PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Kareem J. Spratling is the Managing Shareholder of Bryant Miller Olive’s Tampa Office, the firm’s largest office. He focuses his legal practice primarily in public finance. Mr. Spratling's public finance experience includes nationwide representation of clients in bond financings and other complex debt instruments. Mr. Spratling is particularly skilled in the role of bond counsel on conduit bond transactions. Mr. Spratling has provided counsel on transactions with a combined principal amount in excess of $20 billion. He has represented governmental and quasi-governmental entities at all levels, including: the United States of America, the State of Florida, and multiple Florida counties, cities, ports, housing/housing finance authorities. He has also served as counsel to numerous private business entities, including banks, hospitals and nonprofit educational institutions.

In the courtroom, Mr. Spratling has served as lead counsel in the validation of billions in bonds for various public entities, including bonds for everything from hospitals to university buildings to sports stadiums. His general governmental experience includes, among other matters, drafting legislation and documentation for state grants and intergovernmental cooperation programs. A passion project, Mr. Spratling serves as ongoing review bond counsel for a general obligation bond program designed to acquire, restore and preserve thousands of acres of environmentally sensitive land. He also serves as general counsel to several entities.

Mr. Spratling is committed to sharing his public finance knowledge. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ (NABL) Board of Directors, and he regularly lectures at NABL’s professional educational seminars. For several years, Mr. Spratling has prepared the materials for and taught the "Public Finance" portion of the Florida Bar’s "City, County and Local Government Law Certification Course."
Mr. Spratling received a Juris Doctor degree from The Florida State University College of Law in May 2006 and two Bachelor of Science degrees from The Florida State University in August 2002. While in law school, he was a member of both the Mock Trial and Jessup Moot Court teams, the first student member of the College of Law Board of Directors, and President of both the Black Law


Students Association (BLSA) and the Student Bar Association (SBA). After law school, Mr. Spratling has continued his service to the law school, including serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors and serving as one of three founding members of the law school's Black Alumni Network. In 2025, Mr. Spratling was individually recognized by Chambers and Partners for his excellence in legal knowledge and outstanding client service in public finance. In 2024, Mr. Spratling received a "Super Lawyer" rating in public finance, as published in Super Lawyers Magazine. In 2017, Mr. Spratling was named to the Tampa Business Journals "Up and Comers" list. In 2016, Mr. Spratling was named one of 24 inaugural "Rising Stars" by The Bond Buyer magazine, one of only two honorees in Florida and the only Florida attorney. In 2010, he received a "Rising Star" Super Lawyers rating, as published in Super Lawyers Magazine, an honor earned by less than 2.5% of attorneys in Florida and only 2 public finance attorneys. Mr. Spratling is also a recipient of the Tampa Seminole Club's "Torch Award" and has been named "Alumni of the Month."