Jessica O'Neill

Biography

Jessica started with Markel in July 2015 as a Senior Claims Examiner in the Environmental unit.  Thereafter, she was Counsel in the Professional Liability Complex Claims unit, which managed complex Architects & Engineers, Construction Defect, Environmental, Medical/Healthcare, and Miscellaneous Professional claims.  Presently, she serves as Coverage Counsel, supporting the Construction and Casualty claims units. Jessica holds adjusters’ licenses in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas and law licenses in Illinois and Texas.  Before joining Markel, Jessica practiced law in both Illinois and Texas.  She began her law practice with a concentration in civil litigation, representing defendants in construction, medical malpractice, premise liability, and transportation matters.  Thereafter, she practiced as coverage counsel, advising various primary insurers, excess insurers, and reinsurers on coverage issues involving Commercial General Liability, Technology and Media Professional Liability, Data Breach, Errors and Omissions, Directors and Officers, Managed Care and other first and third-party liability policies.  She received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Western Michigan University and her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.  She enjoys spending “free time” serving various non-profits in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and traveling with her family.

Education

No information available.

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: TX, IL
• Licensed Adjuster: TX, OK, FL, LA, AL, AK, WV