Lori M. McNeely
mail: mcneely@mcneelylaw.net
Practice Emphasis
Estate planning and administration, probate, guardianships, will contests and related litigation, residential real estate and small business formation.
Education
Duke University (B.S. Economics, Psychology, 1984)
Rutgers School of Law – Camden (J.D., 1997)
Bar Admissions
New Jersey Supreme Court, the Federal Court of the District of New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
Memberships/Associations
New Jersey Bar Association, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Mercer County Bar Association, and Burlington County Bar Association.
Biography
Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. McNeely was a Vice President of commercial banking with the former United Jersey Bank (now Bank of America) and with the former Irving Trust Company (now Bank of New York). She specialized in commercial finance with a focus on real estate limited partnerships and investor note financing.
While in law school, Ms. McNeely won the 1995 Hunter Moot Court Competition and represented Rutgers in National Moot Court competition in Washington, D.C. Additionally, Ms. McNeely was the recipient of the Excellence in Litigation Award, the Women’s Law Caucus Award and the Hunter Moot Court Award.
In addition to Ms. McNeely’s private practice, she also frequently receives appointments from the Courts and private clients to serve as trustee, administrator of estates, guardian for incapacitated persons, and counsel for alleged incapacitated persons. Ms. McNeely is on the roster of certified foreclosure mediators with the Administrative Office of Courts in New Jersey. She served as co-chairperson of the Real Property and Probate Committee of the Burlington County Bar Association for six years. She has been a lecturer for CLE seminars sponsored by the Mercer and Burlington County Bar associations; and was a speaker at the Guardianship Association of New Jersey’s Annual Conference in 2011. She provided pro bono real estate representation to residents impacted by the Mount Holly Gardens litigation.
Ms. McNeely has served as the Duke University Library liaison to the Duke Annual Fund, a trustee of the Friends of the Princeton Public Library, a trustee of the former Samuel DeWitt Proctor Academy in Trenton (the first boarding charter school in the country), and as a coach for girls travel basketball.