Elliott M. Buckner
Direct Phone: 804-343-4386
Direct Fax: 804-644-9205
Email: ebuckner@virginiatrialfirm.com
In the 12 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 is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation, has been named to Virginia’s “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business magazine, and recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for four consecutive years.
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
- Best Lawyers in America, in the category of Personal Injury Litigation (2011-present)
- Virginia Super Lawyers “Rising Star”, selected by Law & Politics (2007-2010)
- “Legal Elite,” in the category of Young Lawyer, named by Virginia Business magazine (2005-2006, 2008, 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
- $2.98 million - Automobile collision, in which a woman sustained a mild brain injury and orthopedic injuries. (Irv Cantor, Elliott Buckner)
- $2.4 million - Wrongful death case involving a woman who fell due to defective stairs at a commercial facility and suffered a broken leg that ultimately led to a deep vein thrombosis resulting in a fatal pulmonary embolus. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana, 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)
- $1.7 million - Auto accident and traumatic brain injury in which the plaintiff suffered a thoracic aortic injury, transected celiac artery, pleural effusion and more than 25 fractures. (Stephanie E. Grana, Irvin V. Cantor, Elliott Buckner). read more
- $1.65 million - Auto accident case in which the plaintiff suffered mild traumatic brain injury and injuries to the neck and shoulder. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner). read more
- $1.6 million - Automobile accident, involving mild brain injury suffered by our client. (Elliott Buckner, Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana)
- $1.51 million - Motor vehicle collision case, in which our client, a 56 year old woman, suffered a cervical fracture and mild brain injury. (Irv Cantor, Stephanie Grana, Elliott Buckner). read more
- $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
