Augusta M. O’Neill

Augusta’s practice is focused on zoning and land use and uses her litigation experience to provide clients with unique and creative solutions to their land use questions. She has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of matters in both state and federal courts, and has managed fact discovery, drafted pleadings and briefs, taken depositions, appeared at hearings, and participated in the successful settlement of numerous contentious cases.

Augusta has also represented clients on a wide variety of product liability, construction site liability, medical malpractice, commercial premises liability, dram shop liability and commercial contract matters. She has also represented corporate clients, both large and small, in all aspects of public procurement and government contracts litigation. In addition, Augusta has experience with litigating employment-related disputes involving age, gender, disability and race discrimination, non-compete and restrictive covenants in state and federal courts and agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She has also litigated a wide variety of commercial disputes for clients ranging from small local businesses to multinational corporations in both state and federal courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining the firm, Augusta served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jane Grall, Presiding Judge of the Appellate Division, and as a judicial intern to Justice Virginia Long of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. While pursuing her J.D. at Rutgers School of Law, Camden, Augusta served as the Research Editor for the Rutgers Law Journal, competed in the school’s internal moot court competition, and was awarded the pro bono award for significant service.

Author, “Philadelphia Zoning and Land Use Legislative Updates – July 2021,” July 16, 2021

Author, “Philadelphia Zoning and Land Use Legislative Updates – June 2021,” June 17, 2021

Author, “Philadelphia Zoning and Land Use Legislative Updates – May 2021,” May 21, 2021

Quoted, “Why Frankford residents supported Rite Aid’s plea to demolish a neighborhood icon,” WHYY, November 14, 2020

Author, “Relief Available to The Restaurant and Hospitality Industries Under the Cares Act,” March 31, 2020

Author, “Will Business Owners Be Able To Recover COVID-19 Related Losses Under Their Business Interruption Insurance?” March 17, 2020

• Represented national furniture retailer in the successful settlement of a multi-million dollar products liability claim
• Represented international lighting company in products liability claim related to a personal injury claim for more than $20 million
• Represented helmet manufacturer in products liability claim
• Successfully defeated a claim of discrimination brought by a plaintiff by filing a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint in lieu of filing an answer
• Obtained a $940,000 settlement for a group of plaintiffs in an invasion of privacy matter
• Drafted employee handbooks for both large and small regional corporate employers
• Represented New Jersey municipalities on a variety of labor and employment matters
• Represented private corporations in bid contests for government contracts awarded by the State of New Jersey