Cara O'Neill is a legal editor and writer at Nolo specializing in bankruptcy
and small claims litigation. Cara authors several Nolo book titles,
including How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, The
New Bankruptcy, and Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court. She
also coauthors Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law, The
Foreclosure Survival Guide, Solve Your Money Troubles,
and Credit Repair, and edits several more. Before joining Nolo,
Cara practiced law for over 20 years in civil and criminal litigation, bankruptcy,
and administrative law. During that time, she served as an administrative law
judge, took dozens of criminal and civil cases to jury verdict, appeared before
the California Court of Appeals, and taught undergraduate and graduate law
courses. She earned her law degree in 1994 from the University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law, where she served as a law journal editor and graduated
as a member of the Order of the Barristers--an honor society recognizing
excellence in courtroom advocacy.