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John O'Neil

John O'Neil

Partner at Elk & Elk Co Ltd
Mayfield Heights, OHAdmitted 1994
Car AccidentsTruck AccidentsSlip & FallMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About John O'Neil

John P. O'Neil joined Elk & Elk in 2012 as a partner. His practice focuses on death and catastrophic loss cases in medical malpractice, transportation, legal malpractice, premises liability, and personal injury. Before joining the firm, John spent 14 years at one of Ohio's top defense law firms as a practice area chair and member of its management and executive committees. He also prosecuted felony cases in the Dade County State Attorney's Office. John has tried more than 80 jury trials in state and federal courts, argued before the Eighth District Court of Appeals, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar and Million Dollar Advocates Forums.

Notable case results

$6.7 million

38-year-old woman had lower extremity run over by a limousine bus, multiple fractures and infection

$5 million

Dump truck driver struck at rural intersection, severe cervical injury requiring surgery, partial paralysis

$5 million

Loading/unloading accident in Indiana causing catastrophic brain injury

$4.25 million

Wrongful death of a 20-month-old child struck by a vehicle

$2.063 millionVerdict

Jury verdict in Hamilton County, medical malpractice and wrongful death arising from hiatal hernia repair complications

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Truck Accidents
Slip & Fall
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
J.D., 1994
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Undergraduate, 1988

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida, admitted 1994
State Bar of Ohio, admitted 1997

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