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Bridgett Dion Bray
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Biography
Serving All of Georgia. The AFFORDABLE attorney for all your criminal needs. Handling all DUIs, Traffic, and Criminal cases.
Bray Law is the law firm you need in the time you need it most. No case is too small or large and no client is just a number to us. We are here for you when you need an advocate the most. Dismissal, Reduction, or Aquittal is our Top Priority.
We handle all DUIs, Traffic Citations, and Criminal cases in all cities and counties in Georgia.
Criminal Defense is more than just a job to Bridgett Bray. It’s her passion.
Bray Law proudly serves all of Georgia. We are based in west Georgia with offices in historic downtown Douglasville in Douglas County and Cedartown, Georgia. We handle cases in all Georgia magistrate courts, probate courts, state courts, superior courts, and federal courts.
If you can't make it to our office to meet, we will gladly meet you in a convenient location near you. We also will meet you in jail if needed.
Bridgett Bray worked with the Metro Conflict Defenders Office in Atlanta representing indigent clients in criminal matters, the Georgia Capital Defenders working on death penalty defense, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia during law school. After passing the Georgia State Bar Exam on her first attempt, she was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2013. Since graduation, she was an associate at the real estate law firm of O’Kelley & Sorohan before becoming a Special Assistant District Attorney in DeKalb County and an Assistant District Attorney for the Paulding Judicial Circuit.
With over 8 years legal experience from both sides of the courtroom, Bridgett Bray is the criminal defense trial attorney you need when you need it the most. She is qualified, experienced, and courtroom proven to provide the results you need. From arrest and bond to trial and appeals, Bridgett Bray has you covered.
Real. Zealous. Experience.
Education
Undergraduate DegreeGeorgia State University, 2008
- B.A. Philosophy Pre-Law, minor Political Science
- B.A. Psychology
J.D.Georgia State University College of Law, 2013
Experience
- Worked with Metro Conflict Defenders Office representing indigent clients in criminal defense cases
- Worked with with Georgia Capital Defenders representing indigent clients in death penalty defense cases
- Prosecutor with Dekalb County handling felony cases, ranging from thefts to murder
- Prosecutor with Paulding County handling felony, misdemeanor, and traffic citations
Practice Areas
8
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
20%
16 years
DUI and DWI
20%
13 years
Speeding and Traffic Ticket
20%
13 years
Expungement
10%
16 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Georgia for 12 years
State: Georgia
Acquired: 2013
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Location
Bray Law, LLC
6790 Broad Street, STE 452, Douglasville, GA, 30134
Bray Law, LLC
145 West Ave, #883, Cedartown, GA, 30125
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Posted by anonymous | November 16, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Unresponsive & Unprofessional
I hired this lawyer through off the record and immediately had a bad feeling when her Google review was less than 3.5 stars. She has not been responsive and has not listened to my request. Now I know why she is so defensive in her reviews, because they are being honest, and honestly, she sucks.
Bridgett Bray
Replied last November 19, 2023In this court, the solicitor does not review the citation until the court date. I explained to you there would be no updates until the first court date. At that time, you were told of the new date once it was reset. As for the offer, I think you are mistaken that it was just an offer. There was no agreement to a guilty plea. I attended court and spoke to the solicitor who is not willing to just dismiss the case but is willing to accept a guilty plea to a lesser, non-reporting charge if you want the driving class. I also discussed with you that if you want to take the case to a trial we can. However, you never got back with me about if you want to continue to a trial. As for the civil suit, you told me that a civil suit was filed and sent me an attorney's contact info and asked if that could be used for a dismissal. I asked you for clarification if that was your attorney or the attorney for the other party and, in relation to that, are you suing or are you being sued. You never replied to me. In sum, I got you an offer you could have taken advantage of that reduced this moving violation to a non-moving, non-reporting violation. If you didn't want to accept that offer, we could have had a trial and tried for a not guilty plea. I am not sure what else you wanted me to do for you in this case.
Posted by Rasheed | March 29, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes
Communication is terrible
After being told to pay my fines by a certain date I asked how to pay them twice and got no response and when I did pay my fines I was told I should not have payed them.
