T: (239) 514-1000
F: (239) 514-0377
E: rgrant@gfpac.com
Practice Areas
Business and Real Estate Services
Education
University of Florida
J.D., with honors, 1972
University of Florida B.A., 1965
Bar Admissions
Florida
Memberships
American Bar Association
Florida Bar
(Real Property, Probate & Trust Law, Business Law, and Environmental Law & Land Use Sections)
Collier County Bar Association
Richard C. Grant
Florida Bar Board Certified in Real Estate
Professional Recognition
Richard Grant is a founding member of the firm and has practiced law in Southwest Florida since 1979. He has been board certified in real estate by The Florida Bar since 1987, and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. He has been recognized as The Best Lawyers in America “Fort Myers Area Best Lawyers Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for 2009 and 2013 and “Fort Myers Area Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year” for 2011. He received the 2012 Medal of Honor from Collier County Bar Association.
Areas of Concentration
- Real estate development and financing
- Real estate and business acquisitions and mergers
- Corporate and partnership law
- Construction law
- Condominium law
- Real property titles and land use
Representative Experience
- Project documentation for complex urban residential, commercial, and mixed use developments
- Complex multi tier partnerships, joint ventures, and corporate structures
- Development, construction, and permanent real estate financing, corporate finance, and mezzanine finance
- Complex construction contracts
- Internal disputes within complex partnership and corporate entities
- Sale and purchase of all types of real estate and businesses
- General counsel to several substantial business entities
Attorney Publications/Presentations
- Past speaker at Florida Bar seminars
- Past speaker at University of Miami Condominium Institute
- Past speaker at Collier County Bar Association seminars
Professional Involvement
- Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Committee (1999-2004) (2009-present), Chair (2002-03)
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners, Former Member
- 20th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Former Member and Chair
- Florida Bar Real Property Litigation Handbook, Former Advisor
- American Bar Association Subcommittees on Time Shares and Easements, Former Chair
- Collier County Bar Association, Former Director and Real Estate Attorneys Section, Chair
- University of Florida College of Law Center Association, Former Trustee
Community Involvement
- Economic Development Council of Collier County, Former Director and Chair
- Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Former Director and Chair
- Southwest Florida Land Preservation Trust, Director and Former President
- Boy Scouts of America, Southwest Florida Council, Former Director
- Forum Club of Collier County, Former Director
- Fine Arts Society of Collier County (now United Arts Council), Former Director and President
Military Experience
- U.S. Army infantry officer (1965-1968)
- Awarded Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman Badge