A Murrysville lawyer facing criminal charges for what Westmoreland County prosecutors contend was a road rage incident nearly three years ago told a judge the encounter was a “nonevent.”

Brad Funari testified during the second day of his nonjury trial Thursday that his former wife and her father fabricated claims that he ran them off the road and taunted them.

“This did not happen the way they described,” Funari said during more than two hours of testimony.

Funari, 49, is charged with one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment and a summary traffic offense of careless driving in connection with a Sept. 4, 2023, incident near his estranged wife’s former home in Murrysville. He was the lone defense witness to testify in the trial, which concluded Thursday.

Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Tim Krieger is expected to announce a verdict Friday.

Funari, a partner at the Reed Smith law firm in Pittsburgh, contended he is the victim of a conspiracy involving his former wife and local police to bolster her efforts to secure custody of their five children. Contentious custody proceedings have been ongoing for three years.

Defense attorney Mike DeRiso said those proceedings were the impetus for the criminal case.

“This woman sees this as a tactical advantage in an ongoing custody dispute,” DeRiso argued. The defense did not present specific evidence of a conspiracy involving Murrysville police.

DeRiso argued that testimony from Mira Gornick, Funari’s former wife, and her father should not be believed.

Gornick testified this week that she was a passenger in a car driven by her father when Funari obstructed their path, accelerated toward their vehicle and forced them to swerve off the road before driving alongside them to taunt them.

During a 911 call made during the incident, Gornick claimed she and her father were frightened for their safety and the safety of two of her children, who were passengers in Funari’s vehicle.

Funari denied he pursued or taunted his former wife. He testified he parked near her home to retrieve an item belonging to one of their children and intended to drive away but was slowed by Gornick’s vehicle.

No one was injured during the alleged incident.

Assistant District Attorney Cassidy Hatten argued that testimony from Gornick and her father was bolstered by the four-minute 911 call played in court. She said Funari’s actions endangered others.

“This is a man who is not used to losing control, and he can’t stand it. He put them in absolute danger that day,” Hatten said. “He is not better than anyone else who sits before you.”