Guston Law PC

Guston Law PC is a family lawyer in Hawthorne, New Jersey. The firm handles adoption, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, estate planning and probate, guardianship, and non-profit law. It represents both birth parents and adoptive parents, and it also works with families on guardianship matters for elderly or incapacitated individuals, including guardianship of the person and guardianship of the estate. The firm holds a rating of 4.70 based on 80 reviews.

Guston Law PC is a family owned firm, and it states that its lawyers and staff have years of experience and training working with families and people of all backgrounds, races, religions and communities. Deb Guston joined the practice in 1988, after Herb Guston founded it as a solo practice in 1972. Debra E. Guston is a Fellow and Past President of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, an international organization of 500 attorneys admitted for their experience and expertise in family building law.

The firm's estate litigation work covers disputes over who should serve as an administrator, disagreements over the distribution or sale of property, questions about the validity of a Will, and actions taken under a Power of Attorney. On the non-profit side, Guston Law helps clients form tax-exempt organizations, get them running, and maintain them with good governance standards. The office selects a charity each year in honor of clients and business associates, and staff may take MLK Day and September 11 for public service.

The office sits on Harristown Road, about 0.1 miles from the Hawthorne train station and 0.2 miles from Wagaraw Road and Stevenson Brook. Saint Anthony's School and the Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center are both about 0.3 miles away, and Lincoln Avenue is about 0.4 miles away.

Clients describe the firm as knowledgeable and responsive through adoption and special needs support matters, and the firm's rating reflects that record. For families in Hawthorne navigating adoption, guardianship, or estate matters, Guston Law PC brings decades of family building experience to the work.