Spriggs Law Firm

Curriculum Vitae of Kent Spriggs

Education

• B.A., 1961, Bowdoin College
  With Honors in Government
• 1961-62 Harvard University
  Graduate School of Design
• LL.B., 1965, New York University
  School of Law

Further Education

• European University, Florence, Italy, 2008
  Summer School, International Human Rights
• Tulane University School of Law, Amsterdam, 2012
  Summer School, International Human Rights

Legal Experience

• 1971-present, private practice specializing in class action litigation primarily in the field of employment discrimination.
• Executive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Legal Services Program, Inc.
• Deputy Director, North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Program, Inc.
• Deputy Director, South Florida Migrant Legal Services Program, Inc.

Public Office

• Commissioner, City of Tallahassee, February 1981-February 1985
• Mayor Pro Tem, City of Tallahassee, March 1983 - February 1984
• Mayor, City of Tallahassee, March 1984 - February 1985

Teaching, Publications & Professional Activities On Employment Descrimination

Recognition

• Chosen as "Among Nation's Best Litigators in Employment Law"
  The National Law Journal, July 27, 1992, pp 34-35.
• Human Rights Award
  Southern Center for Human Rights
  November 1, 2007
• Rev. C.K. Steele Award for Civil Rights
  Tallahassee Branch NAACP
• Rev. James Hudson Civil Rights Award
  Tallahassee Branch NAACP
• Recognition of Excellence in Civil Rights
  Quincy Branch NAACP

Publications

• Edited Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-80 University Press of Florida 2017 Awarded the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award designation by the American Library Association
• Two essays
  The Guantanamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law
  edited by Mark P. Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz
  New York University Press, 2009
• Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII Actions
  Aspen Publishers, Inc. (2d ed. 1998)(two volumes),
  the annual supplement was published in September 1999.
  (The first edition was published in 1994 by Wiley Law Publications and was updated annually. Wiley Law Publications was purchased by Aspen Publishers, Inc. in 1998.)
• "Case Preparation for the Plaintiffs"
  Fair Employment Strategies in Human Resource Management
  edited by Richard S. Barrett
  Quorum Books, 1996
• "Section 1658 Provides Four-Year Statute of Limitations for Revised Portions of Section 1981"
  INSIDE Employee Rights Litigation
  John Wiley & Sons, July 1996
• "The Brave New World of the Changes in Discovery Practice Under the Federal Rules"
  17 Trial Diplomacy Journal, 143
  John Wiley & Sons (May-June 1994)
• "Some Low Visibility Issues of Statistical Proof of Employment Discrimination"
  The Florida Bar Journal (November 1988)
• Editorial Subcommittee on Chapter 36 "Proof" for Five Year Cumulative Supplement
  Second Edition (1989)
  Schlei & Grossman, Employment Discrimination
  American Bar Association Section of Labor Employment Law
  Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity Law
  Bureau of National Affairs
• "Expert Testimony on Selection Process"
  Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education
  Equal Employment Opportunity Practice 1986
• "Employment Discrimination Remedies"
  Co-authored with Thomas A. Warren
  Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education
  Equal Employment Opportunity Practice 1983
• Handling Employment Discrimination Actions
  Co-authored manual with forms with Albert J. Hadeed
  Hampton Publishers (1982)
• "Title VII Remedies" (Chapter 15)
  Federal Civil Rights Litigation
  Practicing Law Institute (1979)
• "Attorney's Fees in Employment Discrimination Litigation" (Chapter 8), and "Class Actions in Title VII" (Chapter 9)
  Federal Civil Rights Litigation
  Practicing Law Institute (1977)
• Book Review, Civil Rights Litigation
  5 Florida State University Law Review 558 (1977)
• What Really Works to Combat Sex Discrimination in Employment
  Conference proceedings transcribed
  National Organization for Women (1974)
• "Access of Visitors to Labor Camps on Privately Owned Property"
  23 University of Florida Law Review 295 (1969)

