Neil joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2024 and is a member of the firm's Business Litigation Practice group. Neil is an appellate and litigation support counsel who practices in a variety of areas of civil law. He is also an experienced election and political lawyer, having represented both political parties and candidates in local administrative matters and federal court proceedings.
Neil’s practice has focused, in both a plaintiff’s counsel and defense counsel capacity, on representing parties in matters involving business torts, employment law matters, including civil rights claims, premises and product liability torts, general commercial litigation, commercial carrier litigation, the Uniform Commercial Code (Articles 3, 4 and 4A), professional malpractice litigation and insurance coverage disputes. Neil has also regularly assisted both fellow lawyers and large, institutional corporate clients with issues regarding appellate strategy, subpoena compliance, and internal investigations and pre-litigation strategy in an outside counsel capacity.
Neil has defended large corporations in all phases of complex civil litigation and appeals. He has successfully briefed, argued, and defended on appeal several summary judgment motions, both in state and federal court. He has prepared and defended corporate representatives and parties in depositions, represented those parties in court hearings, and prepared and argued multiple motions in a second-chair capacity for civil jury trials.
Neil is licensed to practice law in Florida, North Carolina, all federal courts sitting in Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Neil also has worked for over a decade as a journalist with extensive writing, editing, reporting and social media experience across a variety of mediums and media platforms
Florida
North Carolina
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
United States District for the Southern District of Florida
United States District for the Middle District of Florida
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States.
University of Florida Levin College of Law, JD 2007
Book Award: Criminal Law
Book Award: Federal courts
University of Florida, BA (cum laude), 2003
Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Committee
Sports Lawyer Association
Member, Football Writers Association of America
Member, Basketball Writers Association of America
Member, National Football Foundation
Former President, Gator Club of Miami (2020-2021)
Ambassador, University of Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment (2020-2021)
2017 Fellow, New Leaders Council
Board Member, New Leaders Council (2018-2020)
Board Member, North American Soccer Reporters (2024)
Member, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church