Jeffrey D. Litts
litts@kkaglaw.com

JEFFREY D. LITTS is a member of the firm’s Education Law Group, Litigation Group and Labor and Employment Law Group. Jeff's practice includes counseling and defending public school entities in the areas of civil rights, charter schools, collective bargaining, employee and student discipline, policy development, construction, and other education law issues. He regularly represents both public and private sector clients before state and federal courts, arbitrators and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Partner, Kegel Kelin Almy & Grimm LLP.
Concentration in education law, litigation, and labor and employment law.

Deputy Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania School Boards Association.
1999-2002.

Attorney, Sweet Stevens Tucker & Katz LLP.
1996-1999.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Sections on Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, and Litigation

Lancaster Bar Association
Sections on Labor & Employment Law, and Litigation

Pennsylvania School Board Solicitors Association
Board of Directors, Region 9 Director (2002-2006)

EDUCATION:

Dickinson College
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1989
Phi Beta Kappa

University of Pittsburgh School of Law
J. D., 1992

EDUCATION LAW  PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

“Spring Legal Roundup” for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (annual basis)

"Legal Update" for Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators (PACTA), State College, Pennsylvania (annual basis)

"Student Discipline in Pennsylvania" Lorman Education Services (December 2004 - Mechanicsburg, PA)

"Hot Topics in Managing and Avoiding School Liability Issues in PA" National Business Institute (October 2004 - Harrisburg, PA)

Contributing Editor, Pennsylvania School Law Handbook: 2006 Edition, 328 pages (PSBA, 2006)

Co-Authored, A Resource Guide to Operating Under the Sunshine Act and Right-to-Know Acts: Public
Access to Public Meetings, Public Records, 62 pages (PSBA, 2000)