Benjamin B. Spratling III
Ben Spratling is a veteran public finance lawyer who has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and issuer's counsel for bond financings throughout the state of Alabama. His practice has focused on industrial development, infrastructure, utility and education financings, with longtime service as counsel to the Birmingham Industrial Development Board. He was a founding partner of the Birmingham firm McMillan & Spratling, which merged with Haskell Slaughter in 1986. Mr. Spratling is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance Law.
Mr. Spratling has been active in bar association service at the state and local levels. In addition, he has served as president of the Alabama Genealogical Society, as a director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, and as a nonvoting member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Admitted to practice:
Alabama
Auburn University (B.S., 1967)
Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1971)
University of Alabama (LL.M., Taxation, 1982)
"Copyright Law Surprises for Non-Copyright Lawyers", The Alabama Lawyer, 1993 (with Beall D. Gary, Jr.)
"Revision: The Case for Recompilation", Selected Papers and Constitutional Articles Prepared for the Symposium on the Alabama Constitution, 1995
"Court and Legal Records", Printed Sources, 1998
"Amendment 772: Economic Development Powers for Municipalities", Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys/Alabama Municipal Judges Association, Fall Municipal Law Conference, 2008
"Constitutional Amendment 772: Financing Muncipal Economic, Commercial and Community Development Projects", Alabama League of Municipalities Annual Convention, 2008
Lecturer on Professional Ethics, Birmingham Bar Association Seminars, 1999 - 2000
Adjunct Instructor of Business Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1975
