Brooklyn’s Trusted Estate Planning & Elder Law Attorney

With almost three decades of experience, our Brooklyn elder lawyer and estate attorney understands your individual circumstances and the unique complexities each family may face. Our principal elder care attorney, Inna Fershteyn, handles all of your estate matters with expertise and personalized attention.

Our Services

Protect Your Assets & Plan for the Future
Licensed in New York and New Jersey, we provide trusted guidance in estate planning and elder law, helping families secure their assets and plan for long-term care.

• Medicaid & Nursing Home Planning (NY & NJ): Ensure eligibility, coordinate applications, and protect assets from nursing home costs, medical bills, and creditors.
• Estate Planning Tools: Wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and strategies to avoid probate and administration proceedings.
• Asset Protection: Safeguard property and savings from creditors and unexpected expenses.
• Long-Term Care Planning: Guidance for home care, Pooled Income Trusts, and Elder Care strategies.
• Adult Guardianship Support: Navigate Article 81 Adult Guardianship and related proceedings.
• Tax & Estate Optimization: Minimize estate taxes while creating a comprehensive, personalized plan for your family.

Serving families across New York and New Jersey, we combine legal expertise with compassionate guidance to protect your loved ones and preserve your legacy.

Why Families Across Brooklyn & NYC Trust Inna Fershteyn

28+ Years of Elder Law & Estate Planning Experience

Since 1998, our Brooklyn-based firm has focused on wills, trusts, asset protection, Medicaid planning, guardianship, probate, and elder law for New Yorkers.

Recognized & Trusted Attorney
Inna Fershteyn, Esq. is a New York City estate planning and elder law attorney who represents families and executors in probate, Medicaid planning, and asset protection matters across all five NYC boroughs. Principal attorney Inna Fershteyn, Esq., a 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers honoree, has 280+ five-star client reviews. We are consistently highly rated on Google and Apple Maps, with hundreds of client reviews recognizing our knowledge, responsiveness, and personalized approach.

Expertise in NYC Surrogate’s Courts
We handle probate and estate matters in all five NYC Surrogate’s Courts, ensuring efficient, knowledgeable representation.

Direct Access to the Principal Attorney
Attorney Fershteyn manages your case personally, guaranteeing accuracy, accountability, and clear communication.

Individualized Counsel for Every Stage of Life
Every client works directly with an experienced attorney to create a strategy tailored to their financial goals, family needs, and long-term care concerns.

Proven Results for Families & Executors
From high-value estates to Medicaid planning and asset protection, we’ve successfully represented thousands of NYC families, including referrals from attorneys nationwide.

Strategic Counsel for Life’s Most Complex Transitions
Our firm is known for clear guidance, practical solutions, and compassionate advocacy, especially in complex matters involving Medicaid eligibility, asset preservation, and intergenerational planning.

Licensed in New York & New Jersey – Serving the Full Tri-State Area

We represent clients throughout Brooklyn, the five NYC boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey, and the greater Tri-State area.

Expertise in Asset Protection & Medicaid Planning

We help clients legally preserve assets, structure trusts, minimize taxes, and plan for long-term care to protect family resources.

• Multilingual Legal Services
  Attorney Inna Fershteyn is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian, serving NYC’s diverse communities with culturally sensitive guidance.
• Integrity, Precision & Compassion
  Every client receives a customized legal strategy, clear guidance, and support throughout their estate, Medicaid, or elder law matter.

Expert Estate & Elder Law Planning in NY & NJ

With 28+ years of experience, Brooklyn attorney Inna Fershteyn helps families in New York and New Jersey protect assets, minimize taxes, plan for long-term care, and create wills, trusts, and Medicaid strategies.

We provide comprehensive elder law, estate planning, and asset protection services, ensuring your family’s future and your wishes are fully safeguarded.

Estate Planning in Brooklyn, New York

Estate planning is more than just drafting documents. It requires a deep understanding of how your assets are structured, New York estate and inheritance laws, and strategies to minimize future tax burdens for your loved ones.