Teaching and Lecturing

• The Tallahassee Bar Association
  The Legal Framework of Detention at Guantánamo Bay
  (2007)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  Conference on Impact Litigation
  Seeking Class Action Status
  (Cambridge, MA 2005)
• Florida Employment Lawyers Association
  Semi-annual Conference
  Using Statistics in Non-class Action Cases
  (St. Petersburg Beach, FL 2005)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  The Use of Defendant's Electronic Records
  (San Antonio, TX 2004)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Proving Intent
  (Seattle, Washington 2001)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Use of Statistics in Employment
  Discrimination Cases(Washington, D.C. 2000)
• Florida Bar Labor & Employment Section
  Annual Employment Law Litigation
  Class Actions
  (Lake Buena Vista 1999)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Motions in Limine
  (New Orleans 1999)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Monterey, 1998)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Toronto, 1997)
• ALI-ABA
  The Big Case
  (New Orleans, 1996)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Water Valley, NH 1995)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Blaine, 1994)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Orlando, 1993)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Class Actions
  (Vail, 1992)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Use of Statistical Proof
  (Cape Cod, 1991)
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  National Convention
  Use of Computers in Complex Litigation
  (Lake Tahoe, 1990)
• Institute for Criminal Justice
  Annual Conference
  Use of Computers in Complex Litigation
  (Key West, 1990)
• Florida Legal Services
  Advanced Seminar
  Complex and Class Action Litigation
  (Tampa, 1990)
• Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education
  Equal Employment Opportunity Practice 1988
  Title VII Class Actions
  (Orlando, 1988)
• NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
  Airlie Conference
  Title VII, Stage II Problems
  (Warrenton, Virginia, 1986)
• Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education
  Equal Employment Opportunity Practice 1986
  (Miami, 1986)
• Florida Bar, Continuing Legal Education
  Equal Employment Opportunity Practice
  "Employment Discrimination Remedies"
  (Miami, 1983)
• American Bar Association
  Institute on Litigation of EEO Remedies
  Attorney for the Intervenors
  (Washington, 1982)
• Hampton Seminars
  Handling Employment Discrimination Actions
  (Tampa, 1982)
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  "Litigating an Employment Discrimination Case"
  (Miami, 1980) (two days, principal instructor)
• Florida Bar and American Bar Association
  Conference on Public Interest Law
  Lecture: Title VII
  (Nova University Law School, Ft. Lauderdale, November 1979)
• Florida Chamber of Commerce, Florida Board of Regents, Florida Council of 100, et al.
  "Women Moving Forward" (Conference on the Economic Status of Women)
  Lecture: "The Legal Arena: Realities & Limitations"
  (Orlando, October 1979)
• International Association of Democratic Lawyers
  Legal Rights of Women in the Workplace
  Lecture: "The Role and Position of Women: In Law and Practice"
  (Cambridge, England; September 1979)
• Practising Law Institute
  Federal Civil Rights Litigation
  Lecture: "Employment Discrimination Remedies"
  (New Orleans, 1979)
• National Organization for Women
  Florida State Convention
  Seminar on Title VII
  (Tallahassee, 1979)
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
  Training Program
  (Chapel Hill, 4 days 1978)
• Legal Services Lawyers
  Training Conference
  (Orlando, 1977)
• Practising Law Institute
  Federal Civil Rights Litigations
  "Title VII Remedies"
  (Dallas, 1977)
• Florida Commission on Human Relations
  Conference (Tampa, 1976)
• Florida State University, School of Law
  "Sex Roles and the Law"
  (Employment Discrimination; 8 hours)
  (Tallahassee, 1976)
• National Organization for Women
  Florida Conference on Legislative Strategy
  "The Effect of ERA on Employment Discrimination"
  (Tallahassee, 1975)
• Florida State University, School of Law
  "Law of the Poor"
  (Employment Discrimination; 9 hours)
  (Tallahassee, 1974)
• National Organization for Women
  Pensacola Chapter Conference
  (Pensacola, 1974)


• National Organization for Women
  Southeastern Regional Meeting
  (Employment Discrimination)
  (Tallahassee, 1974)
• Florida Commission on Human Relations
  Conference (Fort Myers, 1973)
• Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund
  "Employment Discrimination Against Farm Workers"
  (San Antonio, 1969)
• Reginald Heber-Smith Fellowship Training
  Training for the National OEO Legal Services Fellows
  "Employment Discrimination Against Farm Workers"
  (Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1969)

Professional Activities

• National Employment Lawyers Association
  served on the Executive Board for three years formerly Chair of Class Action and Federal Rules Committees
• American Bar Association
  (Labor Law Section & Litigation Section)
• The Florida Bar
  (Labor Law Committee & Administrative Law Committee)
• Member of Now Defunct Advisory Committee on Revision of Local Rules of United States
  District Court, Northern District of Florida
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Member of the Editorial Board
  Inside Employee Rights Litigation
  Panel Publishing