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Lawrence Buckfire

President, Lead Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law
Detroit, MI37 years experienceAdmitted 1989

About Lawrence Buckfire

Lawrence J. Buckfire is the President and Lead Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law, an award-winning Michigan trial lawyer specializing in catastrophic injuries and wrongful death for over 37 years.

Buckfire earned his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University School of Law in 1989 and his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1986. He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan, the State Bar of Ohio, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.

Managing partner of the firm founded by his father in 1969, Buckfire holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, and Product Liability, as a Super Lawyer (2013-2025), in America's Top 100 Trial Lawyers, and as the 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Product Liability Litigation. He has authored ten handbooks on Michigan accident and injury law and contributes to Forbes Legal Council.

Practice areas

Education

University of Michigan
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan, admitted 1989
State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Michigan Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
Ohio Association for Justice
Michigan Brain Injury Association and Council

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury
Best Lawyers in America - Medical Malpractice
Best Lawyers in America - Product Liability
Super Lawyers (2013-2025)
America's Top 100 Trial Lawyers
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year - Product Liability Litigation (2023)
AVVO 10.0 Rating

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