Adrian Vega

Adrian Vega

Albuquerque, NMAdmitted 2007
Car AccidentsWorkplace InjuryProduct LiabilityTruck AccidentsMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

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.

Notable case results

$14 millionVerdict

Dram shop liability (client injured due to negligence)

Reported by the firm
$12 millionSettlement

Birth injury

Reported by the firm
$5 millionSettlement

Prescription drug error (wrongful death due to medication error)

Reported by the firm
$3 millionSettlement

+ settlement, construction accident (oilfield/workplace injury)

Reported by the firm
$2 millionSettlement

Hospital negligence (failure to diagnose)

Reported by the firm
$2 millionSettlement

Truck accident wrongful death

Reported by the firm

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

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Workplace Injury
Product Liability
Truck Accidents
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

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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