Joshua R. O'Neill
No Company Is Too Big to Play Fair
About
As a member of Nichols Kaster’s Civil Rights and Impact Litigation practice group, Josh litigates class action cases involving discrimination, fraud, and other unfair business practices on behalf of employees, students, and other individuals. He has experience representing individuals, employees, and consumers in complex class and collective actions, including challenging disability-based discrimination and unfair business practices.
During law school, Josh interned at the ACLU of Minnesota, the Equal Justice Society, and the Federal Tort Claims Act Section of the United States Department of Justice. He also served as managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review.
Josh’s preferred pronouns are he/him/his.
Education
- J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
- B.A., Grinnell College
Admissions
- Minnesota
- New York
- U.S. District Court for Minnesota
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Presentations & Publications
- Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Forced Labor in Nursing Contracts, American Bar Association, Health Law Section, June 2024.
- Unveiling the Hidden Burden: Forced Labor in Nursing Contracts, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, June 2024.
- This is Minnesota: An Analysis of Disparities in Black Student Enrollment at the University of Minnesota Law School and the Effects of Systemic Barriers to Black Representation in the Law, 105 Minnesota Law Review Joint Issue 251.
- Swimming for More Than Gold: How Swimming Participation and Success in Elite International Swimming Events Can Decrease Drowning Rates Across the World, Undergraduate Economic Review (2017).
- Complete Spectroscopy of Po-211 below 2.0 MeV via the (α, n) reaction, Physical Review C (2017).