Most people are never prepared for a life altering event. Nor do we know what to expect when it does happen. First there’s the fear of uncertainty and change. The panic of how to make this all go away.

My sister had such a turn of events, medical mistakes and malpractice changed her life forever. Sold on the “simple “ idea of gastric bypass, the “quick fix” that caused a cascade of neurological and debilitating ailments. My sister became unable to walk, lost the use of her hands, was unable to feed herself and had severe memory and cognitive issues.

That’s when she needed help, not just medically, but someone to fight for her. That’s when I met Ernest Pribanic. From that first day he sat with us at the rehab facility, I knew we had the right team to fight for her. Not only being compassionate and patient, but listening to a woman who just wanted her life back, he  knew what needed to be done; listening through the tears and the days that she would just break down. It wasn’t a pleasant journey to say the least but he never hesitated to answer our calls and be there when the time came to face those that had failed her.

Ernest and Victor Pribanic, fought for her and enabled her to move forward and build a “new life.” For that we will be ever so thankful. Lawyers fight for justice, they did much more than that, they gave us hope.

~ Carrie White

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• Awarded Best Lawyers 2024

• Awarded Best Lawyers 2023 for Product Liabilty Litigation

• Awarded Best Lawyers 2022

• Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County 2021

• Top 100 National Trial Lawyers 2020

• Top 40 under 40 National Trial Lawyers 2019

• Super Lawyers 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

• America’s Top 100 Attorneys

• Selected to Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

• Law Scholarship for Excellence 

• Louis L. Manderino Honor Society

• Member of Duquesne University School of Law National Trial Team 

• CALI Awards: Admiralty Law, Electronic Discovery, Legal Research and Writing, Expert Evidence, and Criminal Procedure

• Pi Gamma Mu National Honors Society, Inducted 2006

• Sigma Tau Delta National Honors Society, Inducted 2006

• American Association for Justice (AAJ)

• Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ)

• Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County

• Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

• American Bar Association (ABA)

• Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA)

• American Inns of Court

• Pennsylvania, 2014

• Duquesne University School of Law, Guest Lecturer, Expert Evidence: Selection, Vetting, and Use of expert witnesses, February 10, 2021. 

• Pribanic, Ernest. “Halitosis, BMI and Medical Noncompliance as a Recurring Defense in Med Mal” The Legal Intelligencer, March 30, 2021. 

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