Background
O'Neill, Brian was born on September 20, 1940 in Bristol, England. Son of Raymond and Phyllis Mary (Marshall) O'N.
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Brian O'Neill
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Education
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Fordham Law School (LL. B., 1965).
Career
Worked at O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun (Santa Monica, California) specializing in Business and Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1966, California. 1968, District of Columbia.
1969, United States. Supreme Court. Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, 1970-1974. Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, 1971-1972.
Chief of Special Prosecutions Section, 1973-1974. Author: Chapters on, "Extortion" and "Business Fraud," in California Criminal Law, West Publishing, 1995. "Criminal Enforcement of Export Controls", 1993, American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime.
"Criminal Consequences of SEC Investigations," 1989 Securities Law Conference. "Criminal Aspects of SEC Enforcement," 1987 Securities Law Conference. "Civil RICO," Practising Law Institute, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1985 and 1984.
"Civil Discovery and the Fifth Amendment," Litigation, Fall, 1984. "RICO: The Ultimate Weapon in Business and Commercial Litigation," American Bar Association, 1983. "Joint Defense of Investigations and Litigation," P.L.I., 1982.
"Post Conviction Lawyering in White Collar Cases," P.L.I., 1981. "Parallel Grand Jury and Administrative Agency Investigations," American Bar Association-American Law Institute, 1978. "Practice Under the Federal Rules of Evidence," American Bar Association-American Law Institute, 1973.
Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1981-1983 and 1985-1988. Co-Chair, United States. District Court Death Penalty Habeas Corpus Board, 1989.
Deputy General Counsel, Webster Commission, 1992. Co-Chair, United States. District Court Civility/Professionalism Committee, 1992, 1996.
Instructor, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987. Director, The East Los Angeles Community Union, 1985. Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Rothenberg, 1974-1982.
Member: State Bar of California. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Wong Sun Society of San Francisco.
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Criminal Justice); Association of Business Trial Lawyers. O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun is a fourteen lawyer firm specializing in civil, commercial, criminal and administrative litigation.
Many lawyers in the firm have high level experience in large law firms and as federal prosecutors with the United States Justice Department. The firm's lawyers have represented individuals and business associations in a broad range of commercial litigation and administrative and criminal investigations, including investigations conducted by the SEC, IRS, and United States Department of Justice. Lawyers in the firm handle civil and criminal trials and appeals in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals and State Bar court.
Membership
Member: State Bar of California. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Wong Sun Society of San Francisco.
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Criminal Justice); Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Connections
Married Alayne O'Neill, August 31, 1969 (divorced September 1987). Children: Allison Sarah, Stuart Douglas, Lesley Alexandra. Married Karen O'Neill, February 20, 1988.
