Our Team

David Childs is a lobbyist, a lawyer, and an engineer. He helps a range of sophisticated clients solve problems with government and achieve business objectives. Often the solutions involve successful modifications to Florida statutes and regulations. Other times it involves supporting budgetary items critical to a client’s interests or helping clients identify and pursue procurement opportunities. Over the past 20 years, David has earned a reputation for forthrightness and an in- depth understanding of water resource and energy policy, the legislative appropriations process, and administrative procedures.

David drafted and helped pass significant state legislation, including springs restoration (SB 1228, 2025), reuse of phosphogypsum (HB 1191, 2023), essential state infrastructure (SB 7018, 2020), transmission line siting (HB 405, 2018), administrative procedures (HB 183, 2016), and water quality credit trading (HB 713, 2013). He is also engaged in the Legislative appropriations process and has helped clients receive millions of appropriated dollars.

David maintains deep relationships in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and has shaped environmental regulatory programs that affect community developers, large landowners, and water utilities, including potable reuse, collection system asset management, numeric nutrient criteria, and biosolids application.

David was appointed by Governors Crist and Scott to the Florida Boating Advisory Council. He was also selected to Leadership Florida Class 35 and subsequently served as general counsel to the state’s premier leadership organization. He was recently selected as among the “Best Lawyers in America for Environmental Law” and was Florida Politics’ Environmental Lobbyist of the Year in 2019.