Taylor B. McNeel

McNeel earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, from the University of Mississippi, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he served on the Mississippi Law Journal.[2]

From 2008–2020 he was a member at Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, in Biloxi, Mississippi, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation. He was the Partner in Charge of the Mississippi Gulf Coast office.[2] He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2020.[1]

On June 15, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate McNeel to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. On July 2, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated McNeel to the seat vacated by Judge Louis Guirola Jr., who took senior status on March 23, 2018.[3] On September 9, 2020, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On October 22, 2020, the Judiciary Committee reported his nomination by a 12–0 vote.[5] On December 1, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 53–39.[6] He received his judicial commission on December 14, 2020.

• Taylor B. McNeel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.