About Adam Satin

Adam R. Satin is a magna cum laude graduate of Suffolk University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review. He has been a partner at Lubin & Meyer since 2004, specializing in medical malpractice and general liability litigation. His cases have generated nearly $300 million in gross verdicts and settlements. Named one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Lawyers of the Year, he leads the firm's Appellate Department and has won numerous appeals before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, First Circuit, and Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Most recently he won $17 million in a jury trial for the death of a woman following elective hernia surgery. In 2023 he won two trials totaling more than $12 million. He is believed to be the only trial attorney in Massachusetts to have obtained two punitive damages awards in medical malpractice cases.

He has also won a $6.1 million settlement for the family of a man killed by an over-served drunk driver and an $8.4 million judgment against a member of clergy who sexually molested a congregant. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, he has been listed annually in Super Lawyers since 2012 and selected for Best Lawyers in America each year since 2012. He co-chairs the Annual Personal Injury Conference for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Lubin & Meyer

These results are credited to Lubin & Meyer. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Middlesex County jury returned the largest personal-injury verdict in Massachusetts history after finding that an obstetrician waited more than five hours to perform an emergency C-section despite clear signs of fetal distress, causing a Dracut boy to develop cerebral palsy.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Lowell MA · 2005Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Norfolk Superior Court jury awarded Andrea Larkin $35.4 million after finding that Dedham Medical Associates failed to document a known brain abnormality, leaving her obstetrician unaware of a condition that made vaginal delivery dangerous.

Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham MA · 2015Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

An Essex Superior Court jury awarded $29 million to the two daughters of Joseph Brown, 43, after Salem Hospital emergency physicians failed to order a CT scan that would have revealed a fatal aortic aneurysm and dissection in time for lifesaving surgery.

Essex Superior Court, Newburyport MA · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Middlesex Superior Court jury awarded Steven Luppold $20 million after Lowell General Hospital emergency staff misdiagnosed a leg blood clot as sciatica on two separate visits, delaying treatment until amputation was unavoidable.

Middlesex Superior Court, Lowell MA · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$16.7 millionVerdict

A Suffolk Superior Court jury awarded $16.7 million after a Brigham and Women's Hospital radiologist read a 2006 chest X-ray as normal, missing a visible lung nodule that would develop into terminal cancer within 13 months.

Suffolk Superior Court, Boston MA · 2014Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Suffolk University School of Law
J.D. (magna cum laude)

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts
State Bar of Rhode Island

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$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
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$30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
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$56 million · Middlesex Jury Awards $56 Million to Retiree Disabled When Amazon Delivery Van Crossed the Center Line
Thornton Law Firm
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$42.6 million · Massachusetts Jury Returns $42.6 Million Verdict Against J&J in Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.