Ronald Unger

Attorney

Mr. Unger handles wrongful death and major injury cases for the firm. He was raised in the Seattle area and attended 2 years at the University of Washington before transferring to UCLA. After obtaining an undergraduate degree at UCLA in 1981, he worked for two years in the Recreation and Parks Department for the City of Beverly Hills. He then returned to UCLA, where he graduated from their law school in 1986. While in law school, Mr. Unger earned the American Jurisprudence Book Award in Torts. He also taught “Street Law” twice a week for one semester to high school students. In addition, he wrote a law review article that won first place in a UCLA sponsored writing competition. His article, entitled “Compulsory Self Incrimination and the Oil Spill Statute – What the EPA Doesn’t Know Will Hurt Them,” can be found at 4 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law 231 (1985). The article, which criticized a federal statute that discouraged individuals from reporting environmental accidents caused by their own fault was brought to the attention of the U.S. Congress. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Congress deleted those provisions to the statute that Mr. Unger had criticized.

Mr. Unger has been practicing in the State of Washington since 1987. He was a partner at an insurance defense firm Murray, Dunham & Murray, where he worked for the first 14 years of his practice. His clients there included Allstate, AIG, Chubb, Federated, National Merit, Dairyland and USAA.

In 2001, Mr. Unger joined the law offices of Buckley & Associates because he wanted to represent people instead of insurance companies. His practice focuses on insurance coverage and product liability litigation. He has an excellent track record for his clients and has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients over the years.

Mr. Unger has practiced appellate litigation in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Western and Eastern divisions of the Federal District Courts and all 3 divisions of the State Court of Appeals as well as in the Washington State Supreme Court. He has tried numerous personal injury cases in western Washington Superior Courts, including cases throughout the state of Washington.  And as a litigator involving significant injury cases, Mr. Unger has participated in legal proceedings in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah as well as in Canada and Mexico.

In his spare time, Mr. Unger enjoys skiing, golf, chess and motorcycle riding.