ROBERT E. O’NEILL
Has been working at the Department of Justice since 1993
Is the Interim US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
Prior to his current position, was the Chief of the Criminal Division from 2002 to 2007, has been the Anti-Terrorism Coordinator for the Middle District of Florida since 2001 and was the Chief of the Special Prosecutions/Public from 1999 to 2001
Was the lead prosecutor counsel in the U.S. v. Mario Ruiz Massieu case, the former Deputy Attorney General of Mexico, who was prosecuted in Houston, Texas for money laundering
Worked in the Office of the Independent Counsel in Washington DC from 1992 to 1993
Worked in private practice in New York from 1990 to 1992
Worked for the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Floridain Miami, Florida from 1986 to 1990
Was an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York from 1982 to 1986
Earned his JD from the New York Law School in 1982 and his Bachelors in Political Science from Fordham University in New York in 1979.