Douglas L Waldorf Jr.

Doug Waldorf is a shareholder of Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A. and has practiced law in Southwest Florida since 1987, including more than a decade as in-house counsel for SunTrust Bank. He is board certified in real estate by The Florida Bar since 2002 and listed in The Best Lawyers in America© in both Banking and Finance Law (2016-2017) and Real Estate Law (2016-2017), as well as in Super Lawyers©. Mr. Waldorf represents institutional and private equity lenders in structuring, documenting and closing commercial and residential financing transactions, mortgage foreclosures, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, forbearance agreements and other matters related to defaulted loan workouts and collection. In addition, his practice areas include real estate purchase and sale transactions, leasing and related landlord/tenant matters and title claims work.

Mr. Waldorf regularly serves as a lecturer for the Miami-based Center for Financial Training and for national webinar host, Total Training Solutions presenting banking-related seminars and webinars on loan documentation, loan defaults and collection, real estate law and mortgage foreclosure. He has served as Adjunct Professor at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Florida, teaching courses in real estate law and legal research and writing.

A lifelong resident of Southwest Florida, Mr. Waldorf is a member of Ave Maria Law School's Board of Advisors and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Alvin A. Dubin Alzheimer's Resource Center as well as its steering committee for the annual Alzheimer's Symposium hosted by the Center in partnership with Florida Gulf Coast University.