Taylor B. McNeel
Associate
Taylor has a broad litigation practice and has represented clients in various forms of commercial litigation including contract disputes, fraud, civil RICO claims, anti-trust claims, banking litigation, and bankruptcy litigation. Taylor has also handled the defense of personal injury and wrongful death claims, and been involved with cases invoking a defendant’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech, press, and religion.
Taylor’s representation of clients has extended throughout Mississippi’s state and federal courts, including the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Many of Taylor’s cases involve the representation of banks and lenders as Taylor has represented a number of local, regional, national, and international banks. Taylor received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law where he was a member of the Mississippi Law Journal. Taylor also received his B.B.A cum laude from the University of Mississippi.
Representative Matters
- Obtained a summary dismissal on behalf of an English bank where a debt trading company alleged that the English bank was liable for over $3,000,000 for breaching a forward sale agreement. The debt trading company attempted to enjoin the foreclosure of its Mississippi property after an English court found the debt trading company liable for over $ 7,500,000. In dismissing the debt trading company's complaint, the Mississippi Court concluded that England had exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes concerning the parties' agreement and further allowed the English bank to proceed with the foreclosure.
Community & Professional Activities
- American Inns of Court
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, East Harrison County Board Member
- Main Street of Biloxi Association, Board Member
- Biloxi Rotary Club
- Leadership Jackson County, Class of 2010
- Coast Young Professionals, Policy and Government Committee
- Red Cross, Young Professionals Advisory Council
- American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- The Mississippi Bar Association
- The Harrison County Bar Association
- Harrison County Young Lawyers