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Networking – The Art of Following Up

Conversations with Legal Professionals –

Attorney Neena Speer

Recently, a conversation about networking was had with Attorney and Author Neena
Speer of Alabama about the topic of networking, specifically the art of following-up.
You’re invited to hear that conversation in its entirety by clicking on the following link:
http://bit.ly/SPEER_FOLLOWINGUP

Attorney Neena Speer (@neena_rani) was born and
raised in Birmingham, Alabama. At the tender year of
8th grade, she decided she wanted to be a criminal
defense attorney. She always dreamed of coming back
to make an impact in the community that shaped her.

Speer maintained this dream throughout her entire high
school and college career at Howard University. Speer
ultimately landed back in Alabama at the University of
Alabama School of Law. Speer graduated from law
school in 2017 with high honors for her commitment to
public service and pro bono work. Speer has
interned for the Northern District of Alabama Federal Public Defender's Office, The
Honorable Judge Coogler, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
(NACDL), clerked for the Honorable Brendette Brown-Green, and assisted in research
for the Alabama Law Institute and Professor Montré Carodine. Speer's legal papers
have been published in two legal journals, one being the Harvard Journal on African
American Policy.

Neena is a proud member of the Alabama State Bar Association since April 2018.
Neena is also this year's Co-Chair of the Birmingham Bar Association's Public Service
Committee. Neena is a member of the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Magic
City Bar Association. She focuses primarily on criminal defense, business formation,
family law, and wills and estates in her practice. She formerly created her solo practice
this Jan. 2019 and has been working hard for her clients ever since 2018.

Attorney Speer prioritizes serving her clients and has helped resolve cases with
deferred prosecutions, reduced sentences to community service, etc. She listens to
each person she serves with a full heart and powerful passion. She has also started her
own nonprofit (@step123mentor) and written her first book @dearfuturelawyer (an
intimate survival guide & journal for the female minority law student) all before the age
of 26.

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