David D. Hallock, Jr. Attorney At Law

Experienced business and corporate lawyer helping clients across Florida navigate risk, growth, and change. Outcome-oriented advisor with valuable background in accounting and finance.

David D. Hallock, Jr. has been helping business clients protect and expand their interests across Florida for more than 30 years. He provides legal and transactional counsel for a variety of individuals and entrepreneurs, family businesses, companies, government entities, corporate boards and committees, directors and officers, investors and investment funds, and nonprofits. His decades of experience include the full range of corporate and day-to-day business law matters involving contracts and agreements, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, health care, taxation, private equity transactions, banking and finance, and wealth protection planning.

David understands the need for customized solutions and collaborates closely with clients to identify sector-specific business challenges and goals. His background in accounting and finance allows him to pay close attention to the bottom line, guiding clients through operational challenges with an eye toward profitability and prudent planning for long-term growth. His transactional services include strategic planning, negotiations, formation and financing, regulatory compliance, due diligence, risk analysis, valuation, and succession planning. His international and comparative law background informs his approach to assisting clients competing in an increasingly complex, disrupted, globalized economy.

David is active in the greater Central Florida and Tampa Bay Area business community and a veteran leader of the GrayRobinson Lakeland office. He regularly collaborates with colleagues in the real estate, estate planning, litigation, and health care practices to provide comprehensive client service.

• Affiliations
  • Lakeland Bar Association
  • Old Republic National Title Insurance Agent
  • Catapult Lakeland, Inc.
    • Founding Board of Directors
  • ConnectEd Polk
    • Founding Board of Directors
  • Lakeland Economic Development Council
    • High Skills Representative
    • Board of Directors, Chair, 2014-2016, 2017-2020
  • Southeastern University, College of Arts and Music
    • Advisory Board, 2015-2020
• Credentials
  • LL.M., Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1989, cum laude
  • J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 1988, with high honors
    • Florida State University Law Review
    • Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Editor
  • B.S., Wake Forest University, 1985, accounting, cum laude
• Admissions
  • Florida