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About Michael Bonvolanta
Michael J. Bonvolanta is a Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law focusing on medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, birth injury, civil rights, and governmental claims.
Bonvolanta earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2015 and his Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in 2011. He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
Bonvolanta joined Buckfire in January 2020 after working at a full-service litigation firm handling municipal law, land use, zoning, and defense matters. He has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, and Medical Malpractice Law. His settlements include $2,000,000 in a hospital malpractice case.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Buckfire Law
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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.
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