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Christopher Frayer

Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law
Detroit, MI23 years experienceAdmitted 2001

About Christopher Frayer

Christopher Frayer is a Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law concentrating on medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, birth injury, civil rights, and governmental claims.

Frayer earned his Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2001 and his undergraduate degree from Northwood University in 1991, where he was a scholarship athlete and tennis team captain. He is admitted to the State Bars of Michigan, Florida, and Connecticut, and to the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Central District of Florida, and the District of Connecticut, as well as the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court.

Frayer joined Buckfire in February 2024 after previously working as a medical malpractice attorney in metro Detroit representing healthcare entities and professionals. He has been named in Michigan's Top 100 Trial Lawyers and has secured significant settlements including $4,000,000 in a birth injury malpractice case.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Buckfire Law

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

$6.4 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $6.4 million to the estate of Wade Jones, a 40-year-old man who died after jail medical staff left his acute alcohol withdrawal untreated for more than 36 hours; the Sixth Circuit upheld the verdict in August 2024.

U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan (Grand Rapids) · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Northwood University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan, admitted 2001
State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Connecticut
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
State Bar of Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
American Bar Association
Michigan Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Michigan Association for Justice
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Michigan

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Detroit firms

Marko Law Firm
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$896.5 million · Oakland County Jury Returns Record $896.5 Million Verdict for Boy Struck at Continental Test Track
McKeen & Associates, PC
McKeen & Associates, PC
$130.57 million · $130.5 Million Verdict for Infant Brain Damage After Beaumont Hospital Delayed Code Blue
Ven Johnson Law, PLC
Ven Johnson Law, PLC
$22.6 Million Verdict for Port Trucker Left Permanently Disabled After On-the-Job Crash
Michigan Auto Law
Michigan Auto Law
$3.5 million · Jackson County Jury Awards $3.5 Million to Brain-Injured Driver in Fairley v. Schiber Truck Case

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