Attorney Greg Unatin
A Knowledgeable and Compassionate Litigator
Greg brings a vast knowledge of the medical issues at the core of every malpractice case to each and every client he serves. His litigation experience involves a wide variety of medical malpractice and personal injury matters, including extensive experience litigating professional negligence claims arising from the delayed diagnosis and treatment of treatable medical conditions.
Recent Cases & Settlements
- $10.83 million jury verdict for a man who suffered permanent brain damage after an allergic reaction during an MRI led to cardiac arrest (co-counseled with Attorney Brendan Lupetin).
- $950,000 settlement in medical malpractice case in which a man died from the failure to properly treat abdominal infection after gallbladder surgery.
- $750,000 settlement in medical malpractice case in which Emergency Department staff failed to recognize and treat patient for sepsis.
- $5 million settlement in medical malpractice case in which a man suffered permanent paralysis and permanent nerve pain as a result of delayed diagnosis and treatment of a spinal infection (co-counseled with firm founder Jerry Meyers*)
- $2 million jury verdict in botched gall bladder removal surgery (co-counseled with Attorney Brendan Lupetin)
Greg’s efforts have helped maximize a client’s recovery from a hospital where the staffs’ complete lack of urgency in spite of severe fetal compromise caused a mother and father’s nightmare and left a little girl with profound developmental delays. He has helped clients secure significant recoveries for injury related to undiagnosed or misdiagnosed cancers. Greg has successfully represented many clients who suffered permanent injury or death due to unrecognized or mistreated infections.
“Too often doctors or nurses assume a patient’s clinical signs and symptoms are related to only a single, sometimes harmless condition and treat only that false assumption,” explains Greg. “I hold physicians accountable for failing to first rule out the most dangerous, life-threatening conditions like septic shock, heart attack, or life-threatening infection. My efforts have helped secure compensation for such needless injuries as amputation, organ damage, permanent brain injury and death.”
Greg feels it is essential to forge a close and trusting relationship with each client. It’s about looking below the surface, and understanding the whole person. “I take the time to build open lines of communication with every client,” he says.
Every client has a story. The true story of the client doesn’t start at the time of misdiagnosis at a hospital or the moment of impact in a vehicle collision. Greg strives to learn as much as possible about each client’s life before and after the physical and emotional trauma. The ultimate goal is to handle the client’s life, not just their case, even if only for the life of the lawsuit. Often this means being a friend and by the client’s side as they grapple with the day to day feelings and emotions that emerge as the result of life altering injury or death. “Every client and every case is unique. I will listen to you, understand who you are and work to meet your expectations so I can guide you through a process which you should never feel is overwhelming.”
The client is at the center of everything we do. “Personal and honest communication with you, the client, gives us the knowledge and insight we need to combine every aspect of a case – the medical facts, the witnesses, the evidence, exhibits, and ultimately, the jury – in a way that will make a meaningful and lasting impact in your life.”
People who have lost the most as a result of avoidable injury or death are those most in need of an attorney who can return them to a sense of strength and confidence. Greg is that person. He strives to build a client’s confidence – in their case, in their attorneys and in themselves.
Attorney Profile: Greg Unatin
Admitted to bar 2006, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Education
- University of Michigan (B.A., 1997)
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2006)
Areas of Practice
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
Awards and Honors
- Among the Top 25 Verdicts in Pennsylvania for 2017 (with Brendan Lupetin)
- Selected to Super Lawyers: 2018 – 2019
- Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 – 2016
- Named to Top 15 Verdicts in Pennsylvania for 2014 (with Brendan Lupetin)
Professional Associations
- American, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny County Bar Associations
- American Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Board of Governors)
- Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors)
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Greg’s efforts have helped maximize a client’s recovery from a hospital where the staffs’ complete lack of urgency in spite of severe fetal compromise caused a mother and father’s nightmare and left a little girl with profound developmental delays. He has helped clients secure significant recoveries for injury related to undiagnosed or misdiagnosed cancers. Greg has successfully represented many clients who suffered permanent injury or death due to unrecognized or mistreated infections.
“Too often doctors or nurses assume a patient’s clinical signs and symptoms are related to only a single, sometimes harmless condition and treat only that false assumption,” explains Greg. “I hold physicians accountable for failing to first rule out the most dangerous, life-threatening conditions like septic shock, heart attack, or life-threatening infection. My efforts have helped secure compensation for such needless injuries as amputation, organ damage, permanent brain injury and death.”
Greg feels it is essential to forge a close and trusting relationship with each client. It’s about looking below the surface, and understanding the whole person. “I take the time to build open lines of communication with every client,” he says.
Lupetin & Unatin, LLC
