Damianos Markou

Damianos Markou

Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, LLP

Damianos Markou is an attorney with Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, LLP where he practices trusts and estates law, concentrating his practice in trust and estates litigation proceedings in the New York State Surrogate's Courts. Mr. Markou has extensive experience and has successfully represented individual and corporate clients in a variety of Surrogate's Court proceedings including Will contests, contested accountings, discovery proceedings, reverse discovery proceedings, construction proceedings, right of election proceedings, guardianships, administration proceedings and other miscellaneous Surrogate's Court proceedings. He has represented individual and corporate clients in the administration of estates and trusts and has successfully represented and defended clients' estate tax filings before the Internal Revenue Service and the New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. Mr. Markou is also involved in estate planning and the drafting of wills and trusts for his clients. While in law school, he enrolled in a summer law program in Moscow State University, in Moscow, Russia where he studied the Russian legal system in transition and the Russian language. After law school, Mr. Markou began his career as an attorney with a firm who had acted as Counsel to the Public Administrator of Queens County, New York representing clients in all aspects of complex Surrogate's Court proceedings.

Damianos Markou's Courses

  • New York Estate Planning: New Laws, Old Tools, and the Changes You Need to Make

    NY Specific

    Trusts, Estates & Probate

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
    New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
    New York CLE Approved 7 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
    OnDemand
    6 Pennsylvania CLE
  • New York Estate Administration From Start to Finish

    NY Specific

    Trusts, Estates & Probate

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 6.5 Total
    New Jersey CLE Approved 8 Total
    New York CLE Approved 8 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6.5 Total
    OnDemand
    6.5 Pennsylvania CLE