Brian Unger

Brian Unger represents individuals, families, and small businesses in disputes against corporations, hospital systems, insurers, and government actors. His practice at Mendenhall Law Group focuses on employment discrimination, civil rights law and constitutional litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, criminal defense, municipal law, and False Claims Act matters. He handles cases across multiple jurisdictions and represents clients facing well-resourced institutional opponents.

Brian earned his J.D., cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology from Elmhurst College. His academic background in law, philosophy, and sociology provides a foundation for litigation involving constitutional rights, employment disputes, criminal defense, municipal issues, and claims against government and corporate entities.

Brian handles qui tam whistleblower cases under the federal False Claims Act, including matters involving alleged fraud against the United States. His experience includes claims related to Medicare and Medicaid, for-profit education, military contracting, and housing. He is admitted in Ohio and Massachusetts, along with federal courts in each state and the First and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Brian Unger brings litigation experience to clients facing employment, constitutional, criminal, property, and whistleblower disputes. His work includes employment discrimination, municipal law, eminent domain and property matters, bankruptcy-related issues, criminal defense, and False Claims Act litigation. He focuses on developing legal strategies suited to each dispute while representing individuals and small businesses against larger private and governmental entities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Associate Attorney, Mendenhall Law Group
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Massachusetts
• Ohio

Education

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Elmhurst College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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