About Michelle May O'Neil

Michelle May O’Neil founded the firm with her friend and partner Nathan T. Anderson based on their desire to provide clients with high-quality representation in a personalized atmosphere. She has over 18 years of experience representing men, women, and children related to family law matters such as divorce, child custody, and complex property division. Described by one lawyer as “a lethal combination of sweet-and-salty”, Ms. O’Neil exudes genuine compassion for her client’s difficulties, yet she can be relentless when in pursuit of a client’s goals.

Ms. O’Neil became a certified family law specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1997 and has maintained her certification since that time. Representing clients in litigation before the trial court is an important part of her practice. In addition, family law appellate matters are a niche of Ms. O’Neil’s practice. Lawyers frequently consult with Ms. O’Neil on their litigation cases about specialized legal issues requiring particularized attention both at the trial court and appellate levels.

The State Bar of Texas and other providers of continuing education for attorneys frequently enlist Ms. O’Neil to provide instruction to attorneys on topics of her expertise in the family law arena. She has, further, been honored by her peers with an “A-V” peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directories for the highest quality legal ability and ethical standards, as well as selection as a Barrister in the Annette Steward Inns of Court, an organization devoted to the professionalism of the practice of law.

In addition to her service to the legal profession, Ms. O’Neil actively serves the community. Altrusa International Inc. of Dallas, Texas, a professional women’s community service organization, selected Ms. O’Neil to serve as president from 2005 to 2007. During her term, the group received the Nina Fay Calhoun Award for International Relations for their work with Refugee Services. She also founded the project D.U.N.K. – Dallas Uniforms for Needy Children – providing donated uniform clothing to underprivileged children in the Dallas Independent School District.

Most recently, Ms. O'Neil was asked to participate in co-authoring a book entitled All About Texas Law and Kids which was published by Texas Lawyer Press in the Fall of 2009. For more information about Ms. O'Neil's book, please click on the image below.

Ms. O’Neil shares with many of her clients the joys of having a blended family, having married her husband John in 2006, who has a 9-year old son, Mark.

About Nathan Anderson

A sixth generation Texan, Nathan Anderson co-founded ONeil Anderson after working for a national law firm in Houston as a commercial litigator focusing on labor and employment law. Family law has always been Nathan’s passion and he combines right amount of aggressiveness with tact to obtain the best possible results for his clients. Nathan firmly believes in taking a proactive approach to case management and that continuing to do the same old things in the same old ways leads to the same old results – a continuing downward spiral in client satisfaction.

As a litigator, Nathan has earned the respect of his clients, peers and opponents by never taking short cuts and always being professional. No stranger to hard work, Nathan obtained his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University cum laude while working his way through law school. During law school Nathan was the President of the Phi Delta Phi legal honors fraternity and president of the SMU Family Law Association. Nathan was also the recipient of the State Bar of Texas Law Student Division Legal Professionalism Award for the SMU campus.

Nathan lives in the Lakewood area of Dallas with his wife Lorin and enjoys working on the family’s farm in Cleburne, Texas.

About Ashley Bowline Russell

Ashley Bowline Russell is a 2006 graduate of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where her passion for family law began. During law school, Ms. Russell served as president of the Family Law Association, acted as the SMU student liaison for the Family Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, and participated in the W.W.W. Caruth Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic, where she served as guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem in cases involving children in CPS custody.
 
After graduating from law school, Ms. Russell joined The May Firm. She was honored in 2007 to be invited to join the Annette Stewart Inn of Court, an organization devoted to ethics and professionalism in the practice of family law, as an Associate member. Clients often praise Ms. Russell for the personal attention, compassion, and understanding that she brings during this extremely difficult time in their lives.

Prior to law school, Ms. Bowline Russell graduated magna cum laude from the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma where, in 2002, she received a Bachelor of Arts in both English and Psychology.  She is a member of the highly regarded Phi Beta Kappa honors fraternity, as well as Phi Beta Phi sorority. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ms. Russell lives in Dallas with her husband.