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About Robert Lantzy
Robert J. Lantzy is a Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law, a Michigan personal injury trial lawyer with approximately 27 years of experience.
Lantzy earned his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University in 1997 and his undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University in 1994. He is admitted to the State Bars of Michigan and Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lantzy has been recognized as a Super Lawyer (2012-2025), as a Go To Lawyer for Negligence Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and in Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, and Product Liability Litigation. He holds an AV Peer Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of the Multi-Million and Million Dollar Advocates Forums. His notable results include an $11.1 million class action sex abuse settlement.
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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