Ernest T. Bartol

On the Estate planning side, Ernest T Bartol has been engaged in all phases of Estate asset protection by drafting, inter alia, (1) Wills with marital and family trusts and provisions, (2) Irrevocable and Revocable Trusts, including Life Insurance Trusts, (3) Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, (4) Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, (5) Private Annuities, (6) GRATS, GRITS and GRUTS and (7) other planning devices for use by individuals, shareholders of family and closely-held businesses and partners of family and closely-held businesses.

On the Estate litigation side, he has been engaged in all types of proceedings in the Surrogate’s and Supreme Courts located in New York City, Nassau, Suffolk and upstate Counties, including contested probate proceedings, contested accounting proceedings, discovery proceedings, contested Guardianship proceedings representing litigants and as Court Evaluator, etc. He also has handled many commercial trials in the New York State Supreme Courts and the United States District Courts in the Eastern and Southern Districts.