About Adrian Vega

Adrian O. Vega is a founding partner and trial attorney at Buckingham & Vega Law Firm, focusing on catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases for children and adults. He has obtained multi-million-dollar results in matters involving birth injury, construction and workplace injuries, semi-truck wrecks, product liability, drunk driving crashes, and medical negligence. He is selective about the cases he takes, focusing on serious injuries that were avoidable and preventable, seeking accountability from corporations and wrongdoers. At 27, just six months after passing the bar, Vega tried his first wrongful death case.

He also served as an Assistant District Attorney, where he tried dozens of jury trials prosecuting domestic violence and other crimes. Vega grew up in Grants, New Mexico, earned degrees in Criminology and Philosophy from the University of New Mexico, and attended the University of New Mexico School of Law. He is also a Super Lawyers selectee and a Lawyerist recognized by Martindale-Hubbell and Law Dragon.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$300,000Settlement

Adrian Vega secured a $300,000 settlement for Santa Fe police officer Damian Vigil, who was severely mauled by K-9 Ayke during a department demonstration after superiors pressured him to act as a suspect without protective headgear.

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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

University of New Mexico School of Law
J.D.
University of New Mexico
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New Mexico, admitted 2007

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