Crawford

A major focus of Mr. Crawford's practice is serving as a client relationship manager, advising clients on conflict avoidance, risk management and practice coordination. He is also a member of the Firm's Commercial Litigation Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation including financial institution and general business disputes.

• Commercial Litigation
• Banking & Bank Regulatory
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Financial Services Litigation

Larry Crawford is a member of the Firm’s Commercial Litigation Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation including financial institution and general business disputes. A major focus of Larry’s practice is serving as a client relationship manager, advising clients on conflict avoidance, risk management and practice coordination.

Over the course of his career, Larry has handled a wide range of business disputes on behalf of corporate clients, including contract issues, business interruption issues, supply chain issues and other issues that arise. In the financial sector, he has handled almost any type of litigation issue a bank may face and has broad experience in securities litigation.

As for his work as a client relationship manager, clients love Larry’s ability to see the big picture, to connect dots across offices and practice groups, to bring resources to bear, to solve problems and to think strategically.

Larry is Martindale-Hubbell AV®-Preeminent Peer Review Rated. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation from 2006-2025 and in Litigation – Banking and Finance from 2011-2025. He has also been selected by Best Lawyers in America® as Lawyer of the Year in Litigation – Banking and Finance for Memphis for 2017 and 2022. Larry has also been listed in Super Lawyers®, Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business Litigation from 2007-2023.

Larry is a fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association and a fellow of the Memphis Bar Association. He is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Access to Justice Committee. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and the Corporate Partner Committee of the Dixon Gallery & Gardens, a former Chair of the Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice, a former member of the board of directors for Youth Leadership Memphis and a past president of and a member of the Board of Trustees of Memphis Museums, Inc.

Larry completed his undergraduate education at Rhodes College and earned his Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association, the ACC/TBA Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Working Group and the Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association.

• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV®-Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• Best Lawyers in America®
  • Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Banking and Finance (Memphis), 2017, 2022
  • Commercial Litigation, 2006-2025
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance, 2011-2025
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2025
• Super Lawyers®
  • Mid-South Super Lawyer, Business Litigation, 2007-2023

• Tennessee, 1980

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1980
• Rhodes College, B.A., History, 1977
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • P.K. Seidman Award winner 

• Clerkship, Judge Robert M. McRae, Jr., 1980-1981

• Tennessee Bar Association
  • Fellow
  • Access to Justice Committee
    • Member
• ACC/TBA Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Initiative Working Group
• Memphis Bar Association
  • Fellow

• Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Board of Trustees
• Community Legal Center, Advisory Committee
• Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice
  • Chair, 2013
  • Vice-Chair, 2012
• Youth Leadership Memphis, Inc.
  • Board of Directors, 2012-2013
• Board of Trustees of Memphis Museums, Inc.
  • Past President, 2012-2013
  • Former Member, 2006-2013