MS. O'NEILL obtained her Juris Doctorate from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2003 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of New Hampshire in 1999 where she holds a membership with the Phi Sigma Pi Honor Society. Prior to joining the firm as a law clerk in March of 2004, she was an intern with the Family Law Facilitator and a law clerk in a private firm specializing in family law. Ms. O'Neill volunteers with the San Diego Children's Reading Program, San Diego Teen Court Program, San Diego Volunteer Lawyers, AIDS Law Clinic, Children at Risk Teaching Program, FlexComm, and the Republican Party of San Diego. She is a member of the State Bar of California, San Diego County Bar Association and the Family Law section of the San Diego County Bar Association. Ms. O'Neill is fluent in Russian and conversational in French and German.