Robert (Rob) O’Neal

Rob O’Neal joined SCPDA in 2002. Rob earned his B.A. at Whitman College and his J.D. at the University of Washington School of Law. During law school, Rob worked as a legal intern at Platt & Arndt – Island County Public Defender and The Defender Association.

“I became a public defender because I wanted to do challenging work that was of use to people, with no regard to whether those people were paying me.”