Victor H. Pribanic - White Oak, PA
Attorney at Pribanic & Pribanic
Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Lawyers in White Oak, PA
1735 Lincoln Way White Oak, PA 15131
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47
Years
Experience
White Oak Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Updated: 09/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice
Litigation: 95%
Attorney Information
Overview
Victor H. Pribanic is the founding member of the firm, a Pittsburgh based regional trial practice firm. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and Duquesne University School of Law. He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Pittsburgh and founded the present firm in 1984.
Victor has tried and settled a variety of civil tort claims and occasionally represents clients in criminal matters in the United States District and State Courts.
Recent notable verdicts include a $103 million accounting malpractice verdict, a $2.2 million defamation verdict in the State of New Jersey, a $1.175 million products liability verdict against General Motors and in February of 2007, he recovered the largest and first significant medical malpractice Plaintiff’s verdict in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in which the jury awarded $600,000.00 for the death of a stillborn infant.
A significant portion of his current practice is devoted to medical negligence and drug defect claims in which he has been able to obtain numerous seven and eight figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients in a wide variety of medical matters.
He is a frequent speaker in the area of trial methods generally and within the medical negligence area.
Victor has been a life long member of the American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association), the Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers, the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County and a variety of other professional organizations.
Victor is a native of McKeesport, Pennsylvania and can usually be found when he is not in the courtroom (depending on the season), wandering around the country with his bird dogs or knee deep in a trout stream with a fly rod.
Representative Matters
- $103 million verdict – Accounting Negligence / Fraud
- $21 million settlement – Product Liability / Medical and Hospital Malpractice
- $8 million settlement – Product Liability / Medical and Hospital Malpractice
- $5.8 million settlement – Automobile Accident
- $5 million settlement – Product Liability / Defective Design
- $2.2 million verdict – Defamation / U-5 Defamation / Fraud / Intentional Interference with Contract
- Numerous million dollar+ confidential medical malpractice settlements and verdicts
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Awards and Honors
Awards
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America, Pittsburgh's Product Liability Litigator of the Year, 2010
- The Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability and Medical Malpractice, 2010
- Nominated to the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2010
- Admitted to the International Society of Barristers, 2010
- Member, The Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
- AV Martindale Hubbell Rated
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers, 2011-2012
- Top 25 National Trial Lawyers for Medical Malpractice, 2020
Other Sources of Feedback About Victor H. Pribanic
Included on the 2026 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
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- 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
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- 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
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Duquesne University School of Law,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 1979
J.D.
Non Legal Education
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Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green,
Ohio, 1976
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Current Employment Position(s)
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Founder, since 1984
Past Positions
- Pribanic & Pribanic, Founding Member, 1987 - 2008
- Honorable Ronald A. Doyle, Sole Practitioner and Law Clerk, 1980 - 1982
- Allegheny County, Assistant District Attorney, 1980 - 1982
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Trial Practices and Medical Malpractice
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1979
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
- American Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers
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Contact
1735 Lincoln Way
White Oak, PA 15131
Phone Number: 412-534-6431
Fax Number: 412-672-3715
Email: Send a message
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