Joseph O'Neill

Joe has extensive experience in online journalism and technical writing across a range of legal topics, including personal injury, meidcal malpractice, mass torts, consumer litigation, commercial litigation, and more. Joe spent close to six years working at Expert Institute, finishing up his role here as Director of Marketing. He has considerable knowledge across an array of legal topics pertaining to expert witnesses. Currently, Joe servces as Owner and Demand Generation Consultant at LightSail Consulting.

Joseph O'Neill

$150 Million Dollar Award for Plaintiff in AbbVie AndroGel Lawsuit

On July 24th, AbbVie Inc. was ordered to pay $150 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Jesse Mitchell of Oregon, who claimed that the company failed to adequately warn patients of the increased risk of heart attack associated with use of its AndroGel brand testosterone booster. The jury in Chicago elected to award the Plaintiff

Posted on July 27, 2017 in News

$25 Million Award for Plaintiffs in Nissan Defective Brakes Suit

A Los Angeles court awarded a $25 million verdict against Nissan stemming from a fatal 2012 crash caused by a critical failure in the braking system of a 2004 Infiniti QX56 SUV. The plaintiffs – Hilario Cruz, Araceli Mendez, and Solomon Mathenge – were represented by attorneys F. Jerome Tapley, Ryan Lutz, Brett Turnbull and

Posted on August 3, 2017 in Litigation Monitor

$57 Million Plaintiff Award in Philadelphia Transvaginal Mesh Trial

On September 7th, a Philadelphia jury awarded plaintiff Elle Ebaugh a $57 million award in her case against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc., manufacturers of a of an allegedly defective pelvic mesh product that left Ebaugh with permanent damage to her urinary tract. The landmark verdict is the largest plaintiff award so far handed

Posted on September 28, 2017 in Litigation Monitor

Two Major Talcum Powder Verdicts Overturned in Missouri and California

In the span of a week, appeals courts in both Missouri and California – two epicenters of the expansive class action litigation against Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products – have overturned plaintiff verdicts worth nearly $500 million, dealing a setback to similarly situated plaintiffs across the country. The verdicts include a $72 million award

Posted on October 26, 2017 in Litigation Monitor & News

Winners Announced in The Expert Institute’s Third Annual Best Legal Blog Contest

The Expert Institute’s Third Annual Best Legal Blog Contest has drawn to a conclusion, with more than fifty thousand votes cast for blogs in each of the contest’s nine categories. The contest’s three grand prize winners, as well as the winners in each individual category, beat out more than 600 legal blogs for the right

Posted on November 21, 2017 in News

The Expert Institute Receives Growth Investment from Spectrum Equity

The Expert Institute is thrilled to announce that we have received a significant growth investment from Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm focused on the information economy. The investment represents the first institutional capital invested in our company, and positions our firm to further scale our operations, broaden our areas of practice and pursue business

Posted on January 16, 2018 in News

Joaquin Santos Joins The Expert Institute as Senior Vice President of Sales

  NEW YORK CITY, July 24, 2018 — The Expert Institute, the leading online platform for connecting law firms with expert witnesses, announced today that it has hired Joaquin Santos as Senior Vice President of Sales. Joaquin joins The Expert Institute after more than 15 years as a sales leader and consultant in the technology

Posted on July 26, 2018 in News

The Expert Institute Voted “Best Overall Expert Witness Provider” by New York Law Journal

For the fourth year in a row, The Expert Institute (“TEI”) has been named “Best Overall Expert Witness Provider” by the New York Law Journal. “We are thrilled to have received this recognition from the New York legal community.” Said Michael Talve, CEO and Managing Director of The Expert Institute. “Our national headquarters is located

Posted on September 26, 2018 in News