Larry B. Childs

Larry Childs is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Birmingham office. Mr. Childs has counseled a variety of businesses, from financial institutions to medical providers and manufacturers, on a diverse range of matters.

Skilled in handling complex litigation, whether resolved through an early settlement, arbitration, trial or on appeal, Mr. Childs adopts the strategy of "relentlessness in the pursuit of excellence." He lays out a success strategy at the earliest stage of conflict and follows it until the client accomplishes its objectives.

Mr. Childs' focused strategic planning with constant adjustments assures clients that their ultimate goals are top of mind. Long-term relationships with clients, spanning decades in many cases, make possible his vision of being a true member of the client's team.

Although representing financial institutions has been a principal focus of his practice, Mr. Childs has "done it all" over his distinguished litigation career. From cases involving consumer class actions to industrial accidents, to criminal allegations against company executives, to claims by healthcare providers against health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and insurance companies, he excels at simplifying complex litigation and serves as a thought leader who combines ideas from diverse fields to achieve creative results. Mr. Childs led a litigation team in the Jefferson County, Alabama, bankruptcy case – one of the largest municipal bankruptcy cases in American history. He successfully argued a ground-breaking fraud-on-the-market securities case to an en banc federal appeals court. Mr. Childs recently obtained a multimillion-dollar arbitration award for a small healthcare provider. His greatest satisfaction comes from ending cases before they get off the ground – sometimes by talking the opposing counsel out of pursuing the claim. He has tried lawsuits and arbitrations in a variety of forums (including overseas) and successfully resolved disputes of all kinds. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Childs is a qualified American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrator.

Mr. Childs maintains a diverse portfolio of cases, including:

• bookkeeper embezzlement cases
• lender liability suits
• lending discrimination claims
• personal and corporate trust matters
• third-party bank fraud, including hacked electronic transactions and forged and fabricated checks
• regulatory matters
• securities class actions
• shareholder derivative lawsuits
• healthcare provider disputes
• non-competition covenant disputes