PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Kareem J. Spratling focuses his legal practice primarily in the area of public finance. Mr. Spratling's public finance experience includes nationwide representation of clients in all roles. 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 $17 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, conduit issuers and charter schools. He has also served as counsel and drafted financing documents creating new financing programs for private entities, expressway authorities, counties and conduit borrowers.

Mr. Spratling's litigation experience includes validating in excess of $5 billion in bonds for various public entities. His general governmental experience includes drafting special legislation and documentation for state grants, and reviewing various governmental financing programs, including the legal audit of a $200 million complex financing program. Mr. Spratling also serves as general counsel to several entities.

Mr. Spratling is committed to sharing his public finance knowledge. He is the Past Chair of the National Association of Bond Lawyers’ (NABL) General Law and Practice Committee, 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.”

In addition, Mr. Spratling is a member of the Leadership Alliance Advisory Board (LAAB) and prepared its corporate documents and incorporating the LAAB on a pro bono basis.

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). 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 two honorees in Florida and the only Florida lawyer. In 2010, Mr. Spratling 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."