Bridgett Bray
Replied last March 30, 2023In your case, the offer requires you to complete defensive driving. You did not get it completed in time so we got the case extended to April for you. In my instructions to you, I stated “ DO NOT PAY until I let you know it has been reduced and made payable in the system. ” The citation could not be reduced without the proof of community service. Therefore, it wasn’t ready to be paid online. By making the payment online, you entered a guilty to the original speed. Without any proof of any hours completed, I could not do anything for you to help prevent this from going on your record after payment. Had you had the hours done, we could have asked the court to do a court correction on the speed. Also, when paying online, the system does tell you that you are entering a guilty to the charges so we do not have a legal argument for a motion to withdraw the plea.
Posted by Marcus | October 22, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Speeding & Traffic Ticket
Horrible Experience
TERRIBLE COMMUNICATION!! Do NOT use her to represent you. Never talked her not once the few times she did respond, it was between 2-3am in the morning. Very inconsiderate and unprofessional to let me know that I had to take a Defensive Driving class 5 days before my court date, when she could’ve adv...
Bridgett Bray
Replied last October 23, 2022Hi Marcus, I apologize you were not happy with my services. I believe we were able to get great results in your case. We were able to resolve your 20 mph over the limit speeding ticket with a plea to basic rules which is nonreporting and 0 points on your license in a very tough jurisdiction where reductions in speeding tickets are not common. As for the late notice, I conveyed your offer as soon as I got it from the judge. It was close to your deadline but this court does not give long extensions to complete conditions and the judge himself has to review the citation and your history before he will allow any offer of reduction. This deadline is just the deadline where you can get the conditions to me to give to him and he can approve them to make it payable. If you don’t meet this deadline, we can attend the next court date and request it. I explained this in my offer message to you. This deadline was not a deadline where the offer would not be allowed if you didn’t complete it, but we’d have to attend court and ask the judge for more time. He allows you to not have to attend one court date, but any further, he makes the defendant attend as well. So, in addition to arranging for you to not have to attend court at all and getting the case down to completely nonreporting. I was able to get the court to allow you to complete a class via zoom instead of in person. The offer was conveyed the same day I got the offer from the judge on 10/5. The next court date was 10/19. You had 7 days to complete the class if you didn’t want to have to attend court and wanted me to get the judge to pre approve the plea and reduce it so you could pay online and never have to come to court. If you couldn’t get the class done in time, you had 16 days to complete it but you would have to had attend court to show the judge in person and pay in person. If you couldn’t complete it in 16 days, we could request a continuance but you had to attend in person as well on the next court date to request that continuance. You messaged me on 10/5 at 8 am and texted me on 10/5 at 9 am. You received a response via text from me on 10/5 at 10:50 am. You had a concern about being able to complete the class but when I explained again that the class could be completed via zoom, you told me you could complete that without issues then. There were no follow ups with any concerns about completing the class or needing an extension. I thought you were fine once you realized it could be completed online. The next communication was you inquiring how to get me the certificate. You texted me in the morning and I replied that same day. You did not let me know you had made the payment on your case until 5 hours after your payment deadline and at 9 pm the night before your court date. I was able to let the judge’s office know you had paid to make sure he knew you didn’t have to come to court the next day. I reply and message my clients at night due to the fact that I’m in court all day representing my clients so I must work evenings, weekends, and late nights to promptly get back to clients instead of waiting until the next day when I may have a break between courts. I would rather communicate and send you messages and emails as soon as possible even if that is late night instead of letting communication be delayed in getting to the client. Again, I was never made aware that you had an issue receiving messages via an email late night instead of during the day. Other than the one family matter where you were not sure if you could get the class done in time, you never addressed any of these concerns to me until I see this review. Again, I apologize that you were not satisfied. Had you brought these issues to my attention, I could have taken other actions to try to help accommodate your desires or explain more to you about why there was such a short time window.
Posted by Carlos | April 22, 2022 | Hired Attorney
An Attorney that never have time to return your phone calls
If you want an attorney who is NOT going to reply to your emails, an attorney who is NOT going to call you back or return your phone calls, If you want an attorney who is NOT even going to call you to let you know the progress of your case, an attorney who will always give you excuses for not to resp...
