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Alatsas Law Firm Brooklyn's Premier Estate Planning, Elder Law & Asset Protection Attorney

Boutique law firm specializing in protecting families from the high costs of life's unexpected pitfalls.

Nobody plans to spend time in probate court, but the right preparation can keep your family out of it. ⚖️The probate pro...
10/12/2026

Nobody plans to spend time in probate court, but the right preparation can keep your family out of it. ⚖️

The probate process in New York can be lengthy, public, and stressful for loved ones who are already grieving. At Alatsas Law Firm, our probate attorney and estate planning lawyer help Brooklyn families create plans that make settling an estate far simpler, whether that means a well-drafted will or a living trust that keeps matters private.

With nearly 3 decades of experience, extensive 5 star reviews, and empathetic, attentive service, we guide families from Sheepshead Bay to Midwood and Gravesend through every step in plain English.

• Wills and trusts built around your family's goals
• Help administering an estate after a loss
• Medicaid planning and long-term care strategies
• Powers of attorney and health care directives

If settling a loved one's estate feels overwhelming, or you want to protect your own family from unnecessary court involvement, schedule a consultation and let's talk it through together.

The words "estate planning" push away the families who need it most.Someone sits down in my office and the first thing o...
10/12/2026

The words "estate planning" push away the families who need it most.

Someone sits down in my office and the first thing out of their mouth is an apology. We're probably wasting your time. We're not rich people.

Then it turns out they own a two-family house they've held for forty years.

That house is worth more than most of what people picture when they hear the word estate.

So a while back I quietly stopped saying estate planning. In my own head, anyway.

I call it protecting the house.

Because for a Brooklyn family, that's the whole thing. One house. One plan. It has to hold.

When I say it that way, people stop apologizing for being in the room. They sit up. They ask better questions.

And they take the finish work seriously too. Retitling the deed. Moving the accounts. The unglamorous steps that make a trust actually do its job instead of sitting in a drawer looking official.

A signed document with no follow-through protects exactly nothing. I've sat with families who found that out the hard way, years after they thought they were done.

If you own a home and you've been putting this off because it sounded like something for other people, stop calling it estate planning.

Call it protecting the house. Then go protect it.

Most families come to us after the crisis has already started. For a long time, I accepted that as just how it goes. I w...
10/12/2026

Most families come to us after the crisis has already started. For a long time, I accepted that as just how it goes. I was wrong.

Here is what I have come to understand after nearly three decades of this work. Medicaid planning is not a response to a diagnosis. It is a decision made by a responsible adult with people who depend on them, ideally years before any health event appears.

The families who arrive well prepared did not all know more about elder law. Most simply had someone tell them plainly: this is not about being sick. It is about being a responsible adult with people who count on you.

That distinction matters, because the calendar governs eligibility, not the doctor's report. Waiting for a health event to feel like the right moment is itself a planning error. When the work begins inside a crisis, options narrow and every remaining move costs more.

The good news is that a first conversation rarely takes long. What takes long is undoing the decisions made in the years before that conversation finally happened.

If you have people who depend on you, that is reason enough to start. Schedule a free consultation with Ted, and let's build a plan you can feel good about.

In observance of the holiday our firm will be closed on October 12th, 2026.We will re-open the following Tuesday, Octobe...
10/09/2026

In observance of the holiday our firm will be closed on October 12th, 2026.

We will re-open the following Tuesday, October 13th at 9:00 AM.

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