Jackson Daniel McNeill
Senior Counsel
Overview
Jackson McNeill is a senior counsel in Holland & Knight's Newport Beach office and a member of the West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group. Mr. McNeill represents clients in a variety of land use and environmental matters, including obtaining approvals and entitlements, assisting with post-approval compliance, and engaging in land use and environmental litigation.
Mr. McNeill has extensive experience representing clients before a variety of administrative bodies and regulatory agencies, including the California Coastal Commission (CCC), State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), various city councils, planning commissions, and other state and local discretionary bodies.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. McNeill worked at boutique land use law firms and served as in-house counsel at one of the nation's largest utility companies, where he practiced energy and regulatory law.
Representative Experience
- Secured a unanimous California Court of Appeal opinion reversing the trial court's denial of a writ of administrative mandate, successfully defeating a Santa Barabra County-issued conditional use permit that would have allowed cannabis cultivation operations to use the client's private easement road for cannabis transportation in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and beyond the scope of the easement
- Represented a client before the California Court of Appeal in a dispute over the jurisdictional nature of the statute of limitations applicable to administrative appeals to the California Coastal Commission
- Represented a Northern California developer in a challenge under the Housing Crisis Act to voter referendums that sought to block a large-scale housing development
- Obtained a conditional use permit for annual concert events at a shopping center in the coastal zone in Malibu, California
- Represented a client in a dispute with the California Coastal Commission and State Lands Commission regarding allegedly unpermitted development and work in state tidelands
- Successfully negotiated with California Coastal Commission and City staff to obtain a coastal development permit (CDP) exemption and City approvals for a restaurant project in the City of Encinitas
- Obtained emergency CDPs for emergency seawall repairs in Malibu, California
- Obtained an alcohol conditional use permit for a restaurant in Marina del Rey, California
- Assisted in securing all permitting and entitlements for a hotel redevelopment project in Santa Monica, California
- Negotiated a development agreement for a warehouse distribution project in the Inland Empire
- Represented a Los Angeles landowner in an appeal to the State Water Resources Control Board and in a trial court challenge to a "responsible party" designation under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act
- Defended a landowner in a dispute with the local enforcement agency and CalRecycle over the client's designation as a landfill owner
- Counseled a client in a contamination responsibility dispute involving chlorinated solvent contamination at a shopping center in Redondo Beach, California
Credentials
- UCLA School of Law, J.D.
- UCLA, B.A., cum laude
- California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2024-Present
- Long Beach Bar Association, 2023-Present
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 2021-2026