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Amy L.
O'Neill

Senior Associate
Healthcare


Amy O’Neill is a senior associate in the firm’s Healthcare practice. Amy’s practice focuses on representing healthcare clients in complex litigation and arbitration, including contracted and non-contracted managed care work. Amy has significant experience preparing and presenting claim denial cases dealing with medical necessity denials, notification and authorization denials, timely filing, and rate calculation disputes. Amy has litigated against all of the big five major payors in the healthcare industry and many smaller payors. Amy also has experience negotiating revisions to contract provisions between providers and plans and working with plans to reach agreement on compliance with contract terms. Amy has the experience and skills necessary to take her clients through the completion of the litigation process, or to act on behalf of her clients in negotiating favorable settlements. 

Prior to joining King & Spalding's healthcare practice, Amy gained litigation experience working on a variety of civil litigation matters including those involving trade secret, antitrust/unfair competition, breach of contract, and real property disputes.

Amy was a full-time judicial extern in the chambers of the Hon. Ronald Robie, of the California Third District Court of Appeal. While in law school, Amy was a comment writer and managing editor for the McGeorge Law Review, a research assistant, and participated in various on campus and off campus organizations. Amy was valedictorian of her class and graduated Order of Coif.

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Credentials

J.D., McGeorge School of Law, Valedictorian , summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

B.S., California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, summa cum laude

California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Law Clerk, Justice Ronald Robie, California

American Health Lawyers Association

Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court

California Society for Healthcare Attorneys

Sacramento County Bar Association

Women Lawyers of Sacramento

Top Lawyers Honoree for Business Litigation in Northern California


Sacramento Business Journal, 2019

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2019

Best of the Bar Honoree


Sacramento News and Review, 2015

Top Lawyers List


Sacramento Magazine, 2016

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2017

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Recognition

Top Lawyers Honoree for Business Litigation in Northern California


Sacramento Business Journal, 2019

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2019

Best of the Bar Honoree


Sacramento News and Review, 2015

Top Lawyers List


Sacramento Magazine, 2016

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2017

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Credentials

J.D., McGeorge School of Law, Valedictorian , summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

B.S., California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, summa cum laude

California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Law Clerk, Justice Ronald Robie, California

American Health Lawyers Association

Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court

California Society for Healthcare Attorneys

Sacramento County Bar Association

Women Lawyers of Sacramento

Top Lawyers Honoree for Business Litigation in Northern California


Sacramento Business Journal, 2019

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2019

Best of the Bar Honoree


Sacramento News and Review, 2015

Top Lawyers List


Sacramento Magazine, 2016

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2017

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Recognition

Top Lawyers Honoree for Business Litigation in Northern California


Sacramento Business Journal, 2019

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2019

Best of the Bar Honoree


Sacramento News and Review, 2015

Top Lawyers List


Sacramento Magazine, 2016

Rising Star Honoree


Super Lawyers, 2017