Gary Freidman

Background

About Gary Freidman

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.