Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan

Anyone facing Chapter 7, 11, or 13 bankruptcy in South Florida gets a clear pitch here, backed by a West Palm Beach office at 1665 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and a second location in Stuart that runs by appointment. Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan has been practising since 2001, and the firm (which now operates as Kelley Kaplan Delaney & Eller, PLLC) keeps its focus tight on debt, business disputes, and the property fights that tend to follow both. That is a narrower remit than the all-purpose firms that try to cover everything, and the narrowness reads as a deliberate choice once you look at how the practice areas connect.

Bankruptcy and asset protection focus

Bankruptcy and asset protection sit at the centre. Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan handles the three consumer and business chapters, plus debt management work for clients who want to restructure before things reach a filing. The site does not treat bankruptcy as a single product. It separates the personal Chapter 7 liquidation from the reorganisation work under Chapter 11, and ties asset protection in as a forward-looking service for people who still have something to shield. For someone trying to work out whether their situation calls for a clean discharge or a payment plan, that distinction is the first thing they need, and Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan puts it up front.

Litigation and transactional services

The litigation side at Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan covers commercial and business disputes: contract fights, business torts, and creditor or debtor rights. That last category is telling. A firm that does both bankruptcy filings and creditor/debtor litigation has seen the same fight from both chairs, which usually sharpens the advice. Alongside the courtroom work sits a transactional practice handling entity formation, deals, shareholder disputes, and compliance. So a small business owner could, in theory, form the company here, get the contracts drafted, and have the same firm defend a dispute if one lands later.

Foreclosure defense and property protection

Real estate and foreclosure round it out. Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan takes on foreclosure defence, foreclosure alternatives, lease negotiations, and broader property protection. In a region that lived through Florida's foreclosure wave, pairing bankruptcy and foreclosure work is a sensible match, since the two problems often arrive together. The site also notes after-hours availability for clients who work during the day, a practical detail for anyone whose financial trouble does not fit into a nine-to-five window.

Scope across practice areas

None of these areas is presented as a specialism the firm dabbles in. Each gets its own treatment, and the connective tissue between them (debt, contracts, property, the businesses that touch all three) is consistent. A solo consumer drowning in credit card debt and a closely held company fighting a shareholder are both inside the stated scope, which is unusual range for a firm this size to claim credibly. The way Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan frames it, the overlap is the point: a defence lawyer who also files the bankruptcy can read the whole board, not one corner of it.

Contact details for both offices

Contact information is about as easy to reach as it gets. The West Palm Beach address, the main phone line at 561-264-6850, and a fax number are all on the site, with the Stuart office listed separately and an online contact form for anyone who would rather start in writing. Two physical addresses and a published phone number give a prospective client several real ways in, and for a law firm that does emotionally charged work, that openness is genuinely useful, since people often reach out at a low point and do not want to fight the website too.

Reputation across legal directories

On reputation, Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan comes through several channels in reasonable shape. Lawyers.com carries at least three reviews scoring 4.0 or higher, spread across two separate location profiles, and Martindale.com shows a similar picture with at least three reviews at 4.0 or above across multiple practice-area listings. The Better Business Bureau has accredited the firm since 2001, with Craig Kelley named as the principal contact on the BBB profile, and a quarter-century of unbroken accreditation is a steadier signal than any single star rating. There is a Yelp listing as well, though the review count there was not clear from a search.

Mixed reviews from clients

The picture is not uniformly glowing, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. AttorneyAtLaw.com carries mixed individual reviews, with at least one warm recommendation sitting next to at least one critical account. For a legal practice that does emotionally charged work, a few unhappy clients are close to inevitable, and a profile with only praise would be more suspicious than one with a dissenting voice. The weight of the third-party feedback still lands on the positive side for Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan, anchored by ratings at or above four stars on the two legal directories that lawyers tend to care about most. Debt and foreclosure clients rarely leave a case feeling happy even when the outcome is good, so a four-star average from that population is worth noting.

Behind the firm's name change

One point worth flagging plainly: the name on the listing, Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan, no longer matches the firm's current operating name. Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan now does business as Kelley Kaplan Delaney & Eller, PLLC. Same West Palm Beach base, same Craig Kelley at the helm, same practice focus. A prospective client searching the older Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan name should know they are looking at a firm that has rebranded, not a defunct one. The website and contact details carry through, so the path to reaching them is intact.

Weighing the practice's overall fit

Taken together, Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan presents a coherent offer: a debt-and-business practice with two Florida offices, a long BBB track record, solid directory ratings, and contact details that ask nothing of the visitor. The honest reservations are minor: the Kelley, Fulton & Kaplan name change and a stray negative review among the positive ones. For someone weighing a Chapter 13 plan against foreclosure defence, or a business owner who wants formation and litigation under one roof, the listing gives enough to act on. The practice scope is narrow by design, and whether a given situation fits inside that lane is a question the published information goes a long way toward answering.