Michael O. Pitt

Email:	mpitt@obrlaw.com
Main:	(610) 834-6220
Fax:	(610) 834-1749
Assistant:	Colleen Welte
Email:	cwelte@obrlaw.com
Main:	(610) 834-6241

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Michael concentrates his practice on the defense of healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases in both State and Federal Courts.  For over twenty years, Michael has defended hospitals, physicians, dentists, nurses and nurse practitioners throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Michael lectures annually to healthcare providers regarding issues surrounding risk management and litigation tactics. 

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Appellate Litigation
• General Liability and Casualty
• Health Care Law
• Medical Device, Mass Tort and Pharmaceutical Litigation
• Professional Liability

Recent Representative Matters:

• Defense Verdict on behalf of Anesthesiologist & Pain Management Physician in Epidural Steroid Case
• Defense Verdict on Behalf of Gastroenterologist in Matter involving Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Defense Verdict on Behalf of Urologist
• Defense Verdict on Behalf of Family Practice Physician in Philadelphia County
• Defense Verdict on Behalf of Cardiologist in Philadelphia County
• Defense Verdict for Anesthesia Pain Management Group In Montgomery County
• Defense Verdict on Behalf of Neurologists and Nurse Practitioner in Philadelphia County

Named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers:

• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

Bar Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1996
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit, 1997

Education:

• Western New England College School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1993
• Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1989, B.A.
• Malvern Preparatory School, 1985

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Philadelphia Area Society for Healthcare Risk Management
• Chester County Bar Association

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Sepsis & Septic Shock: Deadly Risk & Liabilities, 4th Annual Sepsis Symposium, Jefferson Hospital, September 2019