Appellate Practice: Rob McNeely is a skilled and forceful advocate on appeals.  As a former award-winning radio broadcast journalist (1981-90) and executive editor of The Florida State University Law Review (1992-93), he is a talented writer capable of expressing difficult issues clearly, concisely, and persuasively.  As an adjunct professor of law and former Moot Court oral argument champion, he is skilled in the art of verbal persuasian and oral argument.  Look below for a sampling of reported opinions in which Mr. McNeely was counsel, then contact us to handle all your appellate needs.

Florida Supreme Court Cases

Tyne v. Time Warner Entm't Co., L.P., 901 So. 2d 802 (Fla. 2005)  (amicus brief on behalf of the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar on dispute surrounding Florida's right to publicity statute and the movie, "The Perfect Storm.")

Florida Bd. of Bar Exam'rs In re Doe, 770 So. 2d 670 (Fla. 2000) (character and fitness issues) 

Florida Bd. of Bar Exam'rs re P.K.B., 753 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. 2000) (character and fitness issues)

In re  Inquiry Concerning a Judge (Ford-Kaus), 730 So. 2d 269 (Fla. 1999) (judicial ethics issues)

Florida Bd. of Bar Exam'rs re G.J.G., 709 So. 2d 1377 (Fla. 1998) (character and fitness issues)


Florida District Court of Appeal Cases

Grunnah v. Marion County, 962 So. 2d 931 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (prohibition and county court jurisdiction issues in dangerous dog case)

Garris v. Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society, Inc., 941 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (personal jurisdiction over out-of-state corporate defendant issue in animal law case)

Perdices v. Perdices, 959 So. 2d 297 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (child custody)

Perdices v. Perdices, 831 So. 2d 191 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (child custody)

Perdices v. Perdices, 800 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), result superceded by Wade v. Hirschman, 903 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 2005) (adopting position advocated by Mr. McNeely)

McDowell v. McDowell, 770 So. 2d 1289 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (child support, due procees, and income imputation)

Lewis v. Lewis, 689 So. 2d 1271 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (child custody and domestic violence hearings)

Calvo v. Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 672 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) (unemployment compensation)

Animal Law: The McNeely Law Firm is taking the lead in Florida in an emerging area of law: animal law.  The McNeely Law Firm serves clients statewide in cases ranging from personal injury cases where an animal shelter has euthanized family pets without cause, to defending people who believe their dogs have been unfairly classified as “dangerous” by a local government, to pursuing other issues that offer protection and humane treatment to animals.