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In Loving Memory of our Founder
J. Charles “Charlie” Gray
March 26, 1932 – April 22, 2026
A Builder of Community, Opportunity, and People
Our Firm
Thriving where opportunity and risk converge.
GrayRobinson is a multidimensional team of professionals providing integrated legal, lobbying, and regulatory services to leading and emerging businesses, state and local governments, industry stakeholders, and entrepreneurs nationwide. We are agile, adaptable, and fully embedded to deliver results at the local, state, and federal levels.
We thrive where opportunity and risk converge. For us, growing and protecting your enterprise is a collective endeavor that requires a diverse network of talent and a clarity of ideas to overcome constraints and harness forward momentum. Our strategies and approach go beyond the conventional. We’re focused on outcomes – not barriers – to help create possibilities, cultivate conditions for optimal growth, and build resilience to rapid change.
Informed by the past, with our eyes on your future.
Grounded by more than fifty years of service and advocacy, we are intimately connected to Florida’s dynamic economy. Our people have helped transform commerce and communities across the Sunshine State and our growing ecosystem of resources and relationships has expanded to our nation’s capital and beyond. We collaborate with clients nationally from 16 key markets in Florida and Washington, D.C.
Built on individual instincts, shaped by shared experiences.
Built on individual instincts and shaped by our shared experience, we support and develop professionals who collaborate across service lines to strengthen strategic alliances, tap meaningful spheres of influence, and reframe critical conversations. We evolve alongside our clients in pursuit of new and different ways to help rewrite the future of business.
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Attorneys, Advisors, and Consultants
Experienced transactional lawyer representing clients in complex real estate financings across Southwest Florida. Known for personal touch with large banking clients. Richard Swift has supported clients in complex loan transactions for over twenty...
Richard J. Swift, Jr.
Fort Myers Managing Shareholder Fort Myers
With more than 30 years of experience, Susan Cardenas represents clients across a broad spectrum of real estate transactions, including financing, leasing, acquisitions, and sales. Her practice concentrates on banking, lending and structured...
Susan M. Cardenas
Key West Managing Shareholder Key West
Experienced litigator and trusted advisor handling complex legal matters across Florida and Southern Alabama. Offering a rare blend of litigation experience and financial acumen. Board-certified by The Florida Bar in Civil Trial and Business...
John H. Adams, B.C.S.
Pensacola Managing Shareholder Pensacola
Business-forward commercial litigator growing and protecting client interests with a service mindset and dedication to institutional awareness. Focused on limiting exposure, building resilience, and expanding opportunities for clients across Florida...
Mark Schellhase
Boca Raton Managing Shareholder Boca Raton
Adeptly formulates political strategy and policy for domestic and international clients. Harnessing 40 years of senior-level insight to guide clients successfully through the complex federal appropriations process. John Ariale brings nearly 40 years...
John Ariale
Washington, D.C. Managing Director Washington, D.C.
Accomplished advisor deeply connected to policymakers. Leverages political background and relationships to help public and private sector organizations achieve their goals in Tallahassee. Kirk Pepper has extensive experience in the political arena,...
Kirk Pepper*
Senior Government Affairs Advisor Tallahassee* Denotes non-attorney professional
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- Admiralty and Maritime
- Alcohol Beverage
- Appellate and Trial Support
- Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
- Banking and Finance
- Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
- Cannabis Industry
- Communications, Broadband and New Media
- Construction
-
Corporate
- Corporate - Overview
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Banking and Finance
- ERISA and Employee Benefits
- Exempt Organizations
- Latin America Capital Flight
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Regulatory Practice
- Taxation
- Technology Transactions
- Trade Secret, Noncompete and Unfair Competition
- Venture Capital
- Criminal and White Collar Defense
- Data Privacy and Security
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- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability and Toxic Tort
- Professional Liability Defense
- Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Regulatory Practice
- Marital and Family Law
- Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Public Finance
- Real Estate
- Religious Organizations
- Securities
- Technology Transactions
- Tobacco
- Transportation and Logistics
- Utilities