John O'Neill

Author

John O’Neill is the author of New York Times Number One best seller Unfit for Command and (with Sarah Caton Wynne) The Fisherman’s Tomb, an Amazon Number Three best seller. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1967 and, after decorated service in Vietnam, finished as the top graduate of The University of Texas School of Law. Following a clerkship with Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the United States Supreme Court, John tried successfully several hundred cases and arbitrations, including representation for the People’s Republic of China in their first U.S. litigation. He declined any further representation of the PRC after the massacre at Tiananmen Square and the death/disappearance of many innocent Chinese people. John has repeatedly been selected into Best Lawyers® and appeared in several hundred television and radio shows on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Fox Business, and MSNBC. He has appeared on the Laura Ingraham, Joe Scarborough and Allen Colmes, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, and Chris Matthews shows. John is a kidney donor, survivor of four separate types of cancer and proud father, husband and grandfather.