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GARY B. FREIDMAN was graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1978 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1979. He received a Masters degree in Taxation from New York University Graduate School of Law in 1982.
From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Freidman served as an appellate law assistant to the Justices of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department. There, he was responsible for the preparation of confidential bench memoranda analyzing pending appeals for the Justices. In 1981, he joined Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP (then known as Greenfield Eisenberg Stein & Senior) as an associate, becoming a member of the firm in 1986. His practice is in trust and estate related litigation.
Mr. Freidman has been involved in numerous contested Surrogate's Courts proceedings and has participated in various trials and hearings in the Surrogate's Courts. These matters involved diverse issues such as the validity of a charitable remainder unitrust, objections to wills and accountings, the jurisdiction of the Surrogate's Court and the validity of pre-death gifts.
In addition, he has been appointed as a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of minor children in New York, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, Bronx and Kings County Surrogate's Court contested probate, advice and direction, and accounting proceedings.
Mr. Freidman has lectured on Surrogate's Court matters before the New York State Bar Association (5th Annual Sophisticated Trusts and Estates Law Institute - November, 2007; The Anatomy of an Estate - October 2006; Program Co-Chair; Estate Litigation -December 2002; Sleepless in Boston: Administering the Problem Estate - October 2002, Program Co-Chair; Representing the Fiduciary: The Problems and the Remedies - September 2000; Settling Litigation in the Surrogate's Court - January 1999, Program Co-Chair; Surrogate's Court Proceedings - Spring 2000; Administration of Decedent's Estates and Related Surrogate's Court Proceedings - Spring 1995); the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Estate Planning That's Not Code-Dependent - June 2007; Estate Litigation for Beginners - March, 1999), the Surrogate's Association of the State of New York, the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Richmond and Suffolk County Bar Associations. In addition, he has lectured on Surrogate's Court and litigation matters at Cardozo Law School and the New School for Social Research.
Areas of Practice:
Estate and Trust Litigation
Will Contests
Contested Accounting Proceedings
Will Construction Proceedings
Kinship Proceedings
Fiduciary Litigation
Article 81 Guardianship Proceedings
Probate & Estate Administration.
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