Lawyers

• Brian J. Accardo
• James S. Alves
• Brian H. Bibeau
• Winston K. Borkowski
• Richard S. Brightman
• Joseph A. Brown
• Katie S. Buchanan
• Diane W. Carr
• David W. Childs
• Paula L. Cobb
• Miguel Collazo, III
• Brian A. Crumbaker
• Peter C. Cunningham
• Virginia C. Dailey
• Ralph A. DeMeo
• Sarah M. Doar
• Jere L. Earlywine
• Michael C. Eckert
• Carl Eldred
• A. Tucker Mackie
• Vinette D. Godelia
• William H. Green
• Wesley S. Haber
• Gary K. Hunter, Jr.
• Mohammad O. Jazil
• Jonathan T. Johnson
• Jennifer L. Kilinski
• Brooke E. Lewis
• Robert A. Manning
• Frank E. Matthews
• Julie M. Murphy
• Jennifer L. O'Brian
• Eric T. Olsen
• Gary V. Perko
• Michael P. Petrovich
• David L. Powell
• Carolyn S. Raepple
• Timothy M. Riley
• Douglas S. Roberts
• D. Kent Safriet
• Gary P. Sams
• Amelia A. Savage
• Lynn S. Small
• Douglas M. Smith
• Dan R. Stengle
• Susan L. Stephens
• Cheryl G. Stuart
• Angela Morrison Uhland
• Roy Van Wyk
• Jason M. Walters
• Victoria L. Weber

David W. Childs

119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850.222.7500

dchilds@hgslaw.com


Experience

• CH2M Hill, Staff Engineer
• Appointed to Boating Advisory Council by Governor Charlie Crist, April, 2009

 Education

• Florida State University, J.D., with honors, 2005
• Mississippi State University, B.S., 2001

 Bar and Court Admissions

• U.S. Patent Bar, 2005
• Florida Bar, 2005

Publications and Presentations

• David W. Childs, Book Note, 13 Florida State Journal of Transnational Law & Policy 573 (2004) (reviewing AlexandreTimoshenko, Environmental Negotiator Handbook (2003)).
• David W. Childs, The World Health Organization’s Prequalification Program and its Potential Effect on Data  Exclusivity Laws, 60 Food & Drug Law Journal 79 (2005).
• David W. Childs, The Unresolved Debates that Scorched Kyoto: An Analytical Framework, 13 University of Miami International & Comparative Law Review 233 (2005).
• Richard S. Brightman & David W. Childs, Incidental Take Permitting & Habitat Conservation Planning, Annual Treatise: Environmental and Land Use Section of the Florida Bar (2006).
• Richard S. Brightman, David W. Childs, & Jim Stoutamire, Lecture:  Marinas, Marine Access, and Manatees, Florida Chamber "Summer School" Environmental Permitting (2006).
• "FDEP Biosolids Rulemaking Poised to Drastically Change State Reuse Practices" - Florida Water Resources Journal, June 2008.
• "The Endangered Species Act Listing Process" - 2008 ELULS Treatise.
• "Protecting the Florida Manatee" - Co-Author, 2008 ELULS Treatise. 
• "EPA Determines Numeric Nutrient Criteria Necessary for Florida; Fails to Settle Lawsuit" - Florida Water Resources Journal, March 2009.
• “"Transcending Tradition...The Expanding Roles & Relationships of the Clean Water Utility" NACWA's 2010 Winter Conference, Austin, TX (February 5, 2010)

Awards and Recognition

• Listed in Florida Trend's Up & Coming Legal Elite 2007 Edition.

David W. Childs Practices in: Administrative Law, Coastal Regulation, Endangered and Threatened Species Protection, Due Diligence / Regulatory Compliance Counseling, Oil and Gas, Submerged Lands, Water Resources, Water and Wastewater Utility Regulation.