Law Firm Overview

GREENFIELD STEIN & SENIOR, LLP, founded approximately seventy-five years ago, has always placed great emphasis on providing its clients with both quality legal advice and a high degree of personal service.

In addition to providing services in traditional areas of practice, such as commercial litigation, commercial transactions, corporate, real estate, and estate planning and administration, we are perhaps the only law firm in New York City with a department devoted exclusively to probate, trust and estate litigation. The collective expertise of our estate litigators has touched upon virtually every aspect of contested trust and estate matters.

The firm has a team of attorneys dedicated to the practice of estate litigation with emphasis on representing clients in matters such as:

The guiding rationale in the firm's practice is the traditional, highly personalized, lawyer-client relationship, as opposed to institutionalized relationships. Excellence in legal representation is the foundation supporting the legal services provided by Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP. We seek to tie the valued traditions of our past to the complex legal demands of today's legal environment. At GS&S, we believe that in order to best represent our clients, we must learn about their individual needs and concerns.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Commercial Litigation
• Contracts
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Estate Planning
• Intellectual Property Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Patents
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate (Mainly Commercial)
• Real Estate Law
• Science & Technology Law
• Software Licensing
• Trusts
• Wills

Representative Cases

• Estate of Heller, 6 N.Y.3d 649 (Court of Appeals 2006)
• Moser v. Pollin, 294 F.3d 335 (USCA, 2d Cir. 2002)
• Guggenheim Foundation v. Lubell, 77 N.Y.2d 311 (Court of Appeals 1991)
• Estate of Harry Winston, 174 A.D.2d 748 (2d Dept. 1991)
• DeFelice v. American Int'l Life Assurance of New York, 112 F.3rd 61 (2d Cir. 1997)
• Estate of ACN, 133 Misc.2d 1043 (Sur. Ct. New York Co. 1986)
• Boone Associates, L.P. v. Oaster, 257 A.D.2d 370 (1st Dep't 1999)
• Gonzalez v. Bratton, 147 F.Supp.2d 180 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
• Aryeh v. Hakim, 261 A.D.2d 156, 689 N.Y.S.2d 97 (1st Dep't 1999)

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Technology Licensing, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Science & Technology Law