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 and Charter School Appeal Board.

Recent PUBLICATIONS
2018
Legal Issues Related to Student Discipline
for KKLL School District Client
Spring Legal Roundup
for PSBA
Clearances: They Show What? Can We Actually Hire Them?
for PASBO Annual Conference
Compensation Benefits in Status Quo and During Strike
for PASBO Annual Conference
2017
Spring Legal Roundup
for PSBA
Bargaining Trends from a Negotiator’s Perspective
for PASBO Collective Bargaining Symposium
2016
Spring Legal Roundup
for PSBA
Best Practices for Conducting Workplace Investigations
for Lancaster SHRM Breakfast Meeting
FLSA Overtime Rules for Public Schools
for PASBO HR Chapter
School Districts Play Book for CBA Negotiations Symposium
for Chester County IU
2015
Spring Legal Roundup
for PSBA
Act 153 Clearance Requirements for Employees and Volunteers
for KKLL Labor and Employment Seminar
Background Checks 2.0
for PSBA School Solicitors’ Symposium
Personnel and Medical File Management
for Lincoln Benefit Trust Summer Workshop
Amendments to the Child Protective Services Law
for Lancaster-Lebanon IU-13 Non-Public Presentation
Confidentiality & Privileged Communication: Counselor’s Notes and Records
for Lancaster-Lebanon School Business Officials
Act 15 of 2015 – Summary of Changes to Child Protective Services Law
for Lincoln Benefit Trust Summer Workshop
Typical School District Womb to Tomb Health Care Plans
for PASBO Annual Conference
EDUCATION
- Dickinson College
B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1989
Phi Beta Kappa - University of Pittsburgh School of Law
J.D., 1992
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- Partner, Kegel Kelin Litts & Lord 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. - Attorney, Bucks County Public Defender’s Office
1992-1995.
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
President (2013)
PUBLICATIONS
- Pennsylvania School Law Handbook, Pennsylvania School Board Association (Editor – 2001 Edition); (Contributing Editor – 2006, 2012 and 2018 Editions)
- A Resource Guide to Operating Under the Sunshine Act and Right-to-Know Acts: Public Access to Public Meetings, Public Records (Co-authored – PSBA, 2000)
KEGEL KELIN LITTS & LORD LLP
24 North Lime Street, Lancaster, PA 17602-2913
Phone: 717-392-1100 Fax: 717-392-4385