Christine M. O’Neill

Christine O’Neill is a former federal prosecutor with extensive trial, investigation, and litigation experience at the Department of Justice. Christine represents clients in white collar criminal cases, conducts internal investigations for public and private entities, and advises individuals on employment matters.

Prior to joining Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter, Christine spent over ten years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago. Christine led complex investigations and prosecuted a variety of federal criminal offenses, including fraud schemes, public corruption, human trafficking, child exploitation, narcotics conspiracies, opioid diversion, and violent crimes. Christine tried ten criminal cases to verdict and argued six appeals before the Seventh Circuit. As Chief of the General Crimes Section, she approved charges, coordinated with federal law enforcement leadership, supervised investigations, and onboarded and trained dozens of AUSAs.

Christine began her federal service as an Honors Attorney in the Antitrust Division, where she investigated price-fixing and bid-rigging conspiracies across the country. She received an Award of Distinction for her work on the Auto Parts Prosecution Team, which secured more than $500 million in fines during her time in the Division.

Earlier in her career, Christine clerked for the Honorable Amul R. Thapar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and served as a Staff Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She has taught legal writing at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and served as an instructor in the University of Chicago Law School’s Intensive Trial Practice Workshop.

Christine graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and from Princeton University with a degree in Politics and a certificate in Spanish Language and Culture.

Bar Admissions

Christine is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.