Our Brooklyn trusts and estates attorney guides you through every step, including:

• Preparing customized Last Wills and Testaments for clients in New York and New Jersey
  
  
• Creating revocable and irrevocable trusts—and properly funding them with real estate and financial investments
  
  
• Protecting real estate and financial assets from the high cost of long-term care and nursing home expenses
  
  
• Establishing Pooled Income Trusts and managing complete Medicaid application filings
  
  
• Planning ahead to secure a parent’s Medicaid eligibility in New York while preserving family assets
  
  
• Reducing or eliminating New York State and federal estate taxes through strategic planning
  
  
• Avoiding probate delays and ensuring a smooth, efficient transfer of assets
  
  
• Organizing comprehensive estate plans for blended families and loved ones with special needs
  
  
• Setting up specialized trusts for LGBTQ+ families to prevent conflicts and avoid costly estate litigation
  
  
• Advising non-citizens and immigrants from diverse countries on how to minimize or avoid U.S. estate taxes

Trusts are a powerful tool for privacy, efficiency, and asset protection. Our Brooklyn New York law office prepares a wide range of trusts tailored to your family’s needs.

Brooklyn Estate Planning & Elder Law for All Families

Attorney Inna Fershteyn provides estate planning, trusts, and asset protection for families across Brooklyn, NYC, and New Jersey, including LGBTQ+ households. Protect your assets, plan for long-term care, minimize taxes, and ensure your wishes are honored with personalized guidance every step of the way.

Comprehensive Trusts & Asset Protection

We prepare a wide range of trusts and asset protection strategies, including:

• Asset Protection Trusts
  
  
• Revocable and Irrevocable Living Trusts
  
  
• Medicaid Planning Trusts
  
  
• Pooled Income Trusts
  
  
• Supplemental Needs Trusts
  

Every client’s situation is unique. We take the time to understand your priorities, explain your options, and design a personalized plan that safeguards your assets while giving your family clarity, security, and peace of mind.

Elder Law & Long-Term Care Planning in Brooklyn, NY

Planning for aging, long-term care, or an elderly loved one can be overwhelming—especially in New York, where rules around Medicaid, home-care benefits, and long-term care planning are complex and constantly changing. With 28+ years of experience, our Brooklyn-based firm helps families navigate these challenges with clarity, compassion, and practical solutions.

Our elder law services include:

• Long-term care and nursing home planning
  
  
• New York Medicaid planning, eligibility guidance, and asset preservation
  
  
• Home-care Medicaid applications and coordination of Home Health Aide services
  
  
• Pooled Income Trusts to protect income exceeding Medicaid limits
  
  
• Asset protection trusts, supplemental needs trusts, and estate planning for seniors
  
  
• Medical decision-making and end-of-life planning
  
  
• Guardianship guidance, including Article 81 proceedings
  

Every family’s situation is unique. We take the time to listen, understand your priorities, and develop a personalized elder law plan that protects your assets, secures long-term care, and reduces stress for your family.

About Inna Fershteyn Your Brooklyn Attorney

Every family’s needs are different, which is why every plan we create is uniquely tailored to you. I take a hands-on role in each matter and work closely with you to understand your goals, concerns, and priorities. You always have direct access to me and my team, and we pride ourselves on being accessible, timely, and extremely reliable in every interaction.

For more than 28 years, I’ve helped New Yorkers protect their assets, navigate elder law challenges, and build thoughtful estate plans designed for long-term stability and peace of mind. My approach is rooted in compassion, clear communication, and individualized attention — ensuring you feel supported and confident at every stage of the process.

When a loved one passes away, I guide families through probate and estate administration with patience, care, and efficiency, helping make a difficult time a little easier by handling the legal burdens on your behalf. My goal is to simplify complex legal issues and make the process as stress free as possible for you and your family.

Plan ahead. Contact Us Today.

When experience counts, contact the Law Office of Inna Fershteyn and Associates, P.C. today! Call (718) 333-2394 or contact us online to schedule your consultation. Speak to a compassionate attorney who holds high legal standards for every client.

Who We Serve: Our office serves people in all Five Boroughs, the entire Tri-State New York area and out of state clients, including families, senior citizens, spouses, children, elder parents, as well as executors and estate administrators in Surrogate’s Court proceedings. 

Brooklyn Office Location

Our Brooklyn Office Physical Address: 1517 Voorhies Ave 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Phone:  (718) 333-2394