Colleen M. O'Neil

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Cleveland, OH
Selected To Rising Stars: 2009
- Business Litigation (70%),
- General Litigation (30%)
Colleen O’Neil serves as Vice Chair of Calfee's Litigation practice group. She helps clients resolve complex business disputes.
Colleen has extensive experience in federal and state courts nationwide helping business clients resolve the following:
- Commercial contract disputes
- Shareholder and corporate disputes, including post-closing issues
- Estate and probate matters
- Trade secret claims
- Real property disputes
- Municipal and public law issues
- Title VII claims
Colleen has counseled and represented businesses, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals in a variety of corporate, commercial, fiduciary and employment disputes with a results-oriented, practical approach.
She has successfully prosecuted and defended a variety of business tort claims in both federal and state courts nationwide.
Top Lists
- Top 50: 2021 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2021 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2020 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2018 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2018 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2017 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2017 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2016 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2016 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2015 Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2015 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2015 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2014 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2014 Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2014 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2013 Women Ohio Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2013 Cleveland Super Lawyers
- Top 25: 2013 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers
About Colleen O'Neil
Admitted: 1996, Ohio
Professional Webpage: https://calfee.com/professionals/colleen-m-oneil/
Honors/Awards:
- Ohio Super Lawyers, 2012-2020; selected for inclusion to the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Ohio list, 2013-2020; selected for inclusion to the Top 25 Female Lawyers in Cleveland list, 2013-2018 and 2020
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association and the ABA’s Litigation Section, member, 2020
- Cleveland Marshall Law Alumni Association, board member, 2020
- Ohio Bar Association, member, 2020
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, member, 2020
- Magnificat High School, Chair, Board of Directors, May 2017 to present, 2020
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Board of Visitors, member, 2020
- Irish American Law Society of Cleveland, founding member, former vice president, 2020
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Supreme Court of Ohio, 1996
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- Ohio
Newsletters:
- The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (“FFCRA”) goes into effect on April 1, 2020, greatly expanding benefits to employees in the U.S. in these unprecedented times. We previously published information on the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. To assist with the implementation of these emergency relief measures, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued on March 24, 2020 the following guidance:questions and answers regarding the FFCRA;a poster, which summarizes an employee’s rights under the FFCRA; and“Frequently Asked Questions” which provide guidance on the poster., The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act, Labor And Employment
- On March 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an order tolling the time requirements established by all rules promulgated by the Court, in light of Governor DeWine’s declaration of emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, In re Tolling of Time Requirements Imposed by Rules Promulgated by the Supreme Court and Use of Technology, 2020-Ohio-1166 (“Order”). The Order works in conjunction with Am. Sub. H.B. 197, which the Governor also signed on March 27, 2020., Tolling Order Time Requirements in Light of COVID-19, Litigation
Educational Background:
- J.D., magna cum laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law., 1996
- B.A. John Carroll University, 1992
Industry Groups
- Energy And Utilities
- Health Care
- Private and Family-Owned Businesses
- Public Companies
- Real Estate.
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Last Updated: 12/28/2020