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Sarah Gorski

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Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law
Detroit, MI8 years experienceAdmitted 2017

About Sarah Gorski

Sarah L. Gorski is a Trial Attorney at Buckfire Law specializing in first-party automobile claims, third-party auto negligence, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, and personal injury matters including slip-and-falls, dog bites, and wrongful death cases.

Gorski earned her Juris Doctor from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2017 and her undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2005. She is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.

Gorski joined Buckfire in January 2022 after working as an associate at a full-service litigation firm in metro Detroit handling insurance defense and corporate disputes. Her recognitions include Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Michigan, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025-present, multiple categories), Super Lawyer Michigan Rising Star (2025-present), National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2023), and National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff (2024-2026). Her verdicts include a $6,400,000 prisoner death jury verdict.

Proven verdicts and settlements

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

Practice areas

Education

Eastern Michigan University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Michigan, admitted 2017
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
Oakland County Bar Association
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
Michigan Association for Justice
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Michigan
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Medical Malpractice Law (2025-present)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Personal Injury Litigation (2025-present)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Product Liability Litigation (2025-present)
Super Lawyer Michigan Rising Star (2025-present)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2023)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff (2024, 2025, 2026)

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