Richard A. Rodgers Attorney At Law

Sophisticated transactional advisor and certified public accountant helping clients create value and transformational change across Florida’s ever-changing business landscape.

Richard Rodgers guides clients through corporate, securities, and other business concerns, focusing on business acquisitions and dispositions. An experienced lawyer with a background in accounting and finance, he provides corporate strategy and advisory services on foundational and transformational M&A transactions across various market segments. Clients range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies and include entrepreneurs, emerging and leading innovators, investors, scale-ups, mid-size companies, large healthcare corporations, and some of the country’s most recognized brands.     

In addition to his work in the M&A sector, Richard represents clients operating across a broad range of growth segments, including personal services, technology, healthcare, finance and others. He collaborates with both public and private sector companies on a wide range of needs. His expertise includes the formation and governance of corporate, LLC, partnership, and other business organizations; the purchase and sale of stock, businesses, or assets; mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions; equity and debt financings; federal and state securities regulation; venture capital investments; recapitalizations; and franchising and licensing. He also manages the development and drafting of various corporate, commercial, employment, and shareholder agreements. 

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Richard was raised in Orlando from a very young age, where he graduated from West Orange High School. Richard joined GrayRobinson after clerking with the firm in 1994 and since has consistently been recognized as one of Florida’s leading lawyers. Richard helps business clients anticipate, prepare for, and leverage market opportunities, disruptions, and fluctuations. He frequently teams with GrayRobinson colleagues in the banking and finance, real estate, litigation, and taxation practices to provide comprehensive advisory services for clients.    
 

• Recognition
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2025
    • Corporate Law
      • Lawyer of the Year, 2019, 2023
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
    • Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Orlando Magazine, Best Lawyers, 2019-2025
    • Corporate Law
      • Lawyer of the Year, 2019, 2023
  • AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 2006-2025
• Affiliations
  • American Bar Association
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • The Florida Bar
  • Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, Past President, Director, and Butkus Award Committee Member
  • Leadership Orlando, Class 50
• Credentials
  • J.D., University of Florida, 1995, with honors
  • M.Acc., University of Florida, accounting, 1992, with honors
  • B.S., University of Florida, 1991, with honors
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1995-2025
• Admissions
  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida