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About Kent Buckingham
Kent Buckingham is a board-certified, AV-rated trial attorney who holds the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating for both legal ability and ethical standards. Before entering law, he practiced for several years as an eye doctor, and that medical background gives him a distinctive advantage in medical malpractice cases. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, a member of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and a Diplomate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Buckingham has lectured internationally on professional malpractice at conferences in England, Spain, and Australia, and has published numerous articles in the field of medical negligence. His cases have been covered by Time, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the National Law Journal, and People magazine, and he has appeared on CBS Evening News, MSNBC, ABC News, and Good Morning America. The firm obtained a record-setting $72 million birth injury verdict under his leadership.
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A Santa Fe jury returned a $73.2 million verdict, the largest medical malpractice award in New Mexico history at the time, after finding that an OB/GYN and his clinic failed to recognize a high-risk pregnancy, leading to a prolonged birth that left an infant with permanent brain damage and a non-functional right arm.
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