John O'Neill is a trial lawyer.

[shockingelk]

John O'Neill is a trial lawyer at Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Wilson & Fulkerson. In fact, he's a partner: http://www.copwf.com/atty_profiles/partners.htm Check out his firm's plush and luxurious reception area: http://www.copwf.com/firm_profile/index.htm

His firm braggs, "The firm obtained one of the largest punitive damage recoveries in NASD history" and even puts O'Neill's initials by "The firm successfully recovered a multi-million dollar amount after litigation and arbitration for failure properly to account for a natural gas storage facility. (JEO)."

[JetJaguar]

1. yep

Texas Lawyer
May 24, 1993

SECTION: ET AL.; Pg. 46

LENGTH: 223 words

HEADLINE: Large Group Leaving Porter & Clements

BODY:
Four of the nine partners who founded Houston's Porter & Clements in 1981, including name partner J. Eugene Clements, plan to leave the firm to open a litigation boutique July 1 names Clements, O'Neill & Pierce.

The four lawyers, names partners in the new firm, are Clements, John O'Neill, Edward "Jack" O'Neill Jr. and Jesse Pierce. Jack O'Neill said four other Porter & Clements partners -- Ralph Midkiff, Thomas Fulkerson, D'Anne Haydel and Kelly Kirkland -- will join the new firm, along with as many as 12 associates.

Jack O'Neill said the lawyers are friends who believe they will be happier practicing at a small trial firm and avoiding client conflicts, a sometime problem for the litigators during the past two years as Porter & Clements grew. He said clients the lawyers expect to take to the new firm including Enron Corp., Mitchell Energy and Development Co., General Electric and Texaco.


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[Walt Starr]

2. Aren't most of the members of the group trial lawyers?

I thought nearly all of the smearboat vets were trial lawyers.

[shockingelk]

3. Seems like they might need to hire lawyers themselves

One specializing in the defense of slander. Unless they want to sue O'Neill for fraud.