Magavern, Magavern & Grimm LLP - Probate & Estate Attorneys: Buffalo NY

Estates & Trust Law

* Estate planning, including wills, testamentary substitutes, revocable and irrevocable trusts, insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, family limited partnerships, charitable remainder trusts; qualified domestic trusts, lifetime property transfers, transfer of closely held corporations, retirement plan distributions, beneficiary designation advice, method of holding title to principal residence and other assets, state residency issues, gift tax, estate tax and generation skipping transfer tax planning, powers of appointment, disclaimers and asset protection

* Estate administration, including probate proceedings in New York and other states, post-death financial and tax planning, right of election against a will, assistance to executors, record keeping, estate accountings, distribution of property and close-out of estates

* Estate litigation including will contests, judicial settlement of fiduciary accounts, and recovery of assets belonging to a decedent
Trust administration including investment and tax planning, record keeping, and trust accountings

* Living wills and health care proxies

* Tax returns, including estate, gift and fiduciary income tax returns, IRS and New York State audits and appeals

Magavern, Magavern & Grimm LLP
14 Lafayette Square
Buffalo NY 14203
Tel: 716 856-3500; 800 366-2603
Fax: 716 856-3390
E-mail: magavern@magavern.com

Buffalo, New York Law Firm

Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP, established in Buffalo, New York in 1826, has offices in Buffalo, Kenmore and Niagara Falls, New York. Our firm provides a full range of legal services to businesses, governments, individuals, and not-for-profit organizations. With a tradition of excellence as our heritage, our attorneys' principal areas encompass corporate and general business law, wills and estate planning, elder law, trusts and estates administration, individual and corporate tax planning, health care law, real estate, municipal law, immigration, commercial finance, personal injury, litigation in all New York state and federal courts, and bankruptcy.