Law Offices of Larry E. Bray, P.A.

Focus and practice areas

The firm handles four areas of civil practice: probate, estate planning, real estate, and business law. These fields tend to meet in real life. A family that writes a will may later need to transfer a house, and a small company may want both a contract and a succession plan. Keeping the work together lets one office follow a client through more than one stage.

On the estate planning side, the firm prepares living wills, healthcare directives, powers of attorney, and revocable living trusts. It also administers trusts and estates after they take effect. In probate, the firm helps identify a person's assets and debts, works out who the legal heirs are, and files the paperwork the court requires.

How probate and estate work tends to proceed

Probate in Florida runs through the circuit court in the county where the person lived. Much of the effort is procedural. Someone opens the estate, the personal representative files an inventory of property, notifies creditors, and pays valid debts before heirs receive what remains. As a reviewer, I read the firm's stated probate services as matching those steps: locating assets, confirming heirs, and handling the court filings.

Estate planning happens earlier, before anything is contested. A person names who should make decisions on their behalf if they cannot, and who should receive property later. A trust can hold assets outside probate, which is one reason people set one up. The firm's documents, including powers of attorney and revocable living trusts, cover the common tools for that kind of planning.

Timelines vary. A small, uncontested estate can close in months, while a larger one, or one with a will dispute, takes much longer. Planning ahead with trusts and directives is often meant to keep that later process shorter and more private. These are general patterns in this area of law, and they describe how such matters usually move rather than any single case the firm has handled.

Real estate work

The firm's real estate work covers residential and commercial purchases, title matters, foreclosure defense, loan modifications, and short sales. A clean closing turns mostly on paperwork and a clear title. A title review confirms who owns a property and whether any liens attach to it, which matters before money changes hands.

Foreclosure defense follows its own track. After a lender files suit, the homeowner has a set window to respond, and options such as a loan modification or a short sale get negotiated while the case is pending. A short sale lets a property sell for less than the mortgage balance with the lender's agreement. These paths call for both paperwork and negotiation, which is the kind of work the firm lists under real estate.

Business, deals, and collections

On the business side, the firm advises on formation, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. It also handles creditors' rights and debt recovery, and it runs a consumer and commercial collections department. The firm offers ongoing counsel to small companies that have no lawyer on staff, so an owner has someone to call as questions come up.

Business formation starts with choosing a structure, often a limited liability company or a corporation, and filing with the state. Contracts and operating agreements set the rules among owners and with outside parties. A merger or acquisition involves reviewing the target, negotiating terms, and closing the deal with signed documents. The firm names each of these as part of its business practice.

Debt recovery fills a specific corner of that work. When an unpaid invoice or a defaulted loan reaches a lawyer, the early steps are usually letters and demands, then a lawsuit if payment does not come. A judgment, once entered, can be enforced through liens or garnishment under Florida law. A dedicated collections department pairs naturally with the creditors' rights side of the practice.

Who leads the practice

Larry Evan Bray founded the firm and is its president. He earned his J.D. from Nova Southeastern University Law Center in 1980 and a B.S. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1977. He joined the Florida Bar in 1981 and the New York Bar the same year, and he was admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1988. The firm states that he has practiced law for more than 30 years.

His work covers estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate administration, along with foreclosure defense, loan modifications, short sales, and both residential and commercial real estate. He also handles commercial transactions and commercial litigation, and he oversees the firm's collections department. As a reviewer, I note that the site profiles one attorney by name, which makes the client's main point of contact clear.

Offices and area served

The firm keeps its main office in Boynton Beach, with additional offices in West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, and Boca Raton. Its stated service area covers West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, and Palm Beach County more broadly. Four locations across the county give clients more than one place to meet.

The firm's site lists its practice areas, its founder's background, and the communities it serves, though it does not state a founding year. In my opinion, that leaves a clear enough picture for someone comparing options in Palm Beach County. Larry E. Bray has held his Florida Bar admission since 1981.