Joseph T. La Ferlita
Partner
Joseph T. La Ferlita
Partner
Joe recognizes that estate planning entails not only the application of complicated tax rules and strategies to a client’s financial interests, but also the careful consideration of each family’s unique dynamics and needs. Over his two decades of practice, he gained the necessary skills to help his clients achieve tax efficiency and family harmony.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (516) 357-3387
Fax: (516) 357-3333
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY, 11556
Practice Groups
Bar Admission
New York
Massachusetts
Joseph T. La Ferlita practices trusts and estates law, with an emphasis on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and tax controversy. He counsels individual planning clients, beneficiaries, individual and corporate fiduciaries, and not-for-profit entities, including public charities and private foundations, in connection with a multitude of estate- and trust-related matters in the Surrogate’s Court and the U.S. Tax Court.
Joe’s work includes drafting wills and trusts, estate and generation-skipping tax planning, audits of estate tax and income tax returns, the formation of not-for-profit entities, obtaining private letter rulings from the Internal Revenue Service, probate proceedings, administration proceedings, judicial accounting proceedings, judicial proceedings for advice and direction on behalf of executors and trustees, spousal elective share proceedings, and proceedings for the construction and reformation of wills and trusts. He also has drafted proposals for new and amended estate-related New York statutes.
Court Admissions
United States Tax Court
Bar Affiliations
Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Estate Planning Committee, Executive Committee
Estate Planning Council of Long Island
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
St. John’s University School of Law, J.D.
Boston College, M.A.
Fairfield University, B.S.
News & Publications
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La Ferlita Elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council
October 30 | 2025 -
54 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers®/Rising Stars
October 30 | 2025 -
Over 25 Percent of Rivkin Radler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®
August 21 | 2025
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Joe was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Council (ACTEC).
Joe is vice president and member of the Executive Board of the Estate Planning Council of Long Island, which is the current and seven-time winner of the Council of Excellence Award given by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.
Joe is Co-Chair of the Estate Planning Committee, and member of the Executive Committee, of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Joe was elected by a select group of his peers as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), which is a prestigious national organization of lawyers who demonstrate the highest level of professionalism in wills and trusts, estate planning, and tax law. Fellows are elected based on their outstanding reputation, exceptional skill, and substantial contributions to the field by lecturing, writing, teaching and participating in bar activities.
Joe was named to New York Metro Super Lawyers for Estate & Probate from 2023 to 2025.
Best Lawyers in America® recognized Joe for Trusts & Estates for the year 2026.
