Firm Overview

A New York City and Long Island Neighborhood General Practice Law Firm

New York City - The Big Apple and Long Island - It hardly seems appropriate to refer to the largest metropolitan area in the United States, by some measures the third-largest in the world, as a neighborhood. However at our two-attorney law firm in Queens and Hicksville, Scheich & Goldsmith, P.C., we consider our clients to be our neighbors. In fact our lawyers were born and raised in New York City, and are active in service to its communities, in Queens and Long Island.

Our attorneys provide sophisticated legal services.
Our Queens and Long Island attorneys, John Scheich and Michael Goldsmith, have both excelled professionally, beginning in their academic careers and continuing that record over fifty combined years of practice. Each matter at our law firm is handled by an attorney who is familiar with the client and the issues.

We take the time to get to know our clients.
We feel an important component of high quality legal services is the development of a strong and trusting relationship between client and counsel.As our client, if you have a concern and contact our office you will be able to speak with or meet with your attorney soon, usually on the same day. We have a twenty-four hour answering service, so you can reach us in an emergency.

Our lawyers offer legal services in a variety of practice areas.
We primarily assist our clients with representation in probate and estate administration, estate planning, trusts, real estate., personal injury claims, family-based immigration, and criminal law Often, we are able to assist clients in more than one area. A real estate transaction may lead to an issue regarding wills in New York State Surrogate's Court or probate court. A client we help with a car accident injury claim may later need help with a supplemental needs trust.

Attorneys at our firm assist clients throughout NYC and Long Island, in communities including Queens, Richmond Hill, Hicksville, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Bethpage, Woodhaven, Woodside, Rego Park, Flushing, Syosset, Mineola, Levittown, Plainview, Kew Gardens, Jamaica, Elmont, Hempstead, Valley Stream, Laurelton, Rosedale, Hollis, Queens County, Nassau County and Suffolk County. Surrogate's Court, criminal court, real estate transactions - as neighborhood lawyers we help our clients with a variety of issues.