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G. Ray Driver, Jr.

Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
    Commercial Transactions / UCC Law...
  • Law School:
    University of Florida
  • Website:
    https://www.drivermcafee.com
  • Location:
    Wells Fargo Center, Suite 1200
    One Independent Drive
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
Practicing law for over 20 years, founding partner Ray Driver focuses on corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), business, contracts, venture capital and securities law. He represents clients in business acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, as well as providing ongoing counseling regarding business formation, corporate governance, contract law and ancillary legal issues. He also counsels clients in obtaining capital through private placements, venture capital investments and other financing transactions.

Lawyer Bio

Practicing law for over 20 years, founding partner Ray Driver focuses on corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions), business, contracts, venture capital and securities law. He represents clients in business acquisitions, dispositions and mergers, as well as providing ongoing counseling regarding business formation, corporate governance, contract law and ancillary legal issues. He also counsels clients in obtaining capital through private placements, venture capital investments and other financing transactions.
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Education:

  • University of Florida, M.A. with honors (Accounting), graduated 1994
  • University of Florida , J.D. with honors, graduated 1994
  • University of Montevallo, B.A., Business Administration and Accounting, graduated 1989

Bar Admissions:

  • Florida, 1995

Affiliations:

  • Community Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation - Chair of Board of Directors
  • Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce - Board of Directors, General Counsel & Trustee
  • Jacksonville University - Board of Trustees
  • Michael E. Stephens College of Business at University of Montevallo - Board of Advisors
  • Public Policy Institute at Jacksonville University - Board of Advisors
  • Rotary Club of Deerwood - Past President
  • The Jacksonvillle Bar Association - Past President and Board of Governors
  • The Players Council - Board of Directors

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Jacksonville (2019)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Jacksonville (2016)
  • Corporate Law, Jacksonville (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Venture Capital Law
 

Awards:

  • AV Peer Review Rated by Lexis Nexis | Martindale Hubbell 
  • Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2016 Jacksonville Ultimate Attorney
  • Daily Record‘s 2014 Jacksonville Lawyer of the Year 
  • Jacksonville’s Top 50 Business Influencers by Advantage Business Magazine, 2014
  • Florida’s Super Lawyers list (2011 – 2018)

  • Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (since 2004)

    Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame (2013)

 

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Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow, PLLC
https://www.drivermcafee.com
 
Headquarters
Wells Fargo Center, Suite 1200
One Independent Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 301.1269