Joseph T. O'Neill, Attorney

For over forty years, Joseph T. O'Neill has been practicing law and making an impact in the City of Saint Paul. Mr. O'Neill's experience in public and community service has allowed him to develop a substantial practice representing clients with respect to legislative and regulatory matters. Mr. O'Neill has represented clients in the financial services, health care, computer, transportation and energy industries, as well as public pension funds. Mr. O'Neill currently maintains a strong client base in the areas of governmental and regulatory affairs, as well as an extensive business and probate practice.

After graduating with honors from Notre Dame in 1953, he completed his Law Degree from the University of Minnesota School of Law in 1956 and then served overseas as a member of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate Corps from 1956-1959. Mr. O'Neill then entered private practice, concentrating in the areas of commercial law and civil litigation. Millennium

Early in his career, Mr. O'Neill obtained invaluable experience in the governmental arena. From 1966 through 1971, Mr. O'Neill served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. In 1971, he was elected to the Minnesota Senate where he served for five years, including two years as Minority Floor Leader. In 1972, Mr. O'Neill was named as one of two outstanding legislators in Minnesota by the Rutgers University Eagleton Institute of Politics. After completing his legislative service. Mr. O'Neill developed a practice representing public and commercial entities before state and local government councils and agencies.

As an attorney, Mr. O'Neill has had a most distinguished career. Mr. O'Neill was Chairman of the Legal Aid-Legal Reference Committee from 1964 until 1971, President of Legal Assistance of Ramsey County, Inc. from 1966 through 1968. Mr. O'Neill was on the Executive Council of the Ramsey County Bar Association from 1968 to 1972. From 1976 through 1978, Mr. O'Neill was a member of the Board of Governors for the Minnesota State Bar Association and in 1991, Mr. O'Neill was appointed by Governor Carlson to the Minnesota Judicial Merit Commission. Throughout his practice, Mr. O'Neill has been a member of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association, Ramsey County Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was the 1996 recipient of the Ramsey County Bar Association Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. In 2000 he received the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services Millenium Award followed by the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota in 2006.

Mr. O'Neill has also held leadership positions in a number of professional and civic organizations, including Chairman of the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Saint Joseph's Hospital, Member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Zoological Foundation and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Minnesota as well as Chairman of the Saint Paul Civic Center Authority and a Board Member of the Saint Paul Foundation.