Jeff Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell focuses his practice on corporate transactions and working with emerging and established businesses to provide strategic, growth-oriented legal advice, with practical in-house experience and public sector awareness. He has served as lead counsel on numerous venture capital financings, private equity raises, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and complex limited liability operating agreements.
As a small business lawyer, Mr. Mitchell has worked with hundreds of small business owners and founders providing advice for the growth.
Mr. Mitchell served on the staff of Governor Gerald L. Baliles, focusing on economic development issues and has served as a key political advisor to many Virginia elected officials including former Governor Mark R. Warner.
He has also served as a director and advisor for numerous business and civic entities, including several privately held companies. Governor Warner and Govenror Kaine both appointed him to the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges and he now serves as the Chairman of the State Board for Community Colleges.
He recently served as President of the Blacksburg Country Club and is the Immediate Past President of the Virginia Public Safety Foundation.
As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Graystone, Shivon provides vision and leadership for property development and renovation, P&L management, and exit strategies.
A graduate of Virginia Tech in Electrical Engineering, Shivon has served on Virginia Tech’s Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Advisory Board.