Jerome O'Neill

Jerome F. O'Neill (September 24, 1946 – December 3, 2023) was an American attorney from the state of Vermont. He is most notable for his service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Vermont (1973–1975), First Assistant U.S. Attorney (1975–1981), and United States Attorney.

Early life Jerome F. O'Neill was born in Burlington, Vermont, on September 24, 1946, a son of Phyllis (Chagnon) O'Neill and Frederick A. O'Neill, a United States Army officer and inspector for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. O'Neill's relatives included his uncle Edward J. O'Neill, a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army.

O'Neill began attendance at Georgetown University in the fall of 1964, and he received his Bachelor of Science in foreign trade in 1968. While in college, O'Neill took part in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and served as secretary of the Scabbard and Blade Society.

Career After his military service, O'Neill was a law clerk in 1972 for Judge Sylvia Bacon of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. and practiced law as the senior partner of the Burlington firm that included Geoffrey W. Crawford and eventually became O’Neill, Kellner & Green. He subsequently became of counsel at Burlington's Gravel & Shea.

Death O'Neill died from cancer on December 3, 2023, at the age of 77.