O'Neill Jr., J.D., is a lawyer and lecturer who began his legal career as a volunteer at the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia before being hired as a paralegal in several divisions. Following that, he accepted an invitation to study law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he got his Juris Doctorate. While pursuing his legal education, he worked as a senior law clerk at a large defense litigation company, honing his research and writing talents. In the fields of workers' compensation, federal civil rights, municipal law, and personal injury law, he conducted daily legal research and prepared numerous defense briefs and memorandums for multiple attorneys. He eventually moved to Philadelphia and worked as an adjunct professor at Drexel University, teaching paralegal and pre-law courses.

He designed and taught Legal Research and Writing and Advanced Legal Research and Writing, as well as assisting in the reorganization of the paralegal studies minor program. He Read More chevron_right

O'Neill Jr., J.D., is a lawyer and lecturer who began his legal career as a volunteer at the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia before being hired as a paralegal in several divisions. Following that, he accepted an invitation to study law at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he got his Juris Doctorate. While pursuing his legal education, he worked as a senior law clerk at a large defense litigation company, honing his research and writing talents. In the fields of workers' compensation, federal civil rights, municipal law, and personal injury law, he conducted daily legal research and prepared numerous defense briefs and memorandums for multiple attorneys. He eventually moved to Philadelphia and worked as an adjunct professor at Drexel University, teaching paralegal and pre-law courses.

He designed and taught Legal Research and Writing and Advanced Legal Research and Writing, as well as assisting in the reorganization of the paralegal studies minor program. He also worked as a judicial clerk in Pennsylvania's First Judicial District, where he clerked in the homicide, felony, and family courts at that time. He has put in hundreds of hours of legal research and produced more than 80 Superior Court of Pennsylvania judicial decisions, as well as three Supreme Court of Pennsylvania death sentence opinions. He has also served as a mentor to a number of undergraduate and law school interns, teaching them the fundamentals of legal research and writing.

He has donated his time at a number of legal interest events and worked as a student mentor during his legal education. His first book is Legal Research and Writing: A Practical Method for Paralegals. He is now based in Philadelphia.