Taylor B. McNeel

Taylor Brantley McNeel (born 1983) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Education
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.

Career
From 2008 to 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. He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2020.

Federal judicial service
On June 15, 2020, President Donald 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 assumed senior status on March 23, 2018. On September 9, 2020, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 22, 2020, the Judiciary Committee reported his nomination by a 12–0 vote. On November 30, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–36 vote. On December 1, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–39 vote. He received his judicial commission on December 14, 2020.

Notable Decisions
On May 19, 2023, McNeel denied a motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in a case filed by a trans girl against her School District for instituting a policy requiring her to wear "boys" socks, shoes, pants, button-down-shirt, and tie at her high school graduation.