Thelen LLP

Mr. O'Neal's practice includes construction, real estate and complex business litigation and ADR. He has long been recognized as one of the leading construction attorneys in the United States and was recognized again this year as such by Chambers, USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers (2008 Leading Construction Lawyer in California), Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2008 ~ Construction), and Best Lawyers in America. Mr. O'Neal's practice also includes bench, jury trial and ADR representation of clients in complex civil litigation matters in the technology industry. In addition, he has extensive experience in real estate litigation matters, including bench and jury trials, ranging from land use and permit issues through commercial landlord-tenant problems, retail center purchase and sale litigation, owner-anchor tenant disputes and judicial foreclosure litigation.

University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) (J.D., 1980)
Associate Editor, California Law Review

University of California, Los Angeles (A.B., 1975)

California

Pro hac vice in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, District of Guam
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of California

American Bar Association, Section of Litigation and the Forum Committee on the Construction Industry

Bar Association of San Francisco

Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association

Special Master, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

California Bar Association, Real Property Law Section

Thomson West: Engineering Evidence, Fourth Edition