About Daniel Buchheister
Daniel J. Buchheister is an associate at Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. and a member of the firm's Workers' Compensation department. He concentrates his practice on ensuring that employees injured at work receive the benefits and compensation they are owed. Buchheister earned his B.A. in Law and Society from Ramapo College of New Jersey and his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School.
While in law school, he served as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the City of Boston's Code Enforcement Division and Housing Authority, gaining early experience in hearing-room procedures and rendering decisions on complex matters. He has appeared in many Workers' Compensation courts throughout northern New Jersey and has placed settlement approvals on the record before several Workers' Compensation judges. He is admitted to practice in the District and State Courts of New Jersey and is an active member of the Bergen County Bar Association.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Davis Saperstein & Salomon
These results are credited to Davis Saperstein & Salomon. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
Carlos Gomez was burned over 60 percent of his body when an electrical panel exploded while he worked in a Newark office building in 2019. His suit against IDT Corp. and other defendants settled for $28 million, approved by the Essex County Superior Court in February 2023 and ranked by the New Jersey Law Journal as the largest reported New Jersey personal injury settlement of the court's 2022-2023 term.
A 10-year-old girl lost two toes and underwent 22 surgeries after her foot was pulled into a decades-old, poorly maintained Macy's escalator at Garden State Plaza in Paramus; three years later, Macy's and ThyssenKrupp Elevator settled for $15 million.
A Bergen County jury awarded $9.5 million to sisters Gina and Jamie Franzino after a 31-foot Boston Whaler collided with their small skiff in the Manasquan Inlet on Memorial Day weekend 2009, killing a third passenger and leaving both women with severe injuries.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
