Nicholas G. Moneta
Counsel
Nicholas G. Moneta
Counsel
Nicholas approaches his practice with a good “bedside manner.” Because his clients’ legal concerns are often heavy, Nicholas brings levity to the situation while addressing the complexity of the matters at hand. Nicholas is naturally curious and an avid reader, which helps him be an informed advisor.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (516) 357-3522
Fax: (516) 357-3333
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY, 11556-0926
Practice Groups
Bar Admission
New York
Nicholas G. Moneta’s practice is focused on trusts and estates law, with an emphasis on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning and estate and trust administration. He advises individual planning clients, beneficiaries of estates and trusts, and fiduciaries. Nicholas regularly prepares wills and trusts, advance directives, and gift and estate tax returns. He frequently facilitates, among other things, irrevocable trust decantings and sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts. Nicholas represents clients throughout all aspects of probate and administration proceedings in the Surrogate’s Court.
Nicholas’ written work has been published in the New York Law Journal and the Trusts & Estates Law Section Journal of the New York State Bar Association. He has appeared in a handful of episodes in such television crime dramas as Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, and Unforgettable.
Court Admissions
United States Tax Court
Bar Affiliations
New York State Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Law Section, Estate Planning Committee, Executive Committee
Estate Planning Council of Long Island
Education
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, J.D., cum laude
Adelphi University, B.F.A., magna cum laude
News & Publications
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Over 25 Percent of Rivkin Radler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®
August 21 | 2025 -
3 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Receive LIBN Leaders in Law Awards
November 13 | 2024 -
Moneta and Pius to Speak at NYSBA Trusts & Estates Reception
November 5 | 2024
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He is the chairperson of the Estate Planning Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Trusts & Estates Law Section. As a member of the Section’s Executive Committee, Nicholas comments, votes on, and drafts proposals for new and amended trusts and estates-related New York legislation. Previously, Nicholas served as the Section’s Tenth District representative and the editor-in-chief of the Trusts & Estates Law Section Journal of the New York State Bar Association.
Nicholas currently serves as a member of the Executive Board of the Estate Planning Council of Long Island and as chairperson of the Council’s Associate Membership Committee. He is also a graduate of the Mid-Atlantic Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).
In 2026 Nicholas was named to Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers in America®. Ones to Watch is a recognition given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. He has been named to New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars since 2024 for Estate & Probate, an honor reserved for the top 2.5% of lawyers who exhibit excellence in their practice area. Additionally, Nicholas was given a 2024 Leaders in Law Award by Long Island Business News.
