Hampton K. O’Neill
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honeill@wsmtlaw.com
Mr. O’Neill specializes in civil litigation. He is primarily involved in business, commercial and insurance litigation and the defense of personal injury actions. He has extensive experience in defending claims based on product liability, medical malpractice, industrial, oil field, construction, trucking and traffic accidents, in addition to wrongful death, premises liability, skiing and other recreational industry accidents and insurance coverage and bad faith. Mr. O’Neill also has significant experience in land use law and real estate development.
Prior to law school, Mr. O’Neill worked in a variety of agricultural businesses in the upper midwest, and his family continues to be involved in the livestock and agriculture industry.
Before joining Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, Mr. O’Neill practiced with Brown, Drew & Massey, LLP for fourteen years.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- 1990-1991, Law Clerk to the Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming
- Represented multiple operators, drillers and oil field service providers in defending against variety of serious personal injury and wrongful death claims
- Represented liability insurer in seminal insurance bad faith case before Wyoming Supreme Court
- Represented Canadian trucking company in multi-year, multi-lawsuit litigation arising from series of catastrophic accidents on I-80 in Wyoming
- Represented European ski binding manufacturer in successfully contesting existence of personal jurisdiction in Wyoming
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS & ACCOLADES
- Member, Wyoming Bar Association
- Admitted to practice before all district courts in Wyoming and the Wyoming Supreme Court
- Admitted to practice in the Federal District Court in Wyoming
- Author, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, Cumulative Supplement, Wyoming Trial Handbook
Personal
Mr. O’Neill and his wife, Sher, have four children and enjoy hunting, fishing, skiing and all activities in Wyoming’s outdoors.
* "The Wyoming State Bar does not certify any lawyer as a specialist, or expert. Anyone considering a lawyer should independently investigate the lawyer's credentials and ability, and not rely upon advertisements, or self-proclaimed expertise."
-- Rule 7.2, Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct
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PRACTICE AREAS
EDUCATION
- J.D., University of Wyoming College of Law, 1990
- B.A., St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, 1986
BAR ADMISSIONS / QUALIFICATIONS
- Wyoming, 1991*
- Colorado, 1990
- Minnesota, 2000
- U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1992
Professional & Community Activities
- Wyoming State Bar
- Defense Research Institute
- Natrona County Bar Association, President 1998-1999
- Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, Casper Family YMCA
- Member, Board of Trustees, Casper Family YMCA
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