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Mr.
946A Glendale LN
Nashville
TN
37204
Bruce A. Kittle
B.B.A. 1983, University of Iowa,
J.D. 1989, University of Iowa Law School
M.Div. 1998, Chicago Theological Seminary
Bruce Kittle, is an attorney, ordained pastor, mediator, and football coach (currently serving as offensive line coach at Lipscomb Academy). As an attorney he has worked primarily in the area of criminal defense. In addition to his law practice, Bruce has worked in the area of restorative justice, mediation, and conferencing since the mid 1990’s, both in private mediation practice and also as part of the state prison systems and probation and parole. Bruce has a specialty in the area of Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue, having worked in prison settings on cases involving serious and violent offenses as well as juvenile settings. Bruce is ordained with the United Church of Christ and lives with his partner Jan in Nashville.
After obtaining my law degree in 1989 (and a federal clerkship and 4 years practicing law) I took a job with the University of WI law school teaching in a legal clinic that provided legal services to inmates. In that process was trained and thereafter served as Director of “The Restorative Justice Project” conducting prison based victim offender mediations in crimes of severe violence.
After 8 years in this capacity I moved back to Iowa and worked with the Iowa Peace Institute, doing school based restorative justice training and interventions, as well as private mediations in all kinds of civil cases. I also served as a consultant with the Iowa Department of Corrections working with the implementation of restorative justice principals
I then spent almost 8 years with the 6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Serivces coordinating their “Circles of Support” program, working with high risk offenders returning to the community from prison. I also helped with the youth prevention programs run by probation and parole.
Since then I have coached high school and college football and spent the past 7 years working in a small law firm doing all criminal defense work. During that time I facilitated cases on a voluntary basis in juvenile and school settings.
Over the years I have easily participated in more than 200 hours of training and conducted/presented hundreds of mediation and restorative justice trainings.