Tim O'Neill's national litigation practice focuses on complex business litigation and product liability tort litigation, particularly regional and national "pattern" litigation. He represents major corporate defendants as regional and national trial counsel with extensive jury trial experience in numerous federal and state courts around the country.
Tim is the Administrative Partner of Snell & Wilmer's Denver office, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Education
- Arizona State University (J.D., cum laude, 1985)
- National Moot Court Competition finalist
- Order of the Barristers
- Arizona State University (B.S., 1982)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Colorado
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Court, District of Colorado
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Professional Memberships & Activities
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- Product Liability Advisory Council, Sustaining Member
- Defense Research Institute, Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Faculty of Federal Advocates (Colorado)
- Colorado Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- Denver Metro Chamber Economic Development Corporation, Board of Governors
- Colorado Energy Coalition, Member
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Year-end review of legislation, case law affecting real estate, Author, Colorado Real Estate Journal (December 21, 2011)
- Selecting Your Jury and Handling Voir Dire, Colorado Bar Association Trial Skills Series (August 3, 2011)
- Process Improvement and Project Management, Hildebrandt Institute Marketing Partner Forum (January 2011)
- The Disappearing Jury Trial, Co-Author, Law Week Colorado (April 26, 2010)
- The Changing Face of Modern Juries: New Profiles for New Decisionmakers, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (January 2009)
- Voir Dire: Winning Trial Strategies, National Business Institute Seminar (May 2004)
- Rambo Litigation Tactics: Ethics and Malpractice Considerations, State Bar of Arizona (July 1999)
- Technology in the Courtroom, Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (April 1997)
Professional Recognition & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Product Liability Litigation (Defendants) (2012)
- Lawdragon Top 3000 Leading Lawyers in America (2010-2011)
- Colorado Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation (2006-2012); Personal Injury Defense: Products, Intellectual Property Litigation(2006-2011)
- Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Defense: Products - Business Edition (2011)
- Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Defense: Products - Corporate Counsel Edition (2009-2010)
- International Who's Who of Professionals
- Most Significant Defense Verdict, For the Defense, DRI Publication (1997)
