David O’Neal is a senior associate in the firm’s Securities Litigation Group. His practice focuses on securities fraud actions, fiduciary duty and shareholder derivative suits, False Claims Act litigation, corporate investigations, and other complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Alston & Bird, David served as a law clerk for the Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. David received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2007. While in law school, David served as the notes and comments editor for the Mississippi Law Journal. David completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia, where he graduated magna cum laude.

David is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and all Georgia state courts.