Evan Shaw

Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law
Detroit, MI30 years experienceAdmitted 1993

About Evan Shaw

Evan P. Shaw is a Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law, an experienced litigator with nearly 30 years in litigation law. He specializes in first-party auto claims, third-party auto negligence, and motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents.

Shaw earned his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University School of Law in 1993 and his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1989. He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.

Shaw joined Buckfire in September 2023 after working as a trial attorney at a personal injury law firm in metro Detroit. He has more than 25 years of legal experience in personal injury and healthcare. His results include a $3,000,000 birth injury settlement and a $2,300,000 police shooting wrongful death settlement.

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

Michigan State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan, admitted 1993
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
American Bar Association
Michigan Bar Association

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Detroit firms

Marko Law Firm
Marko Law Firm
$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.