Sawyer & Sawyer, P.A.

Focus and service area

Carolyn and Dr. Thomas Sawyer established Sawyer & Sawyer, P.A. in 1994. Their daughter, Cary, joined in 1998, and her husband, Tom Moss, joined in 2003. The firm's history has a clear family thread and a long stated presence in Orlando.

The practice concentrates on estate planning and elder law. Its listed work includes long-term care and Medicaid planning, guardianship, supplemental needs planning, estate settlement, and probate. Related services cover wills, living and revocable trusts, trust administration, durable powers of attorney, advance directives, living wills, and HIPAA releases.

The firm serves clients across Central Florida. Its stated service area includes Orange, Lake, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. In my opinion, this defined geographic reach and focused set of services give prospective clients a useful picture of the matters the attorneys handle.

Estate planning documents and decisions

Wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, and health care documents form much of the firm's published estate planning work. Each document addresses a different part of a person's affairs. The useful combination depends on the client's assets, family circumstances, chosen decision-makers, and long-term wishes.

A will generally states how probate assets should pass and may identify a proposed personal representative. A revocable trust can hold assets under written instructions for management and later distribution. The person creating the trust must still decide which property belongs in it and who will serve as trustee.

A durable power of attorney can give another person authority over financial or legal matters. Advance directives and living wills record health care preferences, while a HIPAA release can permit access to protected medical information. These documents call for careful choices about who receives authority and when that authority applies.

Long-term care, Medicaid, and guardianship

Long-term care planning often connects health needs with financial and family decisions. The firm's listed services include planning related to Medicaid, which can require a close review of assets, income, care arrangements, and applicable benefit rules. Timing and documentation can affect how an application proceeds.

Supplemental needs planning is another stated area of the practice. Such planning commonly addresses how funds will support a person with a disability while accounting for benefit program rules. The governing document, the source of the funds, and the trustee's duties can all shape the plan.

Guardianship brings a court into decisions about personal care, property, or both. A court generally reviews evidence about the person's capacity and considers the authority requested in the petition. If the court appoints a guardian, later filings and oversight may form part of the case. Sawyer & Sawyer lists guardianship among its services, and both Thomas Moss and Grayson Bogert identify it as part of their work.

Probate and trust administration

Estate settlement can involve locating governing documents, identifying property, reviewing debts, and determining who receives the remaining assets. Probate places that work under court supervision when the estate requires a formal proceeding. The personal representative carries out duties under the will and applicable law, subject to the court's authority.

Typical probate work may include filing the will, seeking appointment of a personal representative, preparing an inventory, addressing creditor claims, and requesting authority for final distribution. The exact steps depend on the estate and the type of proceeding. The firm's published practice includes estate settlement and probate, and two of its attorneys identify this work as a central part of their careers.

Trust administration follows the terms of the trust and the duties imposed on the trustee. Common tasks include identifying trust property, collecting records, communicating with beneficiaries, paying proper expenses, and making authorized distributions. Legal advice may also help a trustee understand deadlines, accounting duties, and questions raised by the trust language.

How the attorney team is built

The firm currently lists three attorneys with defined roles. Cary L. Moss is the managing partner, Thomas P. Moss is the senior attorney, and H. Grayson Bogert is an associate attorney. Bogert joined the elder law team in 2025.

Cary Moss has focused her legal career on elder law and estate planning. Her stated areas include estate settlement, probate, trust administration, long-term care planning, and estate planning. This mix connects planning documents with the later work required after a death or during a period of long-term care.

Thomas Moss holds advanced degrees in law and business. His practice focuses on estate planning, guardianship, estate settlement, probate, and trust administration. Bogert works on estate planning, guardianships, and long-term care planning, which places him within several of the firm's main service areas.

Professional participation

Cary Moss served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys. That service included a term as president. She also serves on the Florida Joint Public Policy Task Force for the Elderly and Disabled.

Thomas Moss is a member of the Orange County Bar Association. He formerly served as co-chair of its Estate, Guardianship and Trust Law Committee section. He also belongs to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.

Bogert's connection to probate and trust law began during his legal education. During law school, he served as a board member of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Student Section. He joined Sawyer & Sawyer as an associate attorney in 2025.

Office location and Friday availability

Sawyer & Sawyer publishes its office address as 8913 Conroy Windermere Rd., Orlando, Florida. The street address gives prospective clients a specific destination when planning an office visit or directing correspondence. Clients should confirm any visit with the firm, particularly when documents need to arrive by a particular date.

The published telephone number is (407) 909-1900. The record also presents it as 407-909-1900, but both formats contain the same digits and direct callers to the same listed number. Keeping that number with the office address may help clients coordinate document exchanges or ask about scheduling. The available record does not describe separate telephone lines for individual attorneys.

The office closes at noon on Fridays. That shortened Friday schedule is a practical detail for clients who need to reach staff, arrange a visit, or coordinate delivery of original documents. A person working with a Friday deadline should account for the noon closure when contacting the office. The record does not provide opening hours for the other weekdays, so those times should be confirmed directly.

An additional attorney affiliation

Thomas P. Moss is also a member of WealthCounsel. This affiliation appears alongside his other professional memberships in the firm record, although the record does not identify a committee position or leadership title connected with it. For directory readers reviewing attorney backgrounds, the distinction matters: the available information supports listing Moss as a member, without assigning him a broader role in that organization.

This additional affiliation belongs specifically to Moss rather than to the firm as a whole. It adds one more verifiable detail to his professional profile while keeping the description within the limits of the published record. Prospective clients who consider professional memberships when selecting counsel can take the affiliation into account and ask Moss how it relates to his current work.