Biography
Professor Gregory S. McNeal, JD/PhD, is a Professor of Law and Public Policy at Pepperdine
University. He is an expert on technology law and policy and teaches internet law,
privacy law, blockchain law and policy, and other courses related to technology and
surveillance.
His articles have been published by the Georgetown Law Journal, the Texas Law Review,
the George Washington Law Review, the Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy,
the Washington & Lee Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy among
others.
Dr. McNeal has on multiple occasions testified before Congress and state legislatures
about the legal and policy issues associated with emerging technology. He has aided
state legislators, cities, municipalities, and executive branch officials in drafting
legislation and public policies related to technological advances and has been appointed
by Cabinet officials to multiple federal rulemaking and advisory committees.
In addition to his academic experience, Dr. McNeal has extensive industry experience.
He co-founded a multinational aerospace and defense company, serves on the board
of directors of a cleantech and energy company, and is on the advisory board of companies
in the blockchain and entertainment industries. He is a nationally recognized commentator
for Forbes, has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, NPR, and many other radio
and television programs, and is a frequent keynote speaker about emerging technologies.
He is also an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Manager.
Education
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University
- M.P.A., American University
- B.A., Lehigh University
Articles
- Gregory S. McNeal, Deference, Power and Emerging Security Threats, 95 TEX. L. REV.
631 (2017) SSRN HeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, William Goodwin, & Sezen Jones, Warrantless Operations of Public
Use Drones: Considerations for Government Agencies, 44 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 703 (2017)
HeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Drones and the Future of Aerial Surveillance, 84 GEO. WASH. L.
REV. 354 (2016) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Government-Operated Drones and Data Retention, 72 WASH. & LEE L.
REV. 1139 (2015) HeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's Interpretive
Secrecy Problem, (2014) SSRN
- Gregory S. McNeal, Targeted Killing and Accountability, 102 GEO. L. J. 681 (2014) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, The Pre-NSC Origins of National Security Expertise, 44 CONN. L.
REV. 1585 (2012) HeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, The Status Quo Bias and Counterterrorism Detention, 101 J. CRIM.
L. & CRIMINOLOGY 855 (2011) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, A Cup of Coffee After the Waterboard: Seemingly Voluntary Post-Abuse
Statements, 59 DEPAUL L. REV. 943 (2010) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Institutional Legitimacy and Counterterrorism Trials, 43 U. RICH.
L. REV. 967 (2009) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Organizational Culture, Professional Ethics, and Guantanamo, 42
CASE WESTERN J. INT'L L. 125 (2009) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Beyond Guantanamo, Obstacles and Options, 103 NW. U. L. REV. COLLOQUY 29 (2008)SSRN
- Gregory S. McNeal & Brian J. Field, Snatch-and-Grab Ops: Justifying Extraterritorial
Abduction, 16 IOWA J. OF TRANSNAT'L L. CONTEMP. PROBS. 491 (2006) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Cyberembargo: Countering the Internet Jihad, 39 CASE WESTERN J.
INT'L L. 789 (2007) (symposium issue) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, ICC Inability Determinations in Light of the Dujail Case, 39 CASE
WESTERN J. INT'L L. 325 (2007) (symposium issue) SSRNHeinOnline
- Gregory S. McNeal, Unfortunate Legacies: Why the Iraqi High Tribunal Should Reject
Hearsay, Ex Parte Affidavits and Anonymous Witnesses, 4 INT'L COMMENT. EVIDENCE 1
(2006) SSRN
- Gregory S. McNeal & Brian J. Field, Snatch-and-Grab Ops: Justifying Extraterritorial
Abduction, 16 IOWA J. OF TRANSNAT'L L. CONTEMP. PROBS. 491 (2006) SSRNHeinOnline
Books
- Gregory S. McNeal and Norman Abrams, SUPPLEMENT TO ANTI-TERRORISM AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT
(West, 4th ed. 2014)
- Gregory S. McNeal & Michael P. Scharf, SADDAM ON TRIAL: UNDERSTANDING AND DEBATING
THE IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL (2006) WorldCat
Book Chapters
- Gregory S. McNeal, New Approaches to Reducing and Mitigating Harm to Civilians, in
COUNTERINSURGENCY LAW (William C. Banks ed., 2013) SSRN
- Gregory S. McNeal, Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims
without Empirical Proof, in TARGETED KILLINGS: LAW AND MORALITY IN AN ASYMMETRICAL
WORLD (Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, & Andrew Altman eds., 2012) SSRNWorldCat
- Gregory S. McNeal, Analysis of The Judgments in República Democrática De Timor-Leste,
Dili District Court, the Special Panels for Serious Crimes, in 16 ANNOTATED LEADING
CASES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS (2009) SSRN
