Judge Currently Seated

Christopher J. O'Neil

Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two

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Education and employment

O'NEIL, Christopher J. was born and raised in Casa Grande, Arizona, where he presently resides. Before his appointment to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Judge O'Neil served as the Presiding Judge of the Casa Grande City Court and later as a Judge for the Arizona Superior Court in Pinal County. He graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where he served as Executive Note Editor for the Arizona Law Review.

Official Biography

Judicial record

44 opinions where Christopher J. O'Neil sat on the panel, spanning 2023–2026.

16 Majority authored

26 Joined majority

1 Concurrences

1 Dissents

By court

Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 42
Ariz. 1
Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1

By disposition

Affirmed 19
Mixed 10
Vacated 6
Reversed 4
Denied 3
Granted 2

Panel votes per year

How Christopher J. O'Neil's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Add ?vs=<another-judge-slug> to the URL to overlay a second judge, or click compare next to any co-panelist below.

Christopher J. O'Neil

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Jeffrey L. Sklar 31 shared 28 aligned 3 split compare
Christopher P. Staring 18 shared 16 aligned 1 partial 1 split compare
Karl C. Eppich 12 shared 11 aligned 1 split compare
Lacey Stover Gard 8 shared 7 aligned 1 split compare
Michael F. Kelly 6 shared 6 aligned compare
Peter J. Eckerstrom 5 shared 5 aligned compare
Sean E. Brearcliffe 4 shared 4 aligned compare
Clint Bolick 2 shared 1 aligned 1 split compare
Garye L. Vásquez 2 shared 2 aligned compare
Ann A. Scott Timmer 1 shared 1 aligned compare

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Christopher J. O'Neil sat on the panel.

Docket	Court	Filed	Disposition	Case
2 CA-CV 2025-0286	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1	2026-11-03	Affirmed	Marvin Carter II v. Bnsf Railway Company
2 CA-CR 2025-0136	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-09-04	Vacated and remanded	State of Arizona v. Erick Antonio Diliz
2 CA-CV 2025-0185	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-06-16	Affirmed in part; vacated in part and remanded	Nina Alley v. Pima County, Pima County Attorney's Office, Laura Conover
2 CA-SA 2026-0011	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-06-12	Denied	Karolina Barrera v. Sedona Pointe LLC.
2 CA-CV 2025-0219	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-06-11	Reversed and remanded	David Stone v. Pima County
2 CA-CR 2023-0247	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-05-08	Vacated in part and remanded	State of Arizona v. William Maurice Brown
CV-24-0267-PR	Ariz.	2026-04-28	Vacated	Chandler v. Roosevelt
2 CA-JV 2025-0043	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2026-01-08	Vacated and remanded	In Re Termination of Parental Rights as to B.B.
2 CA-CR 2025-0068	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-12-22	Affirmed	State of Arizona v. Kalill Stubblefield
2 CA-CV 2024-0074 - 2 CA-CV 2025-0058 (consolidated)	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-12-15	Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded	Windrose Estates Homeowners Association v. Justin T. Wright; Midland Funding, L…
2 CA-CV 2025-0116	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-11-21	Affirmed in part; reversed in part	Derek D. Fraser v. State of Arizona
2 CA-CV 2025-0040-FC	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-11-20	Affirmed	Tamara Camila Rivero Quinteros v. Anthony Celaya
2 CA-CV 2024-0192-FC	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-10-29	Affirmed	In Re the Marriage of Wichansky
2 CA-CR 2024-0177	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-10-01	Affirmed	State of Arizona v. Ronald David Castillo
2 CA-CV 2024-0396	Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2	2025-09-30	Affirmed	Nbd Enterprises, LLC v. James Christopher Arnold; Acp Investments