Forty-five years of Florida practice, still answering his own phone

A practice built on repetition, not reinvention

Robert G. Harris has practiced estate planning and real estate law for 45 years. In that time the documents have changed names, the statutes have been renumbered and the filings have moved online — but the questions clients ask have not. Who should make decisions if I cannot? Will my children have to go through probate? Is this contract fair? Is there anything wrong with the title?

Because he has answered those questions for four and a half decades, the work is efficient. There is no research phase billed to you while the firm learns Florida homestead law or how the Palm Beach County Probate Division actually processes a petition. The advice you get in the first free conversation is usually the same advice you would get after a month of study elsewhere.

Why estate planning and real estate belong together

In South Florida, an estate plan almost always contains real property, and a real estate transaction almost always raises an estate question. A homestead cannot be devised freely when there is a spouse or minor child. A rental duplex titled in one spouse's name defeats the trust it was supposed to fund. A seller dies mid-contract and the closing suddenly needs letters of administration.

Keeping both practices in one office means those collisions get caught before they become expensive. Mr. Harris can draft the trust and prepare the deed that funds it, or run the title search and spot the probate defect that clouds it, in the same file.

Working with All County Property Management, The South Team

Mr. Harris works with All County Property Management, The South Team. Clients should know that when they hire this firm, they are hiring an attorney who works alongside a professional property management operation. For landlords, investors and owners of rental property in Boca Raton and the surrounding communities, that combination is unusually practical: lease review, notices, evictions, contract disputes and eventual sale or transfer of the property can all be discussed with someone who understands the operating side as well as the legal side.

Support staff, ready when volume rises

The firm maintains a ready-to-respond support arrangement so new matters never wait behind a busy week. Calls get returned, documents get prepared and closings stay on schedule even during seasonal surges — while the substantive legal judgment stays with Mr. Harris.

How a matter usually begins

• A free conversation. By phone or at the Glades Road office. You describe the situation; you get an honest read on whether legal work is even needed yet.
• A written scope and fee. Estate planning is quoted as a flat fee. Probate, real estate and litigation matters are scoped after the facts are clear.
• Drafting and review. Documents are prepared, then walked through with you line by line — in plain English, not statute citations.
• Signing or closing. Witnesses and notarization handled properly, so the documents survive scrutiny years later.