Lawrence Buckfire
President and CEO | Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C.
Lawrence Buckfire is a wrongful death, car accidents and medical malpractice trial lawyer and President and CEO of Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. in Southfield, Michigan. J.D., Wayne State University Law School (1989).
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Southfield, Michigan 48034
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Lawrence J. “Larry” Buckfire is the president, CEO and lead trial attorney of Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C., a Michigan personal injury firm headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. He handles catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, including car and truck crashes, traumatic brain injuries, nursing home and assisted living neglect, medical malpractice, premises liability and child lead poisoning.
Buckfire joined the firm his father, David Buckfire, founded in 1969. He earned an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1986 and his law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1989, and he has been in private practice since then. He is admitted in Michigan and Ohio and in the federal district courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. His listed results include an $11.6 million wrongful death settlement, a $9.5 million settlement in a child’s death and a $5.08 million jury verdict in an assisted living death case.
Best Lawyers named him its 2027 Lawyer of the Year for medical malpractice litigation in his market, and The National Trial Lawyers has listed him among its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff lawyers. He is a member of the Michigan Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice, serves as a mediator for the Wayne County Mediation Tribunal and has written a series of Michigan accident and injury handbooks.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of Michigan
- State Bar of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- J.D., Wayne State University Law School, 1989
- Undergraduate degree in economics, University of Michigan, 1986
Practice Areas
- Michigan Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
- Ohio Association for Justice
- Wayne County Mediation Tribunal (Mediator)
- Brain Injury Association of Michigan
- Brain Injury Association of America
- Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Forbes Legal Council (Contributing Author)
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Litigation, 2027
- Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation, 2023
- Best Lawyers in America (Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Product Liability Litigation)
- Super Lawyers, 2013-2025
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Medical Malpractice Trial Lawyers in Michigan
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Rating
- Avvo 10.0 Rating
- Hour Detroit Top Lawyers
- Brain Injury Association of America Preferred Attorney
- $11.6 Million Settlement: Wrongful death settlement.
- $9.5 Million Settlement: Child wrongful death settlement.
- $5.08 Million Jury Verdict: Assisted living death jury verdict.
- $4 Million Settlement: Truck accident brain injury settlement.
- $3.65 Million Settlement: Wrongful death settlement.
- $2 Million Settlement: Auto death settlement.
- $1.8 Million Settlement: Truck accident settlement.
- $1.425 Million Settlement: Premises liability injury settlement.
- $1.4 Million Settlement: Child lead poisoning settlement.
- $1.325 Million Jury Verdict: Slip and fall jury verdict.
- $1.25 Million Settlement: Car accident settlement.
- $1 Million Settlement: Truck crash settlement.
- $900,000 Settlement: Swimming pool drowning settlement.
- $750,000 Settlement: Bicycle accident settlement.
- Confidential Settlements: Numerous confidential medical malpractice settlements.
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