Lawrence Joseph O'Neill

Lawrence O'Neill
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2016
Preceded by	Morrison C. England Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Oliver Winston Wanger
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley UC Hastings College of the Law

Lawrence Joseph O'Neill (born 1952) is Chief United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Born in Oakland, California, O'Neill was a police officer for the City of San Leandro, California from 1973 to 1976. He received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1973, an M.P.A. from Golden Gate University in 1976, and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1979. He was a law clerk to Hon. Robert F. Kane, First Appellate Court, California Court of Appeal in 1979. He was in private practice in Fresno, California from 1979 to 1990. He was an Adjunct professor at San Joaquin College of Law in Clovis, CA from 1986 to 1992. He was a judge on the Fresno County Superior Court, California from 1990 to 1999, and served as U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California from 1999–2007.

On January 9, 2007, O'Neill was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California vacated by Oliver W. Wanger. O'Neill was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 2007, and received his commission on February 2, 2007. He became Chief Judge in June 2016.

Sources

• Lawrence Joseph O'Neill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.