**Exhibit 31.01**

 

Section 302 Certification of the CEO

 

I, Thomas A. Broughton III, certify that:

 

1.      Ihave reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.;

 

2.      Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report;

 

3.      Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presentedin this report;

 

4.      Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) disclosed in this report any changein the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.      Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orperson’s performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 

 

A signed original of this written statementhas been provided to the registrant and will be retained by the registrant and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commissionor its staff upon request.