About Us
Who are we
Qualified Legal Professionals
Extensive schooling and private directed study for over 20 years. Training in the boardrooms and courtrooms across New York, California, and Florida. Active membership in recognized lawyer certification organizations.
Katherine McNeal, ESQ.
Managing Partner
Jeremy McNeal, D.P., L.D.A.
Senior Paralegal
Our Story
How did we
get here?
Katherine began her career as a litigation attorney at a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property, aviation, environmental insurance coverage, and engineering defense law. She then accepted a position also in New York City as in-house counsel for a global insurer in its environmental coverage legal department.
She was offered a promotion by the carrier but there was a catch: the new position, large loss legal specialist, was based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (on the beach!). After her skeptical interview on a very wintery February in New York City, Katherine accepted the position.
Katherine then passed the Florida Bar exam and became a shareholder at a prestigious Miami-based law firm. Because of her background in environmental law, engineering defect, and insurance coverage, she started a practice group in construction defect, which led to an offer to join an international construction company as Assistant General Counsel.
Her last position prior to opening the McNeal Law Group was as Assistant Vice President of Construction Claims at one of the largest insurance companies in the world.
History & Experience
McNeal Law Group PLLC
Our firm has built a reputation for delivering clear guidance, strong advocacy, and meaningful results across a wide range of legal matters.
About Katherine McNeal, Esq.
Katherine, raised in Los Angeles, California, now lives in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley, New York, with her husband and three adorable pets.
“Cessante Ratione Legis cessat ipsa Lex: Reason is the soul of the law, and when the reason of any particular law ceases, so does the law itself.”
Experience
- Shareholder of Major Florida Law Firm
- Assistant General Counsel to Largest Interior Construction Company in New York
- Assistant Vice-President of Global Insurance Company
- Research Assistant to Martin Davies, Time to Change the Federal Forum Non Conveniens Analysis, 77 Tul. L. Rev. 309 (2002)
Certifications
- Martindale-Hubbell 20-Year Anniversary Lawyer
- Elite Lawyer 2023
- US Bankruptcy Attorney – Chapter 7, 11, and 13 – New York
Bar Admissions
- New York
- California
- Florida
Education
- J.D., Tulane University Law School
- B.A., English Literature, University of California, Berkeley