Board of Directors

Kent J. Sprinkle

Kent SprinkleHastings 2003

Kent is a partner in the San Francisco office of Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, a California labor and employment defense firm with offices throughout the state.  Kent represents employers in various aspects of employment law, including wage and hour class actions, wrongful discharge, discrimination, and harassment.  He has substantial experience litigating wage and hour class action matters in state and federal court, including class action trial and appellate experience.  Kent also advises employers on handbook and personnel policies, wage and hour issues, and disciplinary matters.

Prior to joining Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, Kent was an associate at a small San Francisco labor and employment defense boutique and, before that, was an associate at Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, where he worked in the commercial litigation and labor and employment litigation groups.  While in law school, Kent served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  He also served as a certified law clerk in the San Mateo County District Attorney’s office.

Kent is a Tony Patiño Fellow from Hastings College of the Law, where he received his J.D. in 2003.  He received his B.A. in English Literature, from the University of San Francisco in 2000, where he graduated Cum Laude.