Mary L. Sneed

Background

Mary L. Sneed was born in 1967. She is the daughter of David G. Sneed and JoEllen McClusky Sneed. Her family raised her in Florida, where she later developed a legal career centered in Central Florida.

Education

Sneed earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and a Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law. She attended Stetson University College of Law from 1989 through 1992 and was admitted to the bar in 1992.

Career

Sneed began her legal career after completing her Juris Doctor and gaining admission to the bar in 1992. She practiced in Orlando with Fowler, O'Quinn, Feeney & Sneed, P.A., where her work included real property, family law, probate and wills, contracts, and municipal and regulatory matters. Her representation of public-sector clients included work involving local-government regulation, land-use questions, construction licensing, condominium matters, and municipal development issues. By 2021 she was serving the City of Altamonte Springs as Deputy City Attorney. She subsequently became City Attorney and continued in that role in 2025 and 2026.

Achievements

• Mary L. Sneed has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Connections

Sneed is the daughter of David G. Sneed and JoEllen McClusky Sneed. Her mother described her as one of her two daughters and raised her and her sister in Ocala, Florida.

Father:

David G. Sneed

Sneed's father.

Mother:

JoEllen McClusky Sneed

Sneed's mother, who raised her daughters in Ocala, Florida and died in 2021.

References

• City of Altamonte Springs City Commission Minutes, May 6, 2025 Identifies Mary Sneed as City Attorney of Altamonte Springs.
  2025
• City of Altamonte Springs City Commission Minutes, March 5, 2024 Identifies Mary Sneed as Deputy City Attorney of Altamonte Springs.
  2024
• Florida Public Service Commission filing, January 30, 2002 Lists Mary L. Sneed as an attorney with Fowler, Barice, Feeney & O'Quinn, P.A., at 28 West Central Boulevard in Orlando.
  2002
• JoEllen McClusky Sneed obituary Documents Mary L. Sneed as the daughter of JoEllen McClusky Sneed and describes the family's Florida background.
  2021