (living) and testamentary arrangements, succession planning for family and closely held businesses, preparation of dispositive instruments (including wills and trusts), and the timing and structure of gift programs. These matters involve the laws of wills, trusts, probate, property, marriage, and state and federal individual and fiduciary income, gift and estate taxation.

In addition, Hiscock & Barclay’s services include providing legal assistance to and planning for the elderly or incapacitated client as well as retirement and financial planning. This estate planning can entail the use of life insurance and related trusts, payment options for employment benefits and planned charitable giving.

Hiscock & Barclay’s trust and estate attorneys also provide assistance in settling estates and trusts (inter vivos and testamentary) in New York as well as Florida, including the review and primary and ancillary probate of wills and filing and recording of other documents, inventory, valuation, and marshaling of assets, preparation of estate and income tax returns for the decedent and the estate and trust fiduciary, representation in contested probate, construction, accounting, and other estate/trust proceedings, preparation and review of accountings for estates and trusts, distribution of assets to beneficiaries, and rendering administrative assistance to the fiduciary. Estate and Trust litigation services are provided to our clients as a part of the full range of trust and estate services performed for the clients of Hiscock & Barclay.

Hiscock & Barclay LLP
M&T Center #1100
3 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo NY 14203-1414
Tel: 716 566-1300
Fax: 716 566-1301

Hiscock & Barclay is more than a law firm. We're a dynamic team of 160 attorneys in five strategic offices throughout New York State. We have a unique understanding of issues that drive business solutions. For clients that come to New York seeking legal, business or political counsel, we deliver results that exceed expectations.