Jerome F. O'Neill

Practice Areas

Crime Victims

General Business Litigation

Personal Injury & Products Liability

Career

Jerry O’Neill was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1971. In 1971-1972 as an active duty U.S. Army Officer, he clerked for the Honorable Sylvia Bacon, a Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court in 1972. He clerked for the Vermont U.S. District Court Judge Albert W. Coffrin in 1972-73. In 1973 he joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont in Rutland as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He became the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in 1975. In 1981 the U.S. District Court Judges for the District of Vermont appointed him U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont.

Jerry has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts for clients, including sexual assault survivors. The highest verdict was $32 million dollars.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, International Society of Barristers

Co-Chair, Election Committee, American Association for Justice

Co-Chair, Jury Bias Litigation Group, American Association for Justice

Chair, Child Sex Abuse Litigation Group, American Association for Justice

Advisory Board, National Crime Victim Bar Association

Board of Governors, American Association for Justice

Board Member, Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services

Member, Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations

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