Meyerson & O'Neill is a general litigation firm with attorneys who have extensive trial experience in both civil and criminal cases. For more than 20 years the firm has maintained a successful and varied practice handling complex civil and personal injury matters for persons who have suffered serious and catastrophic injuries and white collar criminal defense cases.

We provide the level of expertise expected from a large firm, with a more hands-on approach from senior attorneys with substantial trial and litigation experience.

Jack Meyerson, who obtained his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1972 and served as a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice and as an Assistant United States Attorney for six years, is well known for his public corruption prosecutions. Debora O'Neill obtained her J.D. from Villanova University in 1981 and has extensive experience in the prosecution and defense of complex civil litigation including class actions in both state and federal courts. Pete Greiner, who obtained his J.D. from Villanova University in 1998 and served for five years as an Assistant District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia, brings to the firm extensive trial experience in both criminal and civil litigation.

Our lawyers are committed to providing the same quality representation as larger firms with particular attention to personal involvement, client input, and cost-effective but result-oriented strategy.

Our extensive trial experience in civil and criminal cases spans a diverse variety of complex areas including the following:

• Personal injury
• Product liability
• Legal malpractice
• Worksite and industrial injuries
• Medical malpractice
• Prescription drugs and medical devices
• Corporate fraud and abuse.
• Business and commercial litigation
• Shareholder disputes
• Restrictive Covenants
• International matters
• Transnational litigation
• ERISA
• Consumer protection
• Criminal law including white collar crimes

The firm's successes include:

• Lifetime financial security for a woman seriously injured by a drunk driver. The establishment that served the driver with alcohol after he was visibly intoxicated was held to be principally liable.
• A $2 million trial verdict against a physician in a medical malpractice case for failure to diagnose cancer.
• A $2.2 million verdict in favor of a Philadelphia sports team trainer injured in an elevator fall case.
• A $1.5 million settlement with a life time tax free annuity in a product liability case involving a defective door lock on a motor vehicle.
• A $3.75 million settlement of a 260-member racial discrimination class action suit against a Fortune 500 company.
• Lifetime financial security and health care for a young woman who suffers a devastating stroke after taking a dietary supplement containing ephedra.
• One of the largest civil rights settlements against the City of Philadelphia based upon an off-duty police officer who shot and killed a civilian.
• An $800,000 settlement for a woman whose eyesight was permanently damaged during experimental eye surgery which was not properly reviewed by the FDA or an IRB (Independent Review Board)
• Substantial settlements in medical malpractice cases involving obstetrics, such as a life long annuity for a child born handicapped with shoulder dystocia and compensation to the family of a stillborn child following fetal distress.

Many of our cases involve representation of clients of other lawyers at trial. We often work jointly with other attorneys in litigation matters that demand courtroom experience, the ability to manage complex issues and evidence, or experience with certain types of cases such as wrongful death and medical and legal malpractice. We have offices in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and are admitted to practice in both of these states as well as in federal courts throughout the United States.