Kent Buckingham
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.
Notable case results
Birth injury (OB/GYN failed to properly monitor mother during pregnancy)
Truck accident (speeding, inattentive driver struck vehicle stopped at stoplight)
Workplace/oilfield fatality (failure to train employees on safely moving waste bins)
Truck accident (18-wheeler made unsafe turn, killed grandmother and injured family)
Catastrophic amputation (forklift operator failed to keep proper lookout)
Surgical negligence (gallbladder removal, surgeon cut wrong duct)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
