Lawrence D. O'Neill

Mr. O'Neill was born in Granite City, Illinois to Lawrence Frederick O'Neill, a highly decorated Irish-American fighter pilot and ace, and Dorothy Lee Breckenridge, a member of the famous American Breckenridge family. He spent his childhood on various naval bases where is father was subsequently stationed. He completed his secondary education at St. Aloysius School, in Malta, and graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Maryland. He served in the US. Army during the Vietnam war in the Army Security Agency, assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA). He subsequently graduated from law school from the University of Baltimore, and worked in various senior government positions in the White House and the Depart of Commerce. Upon leaving the government in 1981 he entered private practice with Fenwick, Davis, Stone and West and then as a partner with Winston and Strawn. He later moved Europe, as Secretary General to SITA, in Paris, prior to setting up his own firm with offices in Dublin and New York.
Mr. O'Neill is an exceptionally experienced attorney with expertise in banking and finance, data protection and privacy, information technology and telecommunications, international trade, complex international litigation,
corporate affairs, international tax, and business organization. He has a diverse and extensive practice experience including complex international litigation, public share offerings, business mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, protecting intellectual property, developing technology policy and advice on regulatory issues, product development/management and business development, as well as the management and administration of global businesses. He also has extensive experience in complex international litigation.

University of Baltimore School of Law

J.D. (1975) | Law

1972 - 1975

Activities: Law review

Georgetown University

International Affairs

1970 - 1971

University of Maryland - College Park

B.A. | Economics

1968 - 1970

University of Missouri - Columbia

Journalism

1964 - 1966

Partner

O'Neill and Company

1994 - Current

General Counsel/Chairman

Stentor Plc

1993 - 1996

Secretary General

Societie International de Telecommunications Aeronautiques

1988 - 1994

Partner

Winston and Strawn

1983 - 1992

Washington Counsel

Fenwick & West LLP

1981 - 1983

Associate Chief Counsel

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Dept. of Commerce

1978 - 1981

Deputy Director, Policy

Executive Office of the President, Office of Telecommunications Policy

1973 - 1978

Advisor the the President of the United States on Telecommunications Policy

Maryland

Since 1975

2nd Circuit

Since 2013

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1979