Practice Profile
Allison M. O’Neil is a litigation associate at Craig and Macauley Professional Corporation. Ms. O’Neil’s practice includes business and commercial law, including business tort, contract, and employment litigation. Ms. O’Neil has experience in crisis management and media and government relations. Her clients include corporations, executives, and professionals in the financial services and other regulated industries. She also handles a variety of criminal matters in state and federal courts.
As a former Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney, Ms. O’Neil has extensive criminal law and trial experience. She prosecuted a wide variety of matters, including larceny, rape, computer fraud, and civil rights cases in Superior Court. In her capacity as an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. O’Neil was a member of the prosecution team that successfully tried and convicted John Geoghan, a defrocked priest, for child abuse. Additionally, she has successfully briefed and argued cases in the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Awards
In 2005 and 2006, Ms. O’Neil was named as a Rising Star in the Rising Stars Edition of Law and Politics and Boston Magazine.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Massachusetts
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- American Bar Association – White Collar Crime Division
Education
Ms. O’Neil received her Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University in 1995, where she was an Academic All-American Lacrosse player, and her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1998. At Boston College, she was a member of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team.