Burke O'Neil LLC is a litigation boutique specializing in complex and class actions.

Our practice includes serving as counsel for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Our defense-side work focuses primarily on defending pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and durable medical equipment providers who are subjected to government investigation or False Claims Act qui tam litigation. We have had substantial success defeating claims asserted by the Department of Justice and False Claims Act qui tam relators.

• Among other victories, we obtained a fee award based on the Department’s bad faith in pursuing meritless False Claims Act claims.
• We also prevailed against the Department of Justice in a bench trial held in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Along with co-counsel from Covington & Burling, we prevailed on a motion to dismiss against a qui tam relator alleging off label promotion.

Our plaintiffs-side work focuses primarily on human rights. We are currently serving as lead counsel in several major litigations aimed at holding mercenaries and other defense contractors accountable for their actions abroad.

• We represent the Iraqis who were tortured at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq. Click Here
• We represent the families of those killed by Blackwater mercenaries in Nissor Square on September 16, 2007. We also represent the family of another Blackwater victim who was killed on September 9, 2007. Click Here
• We represent the family of a woman who was killed by Unity, an Australian mercenary company. Click Here
• We successfully represented the government of the Dominican Republic in an action for dumping ash on Dominican beaches. We obtained a six million dollar settlement, which has been used to remove the ash and remediate the beaches. Click Here