Charles K. O'Neill

Managing Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Represented a major U.S. corporation in a claim as plaintiff for breach of indemnity provisions regarding environmental liabilities in an agreement of sale of a subsidiary. 
• Represented a major U.S. insurance broker in a series of cases involving restrictive covenants. 
• Represented a satellite company in the defense of a tortious interference with contract claim. 
• Represented a major U.S. insurer as its national trial counsel responsible for that client’s coordinated defense in all coverage actions in the United States involving environmental and breast implant claims. 
• Represented air carriers in major personal injury and property damage actions. 
• Acted as national trial counsel for a major U.S. corporation in its defense of product liability actions nationwide involving telecommunications equipment.

Honors

Activities and Affiliations

• Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; and Federal Bar Council 
• Board of Trustees: New York Methodist Hospital 
• Director:
  • Fordham Law Alumni Association
  • CAMBA Legal Services, a not-for-profit organization providing legal services in the areas of housing, government benefits and immigration to indigent individuals and under-served groups in the Brooklyn community 
  • Chadbourne & Parke Foundation, established by the Firm to make donations to charitable organizations that provide financial assistance to families and individuals impacted by the World Trade Center attack who are ineligible for other substantial assistance

Speeches and Events