Atty. Neena Speer, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Summary

Neena R. Speer is an attorney, author, speaker, and truth dealer. She has a solo law firm called the Neena R. Speer Law Firm LLC. She is a Founder and Executive Director of her mentoring nonprofit focused on continuous mentorship for all students at all levels K-12 & college, Step 1-2-3 Mentor for Life Initiative that she started her 3L year of law school. Lastly, she is a four-time published author with her most recent book is Dear Future Lawyer: An Intimate Survival Guide for the Female Minority Law Student. Her passion since she was in eighth grade was to be a criminal defense attorney in her hometown where she grew up: Birmingham, AL. She is living out that dream and speaking for countless organizations including the University of Alabama School of Law, the YMCA, the Black Girl Project, the National HBCU Pre-Law Summit, and her upcoming TedxYouth Davenport Talk entitled "Diversity Redefined" March 2021 about her experiences as a law student, a black minority in the law field, and her journey past failing her first bar exam. View More ?

Practice Areas

Estate Planning

Education

University of Alabama School of Law

J.D. (2017) | Law

2014 - 2017

Honors: Order of the Samaritan, Public Interest Certificate

Howard University

B.S. (2014) | Psychology

2010 - 2014

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Howard University

B.A. (2014) | French

2010 - 2014

Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Harvard Business School

Summer in Venture Management Program Participant (2013)

2013 - 2013

Experience

2 years of experience