Michael V. Quatrini

Managing Partner

    Contact Information

  • Location: Greensburg, Pittsburgh
  • Office Phone: WC (724) 552-2729 | Soc Sec (724) 552-2757 | Vets (724) 217-8256
  • Fax: (724) 837-1348
  • Email: mvq@qrlegal.com
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Biography

Michael V. Quatrini represents injured workers and veterans, helping them get the medical coverage and benefits they are entitled to receive. He began his practice with Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and quickly established himself as a thought leader. Recognizing Veterans were underserved and encountering difficulty accessing disability benefits, he expanded his practice to include Veterans Disability Compensation.

Michael received his B.A. from Dickinson College and his law degree from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University (formerly Duquesne University School of Law), where he served as President of the Student Bar Association and is still active with their alumni association.

An active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association (ACBA), Westmoreland County Bar (WCB), and Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), Michael has held numerous leadership roles and is a sought-after speaker. In 2021, Michael was elected to serve as the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation section of the ACBA, where he also serves on Nominating Committee. In 2024, he became co-chair of the ACBA Membership Committee. He sits on the Board of Governors for the Pennsylvania Association of Justice (PAJ), an organization dedicated to promoting and protecting a fair, effective justice system for those injured at work or by the negligent conduct of others.   

Since 2013, Michael has been a course planner and lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, co-authoring and presenting statewide for “Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability” and “Social Security Disability: The Basics.” He is an active member of, and speaker for, the National Organization of Social Security Representatives (NOSCCR); Workers’ Injury Litigation Group (WILG); and the National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA).  Since 2020, he has been a regular speaker at the PA Department of Labor and Industry’s Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference. Michael routinely volunteers his time and expertise as a guest lecturer for both the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

From 2012 through 2021, Michael was named a “Rising Star” by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. In 2022, Michael advanced to Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, a recognition given to no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Pennsylvania.

Commitment to Our Community

Michael proudly dedicates his time to the Board of Advisors for the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC). An affiliate of the Pittsburgh Foundation, CFWC strengthens the Westmoreland County community through non-profit organizing, programming and giving, all of which is supported by endowed funds established by individuals, businesses, and organizations.  CFWC currently has more than 220 individual donor funds, valued at $23 million, and has granted over $14 million to local nonprofit organizations. He is one of the co-founders of the “Visionaries,” a program at the CFWC dedicated to educating individuals in their 20s, 30s, and 40s about community giving and foundations. Since 2010, the group has provided more than $30,000.00 in funding to local non-profits who develop unique programs to engage young individuals and encourage volunteering/board service. In 2017, Michael was instrumental in helping The Pittsburgh Foundation develop its own version of the Visionaries program – “New Philanthropic Leaders” – which on its own has provided substantial resources to the Pittsburgh non-profit community while at the same time developing the next generation of community-minded residents.

Additionally, Michael has committed over a decade of board service to Westmoreland Cleanways, the non-profit recycling coordinator for Westmoreland County, where he currently serves in the role as Vice President of the Board of Directors.  He is also the past Board President for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Westmoreland County, Inc., a volunteer-based organization providing a voice in the courts on behalf of abused and neglected children in Westmoreland County.

In 2021, Michael was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Sports and Exhibition Authority and in 2025, he was elected Vice-Chairman.  He also serves on the SEA Sports Commission, which is charged with promoting athletic events and sports tourism throughout Allegheny County. In 2022, he was appointed to Josh Shapiro’s Transition Team, Legal and Judiciary Subcommittee.

To honor and support the Pittsburgh Veterans community, Michael dedicates four hours of pro-bono legal services per month at the two Pittsburgh-area VA hospitals in Oakland and Aspinwall.

For his commitment to the community, Michael was recognized in 2018 as “Who’s Next in Philanthropy” in the Pittsburgh-region by the Incline Magazine.

Michael and his wife, Megan, both grew up in Westmoreland County and currently live in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh with their young daughters, Stella and Vivian.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 2007
  • U.S. District Court Western District of PA, 2007
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Education

  • J.D., Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University (formerly Duquesne University School of Law), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007
  • B.A., Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2004

Published Works

Honors and Awards

  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2012-2021
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2022 – present
  • Who’s Next in Philanthropy, Incline Magazine, 2018

Professional Speaking Engagements

  • Operating in a Post-Pandemic World, Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, 2022
  • Injured and Out of Work: Advocating for the Injured and Disabled, Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (PARP). 2022
  • Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2021
  • Avoiding Litigation, PA Department of Labor and Industry – 20th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference, 2020
  • Medicare Set Asides in the Workers’ Compensation Process, Fall Section Meeting of Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Law Section, 2019
  • Social Security Disability: The Basics, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2019
  • Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2018
  • Traumatic Brain Injuries and the VA Disability Compensation System, Duquesne University School of Law – Athletes, Veterans and Neuroscience: A Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury and the Law, 2017
  • Social Security Solutions for Complex Situations, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2017
  • Social Security Disability: The Basics, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2016
  • Understanding VE Testimony, National Spring Conference – NOSSCR, Miami, FL, 2016
  • Ethics of Social Media in Workers’ Compensation, Fall Section Meeting of Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Law Section, 2016
  • Veterans Benefits and the Disability Compensation Process, Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, 2015
  • Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2015
  • Working with Treating Physicians on SSD Cases, National Spring Conference – NOSSCR, Washington, D.C., 2015
  • Social Security Disability: The Basics, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2014
  • Advanced Issues in Social Security Disability, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
    • Workers’ Compensation section, Chair, 2021 – present
    • Membership Committee, Co-Chair, 2024-2025
  • Westmoreland County Bar
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • National Organization of Social Security Representatives (NOSCCR)
  • Workers’ Injury Litigation Group (WILG)
    • Veterans Affairs Committee, Co-Chair
  • National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA)
  • Pennsylvania Association of Justice (PAJ)
    • Board of Governors
    • Co-Chair, Social Security Disability Section

Pro Bono and Community Activities

  • Community Foundation of Westmoreland County
    • Board of Advisors
  • Westmoreland Cleanways
    • Board of Directors
  • Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Westmoreland County, Inc.
    • Past President of the Board
  • Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
    • Board of Directors, 2021 – present
    • Vice Chair – 2025
  • Riverlife Party at the Pier
    • Event Chair with Megan Quatrini, 2018, 2023