Direct Phone: 804-343-4386
Direct Fax: 804-644-9205
Email: ebuckner@virginiatrialfirm.com
In the ten years that Elliott Buckner has practiced law, he has developed a solid reputation representing those seriously injured from traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, defective products and vehicle accidents. He has been named to Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine and recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”
Elliott previously defended cases involving almost every type of accident, personal injury and wrongful death and insurance coverage disputes. Having made the career move to representing injured persons, Elliott’s prior experience gives him a unique and strategic perspective which is invaluable to the clients he passionately represents.
Honors
- “Legal Elite,” in the category of Young Lawyer, named by Virginia Business magazine (2005-2006, 2008)
- Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, selected by Law & Politics (2007-2010)
- American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Winner (2000)
Professional Associations
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors
- Brain Injury Association of America, National Legal Conference Co-Chair
- American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
- Lewis F. Powell Inn of Court
- City of Richmond Bar Association
- Henrico Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
Publications/Presentations
- "Small Firm David Socks Insurer Goliath in PI Cases," 4th Annual Solo & Small Firm Institute, Virginia CLE (2009)
- "Preparing the Client for Depositions," American Association of Justice Annual Conference (2009)
- "Initial Case Management and Intake," National Business Institute Paralegal Seminar (2008)
- "Defeating Colossus, 2nd Annual Solo & Small Firm Institute," Virginia CLE (2007)
- "Assisting with Settlement Negotiations," National Business Institute Paralegal Seminar (2007)
Sample Results
- $5 million - Motorcycle collision case in which the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle suffered severe injuries, including an above the knee leg amputation by the driver. (Stephanie Grana, Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $2.98 million - Automobile collision, in which a woman sustained a mild brain injury and orthopedic injuries. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $2.35 million - Automobile collision case, in which a young woman suffered a mild brain injury. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $2 million - Automobile accident case involving a brain injury suffered by our client. (Irv Cantor, Aubrey Ford, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner)
- $1.95 million - Medical malpractice case. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner)
- $1.95 million - Verdict in wrongful death case. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner, Stephanie Grana)
- $1.9 million - Automobile accident case, in which our client sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $1.6 million - Automobile accident, involving mild brain injury suffered by our client. (Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana)
- $1.3 million - Motor vehicle collision, in which an elderly couple suffered serious orthopedic injuries. (Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor)
- $1.3 million - Wrongful death of a 14 year old in a school bus accident in a rural Virginia county. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $1.125 million - Premises case, in which a man suffered a mild brain injury when a display rack fell on him. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $1.1 million - Wrongful death case arising from the death of an unmarried woman with one adult and one teenage child. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner, Stephanie Grana)
- $750,000 - Verdict in car accident case that resulted in plaintiff's chronic and permanent vertigo and dizziness (Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor) read more