Bridgett Bray
Replied last April 23, 2022I apologize you feel as if you did not get the response you needed in your case with my office. When your case was due to be paid to the court, I messaged you via the client messaging several times with no response from you. I contacted the court to get you more time to make the payment. After several weeks, you did finally respond letting me know you didn't make the payment. I searched my emails and no emails were sent to me from you. You did call me a few days ago with a message to give you a call back. In my voicemail, I make it clear that if you need me immediately, the best way to reach me is via text message and I leave my number for texting. You texted me and got an immediate response. Once you made it clear you were unhappy with me taking care of your problem via text, I explained to you I was in court all day yesterday and I can text during court but I cannot make phone calls. You continued to voice your displeasure of no phone call instead of explaining your issue and letting me try to help you. I got the judge to excuse me from court and stepped out to call you only to have another person answer your phone and tell me you were unavailable and was told to tell me you would call me back in 10 minutes. I explained to the friend to have you text me when you are available. I got no message for 15 minutes so I called back to reach your voicemail. I left a voicemail for you only to be sent another text from you complaining that I didn't try to call you and you left this review. Again, I apologize you feel as if you needed me to do more for you. In your case I got you a great result in your case, I tried to stay on you to pay the negotiated fine for the case, I contacted the court to make sure you didn't get a bench warrant or failure to appear due to your lack of action, and I responded immediately to your text message and called you not once but twice yesterday to have you not respond to my phone calls.
Bridgett Dion Bray's Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer. Bridgett is knowledgeable, responsive and zealously works to defend her clients."
"I endorse this lawyer. I have known Bridgett for years, and she is (and always has been) a top notch attorney! She is definitely the type of attorney you want in your corner both in and out of the courtroom."
"I endorse Bridgett because she does a great job advocating for her clients. She has been a ADA so she knows how the other side thinks and applies that knowledge to help her clients get the best possible results!"
"I had the privilege of working with Bridgett on several cases in the past. I fully endorse this lawyer."
"Bridgett is a very talented, intelligent attorney. I endorse this lawyer"
"I endorse this lawyer. I had numerous cases against Ms. Bray when she was a prosecutor. She was knowledgeable, tenacious, able to objectively look at both sides of an issue, and argue her position well. I believe she is an excellent addition to the criminal defense bar."
"Bridgette and I worked opposite each other on a criminal case. She prosecuted for the State zealously, while maintaining a professional and courteous demeanor. Having prosecuted criminal cases gives Bridgett excellent experience and insight that benefits her in defending those charged with crimes. I definitely recommend Bridgett for criminal defense."
"I endorse this lawyer."
"Ms. Bray is a former DA with a ton of experience. She is smart, effective and gets great results for her clients. I give her my endorsement!"
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Experience
Honors
2018
Top Contributor, Avvo
2017
Drugged Driving Training Completion (DUI Drugs), Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2017
Capital Litigation Training Completion, Association of Government Attorneys in Captial Litigation
2016
Drugged Driving Training Completion (DUI Drugs), Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2016
Lethal Weapon (Vehicular Homicide), Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2016
Joint Law Enforcement and Prosecutor DUI - Drugs and Alcohol, Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2015
Drugged Driving Training Completion (DUI Drugs), Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2015
DUI Basics Training Completion, Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2015
Protecting Lives, Saving Futures (DUI), Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2015
Litigation, Prosecuting Attorney's Counsel of Georgia
2012
Best Brief for Summary Judgement, Georgia State University College of Law
Work Experience
2018 - Present
Owner, Bray Law, LLC
2014 - 2017
Prosecuting Attorney, Paulding County Superior Court / Paulding Judicial Circuit
2014 - 2015
Prosecuting Attorney, Dekalb County District Attorney's Office
2013 - 2014
Associate, O'kelley & Sorohan, LLC
2012 - 2013
Legal Intern, United States Attorney's Office
2011 - 2012
Legal Intern, Metro Conflict Defender's Office
Associations
2015 - Present
Paulding County Bar AssociationMember
2013 - Present
State Bar of GeorgiaMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Administrative License Appeal
Dismissed
Theft by Shoplifting
dismissed after pre-trial diversion
Education
2013
Georgia State University College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2009
Georgia State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
2008
Georgia State University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2017
career fair
What Does the District Attorney's Office Actually Do?
Publications
2017
self-publication
Guide to DUI's in Georgia
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
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I received ticket erratic Lane change and it hindering me from getting a job, can I get it lowered or dismissed?
08 Apr 2018
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If a parolee absconded and parole end date expires can they still b arrested.
07 Apr 2018
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My son PED November 18 2018 . What’s the fee for a parole lawer
08 Apr 2018