Ellie Neiberger

Attorney

Office phone: 305-374-7349

Office Location: Miami

Ellie Neiberger

Attorney

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Practice Areas
Education
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
Professional Activities
Honors & Awards
Publications
Presentations
Newsroom

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Ellie Neiberger, Chair of the Litigation Group, Miami, practices appellate advocacy, litigation, and dispute resolution. She represents local governmental clients in appeals, original proceedings for extraordinary writs, and trial and administrative-level litigation. Her practice involves a variety of business and government-related disputes, including challenges to state statutes, finance issues, public records and Sunshine Law claims, contract disputes, labor and employment issues, and bid protests. She has lectured frequently on these areas of law, including providing training to public officials on public records law and the Sunshine Law. Ms. Neiberger graduated first in her class from the Florida State University College of Law in 2009. Upon passing the bar, she was elected to the Florida State Chapter of the Order of the Coif, and honored by the Florida Supreme Court for highest performance on the bar examination. She received her bachelor’s degree in linguistics with honors from the University of Florida in 2006. Florida Trend magazine named her as “Legal Elite” in 2012 to 2019. She has been selected as one of Super Lawyers’ Florida Rising Stars in 2015 to 2021.

PRACTICE AREAS

EDUCATION

College: University of Florida – B.A., cum laude, 2006

Law School: Florida State University- J.D., Order of the Coif, summa cum laude, 2009

BAR ADMISSIONS

The Florida Bar, 2009

COURT ADMISSIONS

United States Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

City, County, & Local Government Section of The Florida Bar, Executive Council Member

City, County, & Local Government Section of The Florida Bar, Florida Bar Journal Column Editor

ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers, Publications Committee Editorial Board Member (2015-2018)

ABA Litigation Committee, YLD Vice Chair and Publications Content Editor (2015-2016)

Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar, Rules Committee and Pro Bono Committee, Member

Order of the Coif, Florida State Chapter, Member

HONORS & AWARDS

Florida State Chapter of the Order of the Coif, Member

Florida Trend, Legal Elite Up and Comer, 2012-2019

Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2015-2021

PUBLICATIONS

PILOT Agreements Have Liftoff: City of Largo v. AHF Bay Fund, 47 Stetson L. Rev. 405 (2018) (co-authored with Alan Zimmet and Nikki Nate)

An Emerging Value of Oral Argument in the Electronic Age, Appellate Issues: Journal of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers (Fall 2017)

Do Elected Officials Have First Amendment Rights When Speaking in Connection with their Official Duties?, Appellate Issues: Journal of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers (Fall 2016)

The Line Between Special Assessments and Ad Valorem Taxes, Stetson Law Review (Spring 2016)

Relationship Between Preliminary Injunctive Relief and Final Relief Sought in Complaint, American Bar Association YLD Litigation Quarterly Newsletter (Winter 2016)

December 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, American Bar Association YLD Litigation Quarterly Newsletter (Winter 2016)

Judicial Notice of Adjudicative and Nonadjudicative Facts on Appeal, Appellate Issues: Journal of the ABA Council of Appellate Lawyers (2015)

Judge-Friendly Briefs in the Electronic Age, Florida Bar Journal (2015)

Preserving Jury Verdict Objections for Appeal, American Bar Association YLD Litigation Quarterly Newsletter (Fall 2015)

Judicial Profile of Judge Timothy Osterhaus, The Record: Journal of the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar (2014)

Honest Services Fraud: Federal Prosecution of Public Corruption at the State and Local Level, Florida Bar Journal (2010)

Contracting, Purchasing, and Sale of County Property, Florida County Government Guide, Florida Association of Counties (2010, 2012, 2016, 2018) (co-authored with Susan Churuti)

PRESENTATIONS

CCLG Annual Ethics Seminar, 2019-2022

Continuing Education in Ethics for City Officials (Ethics, Sunshine Law, and Public Records Law), Florida League of Cities University (2015-2020)

Continuing Education in Ethics for City Officials (Ethics, Sunshine Law, and Public Records Law), Florida League of Cities Annual Conference) (2015-2020)

Public Records, Sunshine Law, and Social Media, City, County and Local Government Section Annual Sunshine Law and Ethics Conference (2019, 2020)

Public Records and Sunshine Law, City, County and Local Government Section Annual Conference (2019)

Electronic Appellate Briefs, Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section (2017)

110 Degrees in the Shade: How to Stay Cool in Shade Meetings Under the Sunshine Law, The Florida Bar, Annual Sunshine Law, Public Records and Ethics Seminar (2015)

Shade Meeting Exemption from the Sunshine Law, Florida Association of County Attorneys Annual Seminar (2014)

Trial Preparation, Big Bend Paralegal Association (2013)

Selection & Retention of Expert Witnesses, Florida Department of Financial Services (2011)

Expert Witnesses, Big Bend Paralegal Association (2010)