James G. Dodrill - Boca Raton, FL
Attorney at The Law Offices of James G. Dodrill, P.A.
Securities Offerings Lawyers in Boca Raton, FL
5800 Hamilton Way Boca Raton, FL 33496
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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32
Years
Experience
Boca Raton Securities Offerings Lawyer
Updated: 10/13/2026
Areas of Practice
- Securities Offerings
- General Counsel Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Fund Formation
- Securities Law Compliance
- Corporate Transparency Act Compliance
Attorney Information
Overview
I have been working on corporate and securities transactions since 1988. My wife, Meredith, and I were married in 2000 and I am the proud father of two children (Brooke born in 2001 and Grant born in 2004). I am an active participant in my community, coaching basketball and baseball teams and volunteering in charitable organizations as well as at my children's school. I am a lifelong athlete and an avid golfer.
I graduated from Brown University in 1988 with a B.A. in Psychology. Additionally, I took classes in business management. While at Brown, I was a member of the track team and the co-founder and first president of a co-educational fraternity.
From 1988 through 1990 I worked as a corporate legal assistant in the mergers and acquisitions department at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. While there I assisted on some of the largest M&A transactions ever.
I left Davis Polk after two years and attended the University of Miami School of Law, with my electives focused on corporations, finance, and securities. I received my J.D., magna cum laude, in 1993, and was an Articles and Comments Editor of the University of Miami Law Review. I graduated ranked #8 out of 341 in my class and was named a Dean's Honor Scholar as well as a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi legal honor society. I served on the Corporate Law Digest and received American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts, Civil Procedure II, and Legal Ethics. Additionally, I authored Interstate Securities Corp. v. Hayes Corp.: Should the Economic Loss Doctrine Apply to Actions Against Fiduciaries?, 47 U. Miami L. Rev. 1193, and co-authored The ABCs of a Leveraged Buyout, 1 Corp.L.Dig. 1.
I started my legal career doing securities and general corporate transactional work in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Latham is one of the largest and most prestigious firms in the world. While there, my practice emphasized securities and general corporate law. Representative transactions included public and private offerings of common stock, preferred stock, and high-yield debt (representing both issuers and underwriters), asset and stock purchase transactions as well as drafting proxy statements, annual reports, 1933 and 1934 Act filings, and general corporate contracts.
In 1996 I left Latham and co-founded a company that designed, produced, and marketed golf equipment, apparel, and accessories, serving as President and General Counsel. While serving as such, the company successfully completed multiple rounds of private financing, achieved sales in seventeen states, and ultimately consummated an underwritten IPO.
The process of taking my own company public taught me that the experience smaller companies go through in these types of transactions is very different from that of the larger companies I had previously represented—and, oftentimes, not in a good way. I decided that I wanted to try and change this and subsequent to the IPO, I phased myself out of the company, resigning in early 2000 to start James Dodrill, P.A., a firm focusing on corporate and securities transactional law.
I’m honored to have received numerous professional awards and recognitions over the years. Among the more recent is being one of only four Securities and Corporate Finance attorney’s in Florida to be named a Super Lawyer in 2024.
My client base is global and I have represented clients located coast to coast in the United States and in approximately a dozen countries.
I am admitted to practice law in New York and Florida. I am a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, and the South Palm Beach County Bar Association.
Awards and Honors
Awards
Honors
- Top Lawyer in Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Illustrated, 2022 and 2026
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2024 - 2026
- Top Lawyers of 2025, The Boca Raton Observer, 2025
- Super Lawyer, Florida Super Lawyers, 2025
- Top Lawyers of 2024, The Boca Raton Observer, 2024
- Florida Super Lawyer, Florida Super Lawyers, 2024
- Top Lawyers of 2023, The Boca Raton Observer, 2023
- Best Business Lawyers, Expertise.com, 2022
- 8th most active investor counsel in US for PIPE transactions, Sagient Research Systems, 2008
- Dean's Honor Scholor, University of Miami School of Law, 1993
- Order of the Coif, University of Miami School of Law, 1993
- Magna Cum Laude, University of Miami School of Law, 1993
- American Jurisprudence Award - Civil Procedure II, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing, 1992
- American Jurisprudence Award - Legal Ethics, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing, 1992
- American Jurisprudence Award - Torts II, Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing, 1991
Other Sources of Feedback About James G. Dodrill
Included on the 2026 Florida Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1993
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Dean's Honor Scholar
Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, Editor
Non Legal Education
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Brown University, 1988
B.A.
Major: Psychology
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney
Past Positions
- Outlook Sports Technology, President and General Counsel, 1996 - 2000
- Latham & Watkins, Associate, 1993 - 1996
- Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, Corporate Legal Assistant
Classes and Seminars
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LinkedIn Live Podcast, From Paper to Profits: How Smart Operating Agreements Fuel Startup Growth, 2025
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"The Inside BS (Business Strategies)" Podcast, How to Legally Raise Capital and Go Public, 2025
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Lunch and Learn, Corporate Transparency Act: What attorneys and their clients need to know., 2024
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FLN Chapter Meeting, Ethics Presentation - considerations in responding to online reviews, 2023
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FLN - Florida Lawyers Network, Corporate Transparency Act, 2023
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Florida Lawyers Network, Digital Assets and the Securities Laws, 2022
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Fundraising Mastermind - Legal Panel, Fundraising, 2021
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Startup Bootcamp, Accelerating your startup., 2019
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Florida Lawyers Network, Beware the Euphemisms - Is it a securities offering?, 2018
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Business Israel Group - BIG February Meeting, Capital Raising: Legal Preparations, Strategies and Structures, 2018
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Business Fundamentals Bootcamp - Tactical Skills for the Growing Business, Legal and Corporate Considerations in Raising Capital, 2018
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BIG Boca Chapter - October 2018 meeting, Foundational Issues for Capital Raising Transactions, 2018
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BIG Boca - October 2018 Meeting, Foundational Issues for Capital Raising Transactions, 2018
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Seminar on Florida LLC Member Disputes, Key Issues and Clauses in LLC Operating Agreements, 2017
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Florida Lawyer's Network - Boca Raton chapter, Regulation Crowdfunding, 2016
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South Palm Beach County Bar Association - Solo Practitioners Dinner, Considerations in Raising Growth Capital, 2015
- Funding a New Business Venture, Funding a New Venture - The Legal Perspective, 2011
Published Works
Articles
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University of Miami Law Review, Interstate Securities Corp. v. Hayes Corp.: Should the Economic Loss Doctrine Apply to Actions Against Fiduciaries?, 47 U. Miami L. Rev. 1193
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Co-author, The ABCs of a Leveraged Buyout, 1 Corp. L. Dig. 1
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University of Miami Corporate Law Digest The ABCs of Leveraged a Buyout
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1999
- New York, 1994
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- South Palm Beach County Bar Association
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
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Contact
5800 Hamilton Way
Boca Raton, FL 33496
Phone Number: 561-907-4469
Email: Send a message
Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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