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Georgetown University Law Center
One Logan Square
18th & Cherry Streets, 27th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
Fax: 215.568.0300
Biography
Jessica O’Neill focuses her practice on a range of litigation and environmental matters for a variety of clients. Prior to joining the firm, she served as an Assistant Regional Counsel for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, and as a Counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Jessica is a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she was Symposium Editor of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, a member of the Order of the Coif, and a recipient of the Vincent G. Panati Memorial Award for Criminal Justice. She earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Brown University. Following law school, Jessica served as a law clerk for the Honorable Louis H. Pollak of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2008 – 2009) and the Honorable Robert B. Kugler of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (2007 – 2008).
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., JD, 2007, magna cum laude
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, BA, 2003, cum laude
Clerkship
The Honorable Louis H. Pollak, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2008 – 2009
The Honorable Robert B. Kugler, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2007 – 2008
Honors and Awards
- Georgetown University Law Center, Vincent G. Panati Memorial Award for Criminal Justice Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Symposium Editor
- Order of the Coif
Publications
- “’Disinvesting’ in Federal Enforcement of Environmental Laws,” The Legal Intelligencer, May 11, 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court
Teaching / Lecturing
Trial Advocacy Team, Temple University School of Law, Adjunct Professor