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Daniel J. Reiter, Esq.

Phone: 646-820-4011

Daniel J. Reiter is an adult guardianship and estate litigation attorney in New York City. He authors the Adult Guardianship Law Blog and Surrogate's Court Monitor.

Mr. Reiter routinely represents guardians and petitioners in proceedings for the appointment of a guardian (contested and uncontested). He has also represented alleged incapacitated persons and incapacitated persons, and has served as court evaluator and an independent court-appointed guardian.

Mr. Reiter is an experienced estate litigator and practitioner in Surrogate’s Court, where he handles kinship proceedings, will contests, turnover proceedings, contested accounting proceedings, creditors’ claims against estates, wrongful death compromise proceedings, and a variety of other matters. He has served as a Guardian ad Litem for disabled individuals in Surrogate’s Court proceedings.

During law school, Mr. Reiter interned in Richmond County Surrogate’s Court, where he played a leading role in drafting a judicial decision regarding a guardianship dispute.

Prior to becoming an attorney, he worked as a political reporter for Politicker.com, providing political coverage from the floors of the 2008 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Following his departure, he was lauded as an “omnipresent” reporter by the Baltimore Sun.

Mr. Reiter lives and works in New York City and practices throughout the entire state of New York.

Practice Areas
  • Adult guardianship
  • Mental health law
  • Kinship proceedings
  • Estate litigation
Education
  • Suffolk University Law School, Juris Doctor, 2013
  • New England College, Master of Arts Degree in International Relations, 2010
  • New England College, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, 2018
Certificated: Part 36 Rules of the Chief Judge
  • Attorney for the Guardian
  • Guardian
  • Attorney for the Alleged Incapacitated Person
  • Court Evaluator
  • Guardian ad Litem
  • Supplemental Needs Trustee
Admissions to Practice
  • State of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States Court of International Trade
Publications
Speaking Engagements