Brendan B. Lupetin, Personal Injury Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

BRENDAN B. LUPETIN Lupetin & Unatin, LLC — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Brendan Lupetin is a founding partner of Lupetin & Unatin, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based plaintiff's firm exclusively representing individuals and families in medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury cases. For more than two decades, he has taken on hospitals, physicians, and corporations on behalf of people who have suffered devastating, life-altering harm — and has consistently delivered results when it matters most.

Recognition

In 2024, Brendan was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers — one of the most selective honors in the American legal profession, extended by invitation only to trial lawyers who have demonstrated the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and courtroom excellence. Fellowship is limited to no more than one percent of the total lawyer population of any state.

In 2026, Best Lawyers named Brendan the Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year for Pittsburgh — the highest recognition Best Lawyers confers on a single attorney in a given practice area and city.

Super Lawyers has named Brendan a Top 50 Lawyer in Pittsburgh and a Top 100 Lawyer in Pennsylvania across multiple consecutive years — peer-selected distinctions placing him among the most accomplished litigators in the region and state.

Brendan is also one of only eleven lawyers in Western Pennsylvania invited to active membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and was inducted into the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County in 2011 — one of the youngest lawyers ever admitted to this invitation-only organization of 250 of Allegheny County's most accomplished civil trial lawyers.

A Trial Lawyer Who Goes to Verdict

In 2021, Brendan and his partner Gregory Unatin tried Miller v. Tyrone Hospital to a jury verdict of $10.8 million in the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County — making it the first medical malpractice case tried to verdict in the United States following the COVID-19 pandemic. Their client, a man who suffered permanent brain damage after an allergic reaction during an MRI led to cardiac arrest, had received a top settlement offer of just $3 million before trial. The result speaks for itself.

VerdictSearch has recognized numerous Lupetin & Unatin resolutions in its annual Top Pennsylvania Verdicts and Settlements report. Brendan believes deeply in the jury system: "While many attorneys fear having their client's fate determined by apparent strangers, I believe in our jury system and have the utmost faith that our community's conscience will enforce important safety rules and ensure that justice is always done."

Thought Leadership

Brendan serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he teaches Trial Strategy and Practice — bringing real-world plaintiff's trial experience directly into the classroom. He is also the host of Just Verdicts, a podcast now approaching 75 episodes exploring trial practice, plaintiff advocacy, and the pursuit of justice. Brendan is regularly called upon by media outlets to provide commentary on significant litigation and matters of national importance, and writes for his local bar journal on issues at the intersection of law, professional identity, and trial practice.

Background

A competitive scholarship swimmer at the University of Pittsburgh, Brendan earned his B.S. before receiving his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2005. He is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

The son of a physician and a trauma counselor, Brendan grew up understanding that compassion and accountability are not opposites — they are partners. That foundation shapes every case he takes.

Outside the office, his greatest joy is time spent with his wife, Lacey, and their three sons, Nathan, John, and Owen.