Law Firm Overview

Blutter & Blutter is a Nassau County based practice.  With more than forty years of shared legal experience between the partners, Blutter & Blutter has helped thousands of clients with a range of diverse legal needs.  Individual attention is paid to each client's matters.  The firm handles cases throughout Nassau , Suffolk , Brooklyn and Queens Counties .  Its practice areas include Bankruptcy, Taxation, Wills, the Probate and Administration of Estates, Trusts, Living Wills, Health Care Proxies, Durable Powers of Attorney, DWI (Driving While Intoxicated), Speeding Tickets and Real Estate.

Bankruptcy

Although a new bankruptcy law went into effect on October 17, 2005 (The Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) you can still file for a Chapter 7, 11 or 13 bankruptcy under the new law.

Blutter & Blutter, located in Plainview, New York has represented scores of clients in Bankruptcy proceedings throughout Long Island's Nassau and Suffolk Counties as well as Brooklyn and Queens Counties for numerous years.  These proceedings include Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 personal, business, corporate, and partnership bankruptcies and reorganizations.  The firm offers free initial consultations and easy payment plans.   Through the filing of the Bankruptcy petition, Blutter & Blutter can help a client get a fresh start.  The firm knows the new laws and as part of the proceeding, negotiates with creditors.  Blutter & Blutter will fight to stop foreclosures, creditor harassment, and those intrusive, threatening phone calls.  We will fight the freezing of bank accounts, tax liens and garnishments.  Through the Bankruptcy procedure, the firm will help you keep your house, your car, your business, your IRA, and your Keogh (401K) retirement accounts.  As members of the New York State and Federal Bar, Arthur I. Blutter and Joanne D. Blutter  are always there as your advocates.  Since the pain of debt can be so overwhelming, individual attention is paid to each client's problems and special needs.   

Taxation

Whether an individual, a family or a business, a corporation, a partnership, an estate or trust, or sales tax claims, require a Federal or New York State tax return prepared, Arthur I. Blutter, a partner at Blutter & Blutter is the attorney to see.  Mr. Blutter has been preparing tax returns for individuals and families for more than 40 years.  He is sensitive and understanding and has life-long relationships with many of his clients.  He files back taxes, and amended tax returns.

As a former undergraduate and graduate Professor of Accounting as well as a Special Professor of  Law at Hofstra University School of Law, he is very proficient in the area of tax law.  Mr. Blutter can also appear before the Internal Revenue Service as your advocate and successfully negotiate fair settlements.  Mr. Blutter can also appear before the United States Tax Court on your behalf.   With reasonable fees, personal representation, and a goal to work hard to minimize his clients' tax liability, Mr. Blutter is the tax attorney to see when filing your tax returns.   

The firm represents clients throughout Long Island and New York City and New York State as well as out of state including Florida, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, California and others.  Clients deserve zealous representation and Arthur I. Blutter's aim is to provide such representation since individuals, businesses, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts, and beneficiaries deserve a strong advocate when facing the taxing authorities, tax audits, freezing of bank accounts, tax liens and garnishments.

Wills, Trusts, Estates

Blutter & Blutter is a highly experienced firm that provides all-inclusive services for clients that require its assistance in consultation, preparation and execution of wills, probate, estate planning and trusts as well as the preparation and execution of advanced directives of living wills and health care proxies and durable powers of attorney.  The firm is also available to draft, prepare and assist in the execution of irrevocable and revocable trusts and testamentary trusts.  

Wills

When an individual dies, the survivors are faced with the grief and pain of the loss of a loved one.  Worrying about the deceased's estate only compounds the heartache and loss for the survivors.  Blutter & Blutter understands and appreciates the fragile and difficult nature of this situation for the surviving family members.  With great sensitivity, the firm will handle the probate of the estate including the preparation and filing of the petition, obtaining letters testamentary, preparation and filing of any estate tax returns and estate accounting. 

No Will

If an individual dies without a will (the person dies intestate), the firm will handle the administration of the estate including filing the petition, applying for letters of administration and filing any estate tax returns and estate accounting.  For both probate and the administration of the estate, Blutter & Blutter will help in the development of estate plans for either large or small estates utilizing Arthur I. Blutter's wide-ranging knowledge of estate and tax laws.

Living Will

Since the contentious case of the comatose woman in Florida , there has been great interest in the preparation of advanced directives of living wills, health care proxies and durable powers of attornies.  Living wills are statements that inform the medical community that no extraordinary care is to be given to an individual when that person has reached a state where he/she is permanently unconscious or is in a persistent vegetative state with no chance of recovery.  The only care to be given is that which will alleviate pain and allow an individual to die with dignity, a good death.  Blutter & Blutter will consult, prepare and assist in the execution of this important and timely document.

Health Care Proxy

Health care proxies are like medical powers of attorney.  In this document, an individual appoints a person (an agent) to handle all medical decisions if the patient is unable to speak or communicate for himself/herself.   Basically the attorney-in-fact steps into the shoes of the patient if the patient is incapacitated.  Blutter & Blutter will consult, prepare and assist in the execution of this document which is often done at the same time as the living will.

When preparing, consulting and assisting in the execution of the living will and health care proxy, Blutter & Blutter understands and appreciates the sensitive nature of a person's feelings when contemplating the end of his/her life.

Durable Power of Attorney

The preparation of a durable power of attorney permits an individual, the attorney-in-fact, to step into the shoes of the grantor, the individual drawing up the power of attorney, and allows the attorney-in-fact to handle a variety of matters for that grantor if the grantor is unable or unwilling to handle such matters himself/herself.  The power of attorney is durable since it will survive the grantor's incompetency.  Blutter & Blutter will consult and prepare and assist in the execution of this important document that covers many transactions that a person will face in his/her lifetime.  This document does not cover medical matters.  Those issues are dealt with in living wills and health care proxies.

Irrevocable, Revocable and Testamentary Trusts

An irrevocable trust is one of the two types of well-known trusts.  A revocable trust can be cancelled and therefore ownership and control still lie with the creator of the trust.  An irrevocable trust, on the other hand, cannot be revoked.  Legal title and control to the assets placed in the trust belong to a party called the Trustee.  Equitable title belongs to a person called a beneficiary.  So although a trustee has legal title, he/she holds it for the benefit of the person or entity that has equitable title or right of enjoyment of the property.  A testamentary trust is a trust that goes into effect when the testament or will takes effect; which is, on the date of death of the testator, or the person who drew up the will. 

Blutter & Blutter has drawn up numerous trusts and will consult and explain the implications of each for the specific needs of the individual client in order to decide which one best suits that client's needs.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance Law
• Bankruptcy Law
• Consumer Protection
• Criminal Law
• Estate Planning
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Increment Financing
• Taxation Law
• Trusts
• Wills

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Tax Increment Financing, Taxation Law