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S. Philip Unwin

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punwin@goldbergsegalla.com
585.295.8340
Rochester

Philip Unwin has been defending workers’ compensation claims and Section 120 discrimination claims since 2005. He has handled hundreds of trials at the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), including lay witness testimony and medical testimony on the issues of accident, notice and causal relationship, period and extent of disability, entitlement to medical benefits under the board’s Medical Treatment Guidelines, and fraud. He has advised clients on claims handling procedures, the defenses available at the outset of claims, and the timelines for conducting investigation and filing with the WCB. In addition, Philip is co-chair of the firm’s Medicare Compliance practice. He is a Medicare Set-Aside Certified Consultant and assists clients with Medicare Set-Asides and conditional payments, including advising them of their rights and obligations under the Medicare Secondary Payer laws in both workers’ compensation and general liability claims.

Related Areas

Workers' Compensation

Honors & Awards

Upstate New York Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2013, 2015-17

Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, J.D., 2002
  • University of Rochester, B.A., 1998

Training and Certifications

  • Credentialed as a Medicare Set-Aside Certified Consultant by the International Commission on Health Care Certification

Professional Affiliations

  • National Alliance of Medicare Set Aside Professionals (NAMSAP)
  • New York Self-Insurers Association

Publications & Events

  • “Minimizing Workers’ Comp Risk for Your Business,” Rochester Business Alliance Chamber News, November-December 2013
  • “Miami Investigation Ends With a Whimper, Predictably,” Journal of NCAA Compliance, September-October 2013
  • “Medicare Set Asides,” American Bar Association Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice (TIPS) Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Law Committee News, Summer 2013
  • “Getting in the Game: 2011 Report Shows Ups, Downs in Pro Sports Diversity” (Co-Author), Sports Litigation Alert, December 30, 2011
  • “NFL Scores Its First ‘A’ on Diversity Report Card, Yet Still Remains at the Back of the Class,” DRI The Business Suit, May 2011
  • “The NFL’s Diversity Report Card” (Co-Author), ABA Minority Trial Lawyer, Spring 2011
  • “Impending Decline in Public Funding May Push Stadium Costs Downward,” New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, Summer 2010
  • “Medicare Compliance in Workers’ Compensation,” POMCO, April 28, 2015
  • “Workers’ Compensation Risk Management Seminar,” Rochester Builders Exchange, January 2013
  • “WCB Medical Treatment Guidelines,” QBE, January 2013
  • “Hot Topics in Workers’ Compensation Law,” CLE, Monroe County Bar Association
  • “Fundamentals of Workers’ Compensation,” Sterling Education Services, Inc., 2009, 2011
  • “Using Opioid Reduction to Lower Your Medicare Set-Asides in New York,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, July 21, 2021
  • “Medicare Set-Asides – What Doesn’t Have to be Included for a Claimant’s Future Medical?” Workers’ Compensation Webinar, September 7, 2016
  • Contributor, “Medicare Set-Asides,” Timely Notice, November 15, 2018

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Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Listed in 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers

August 2017

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