Nealy has more than twenty years of legal experience, with a primary focus on the beverage and hospitality industry.

She assists clients with local, state and federal alcohol beverage licensing and ensures ongoing regulatory compliance. With extensive experience supporting hospitality businesses, breweries, wineries and distilleries, Nealy also navigates retail and manufacturer alcohol beverage licensing nationwide. She works with wineries, cruise lines, golf courses, restaurants and hotels to secure and manage multistate license portfolios.

Nealy collaborates closely with city, county and state alcohol beverage agencies, as well as community boards in areas impacted by liquor licensing, to facilitate smooth and efficient processes. She has also worked directly with supervisory agency personnel to implement procedural improvements, streamlining licensing to reduce costs and processing times for clients.

Experience

Assists with maintenance of multistate alcohol beverage licensing portfolio for national golf
course management company, including jurisdictional compliance reporting.

Manages multistate alcohol beverage licensing portfolio for international cruise lines, including jurisdictional compliance reporting.

Assists national grocery store and restaurant chains with corporate compliance reporting to alcohol beverage regulatory and business licensing agencies.

Assistance with procurement of multistate alcohol beverage and business licenses for national restaurant and entertainment center.

Procured and manages multistate wine license portfolio, including brand registrations, for premium food and wine gift producer and retailer to be able to ship wine directly to its consumers.

Assistance with procurement of multistate alcohol supplier licenses for Washington vodka and gin manufacturer.

Assistance with procurement of state and federal alcohol beverage licenses for Washington brewstillery and restaurant.

Assistance with multistate alcohol license compliance reporting on behalf of international retailers regarding multibillion-dollar acquisitions of national hotel and grocery chains.