Matthew W. Buckmiller

Matthew W. Buckmiller
Wilmington, North Carolina
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Matt was born in Englewood, New Jersey and spent most his life in the Metropolitan New York City, NY area. Matt attended Dwight-Englewood School and Preparatory Academy in Englewood, New Jersey. After high school Matt attended Columbia University where he graduated with a B.S. degree and was a dual major in Economics and Politics Science. Matt also was a 4-year letterman for the Columbia Lions baseball team and was voted All Ivy League twice. In Matt’s senior year he was selected as an All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, won the Ivy League Triple Crown, and was selected for All-Ivy League academic honors. Matt played professional baseball for a short time after graduation from college and decided to attend Temple University where he obtained his J.D. and M.B.A. in three years.

Matt graduated with distinction from the law and business schools at Temple, and was selected as a Distinguished Class Performer in Trial Advocacy. Matt passed the North Carolina bar in 2006 and since that time has worked at Shipman & Wright, L.L.P. His practice is devoted to civil litigation including: Medical Malpractice, Real Estate and Complex Commercial Litigation, Consumer Class Actions, Personal Injury, Construction Litigation, and Land Condemnation. Recently Matt has focused his practice to the field of lender liability.  Matt has obtained many successful settlements, verdicts and arbitration awards in various areas of litigation.

Matthew W. Buckmiller
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Bar Admissions:
North Carolina, 2006
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2007

U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2009

Fourth Circuit, 2010

Admitted Pro Hac Vice in numerous other states
Education:
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006
Juris Doctor with Honors (Distinguished Performer in Trial Advocacy)
Honors: With Honors

Temple University, Fox School of Business
Master of Business Administration with Honors
Honors: With Honors (Distinguished Performer in Trial Advocacy)

Columbia College – Columbia University, New York, New York, 2002
Bachelor of Science, Economics and Political Science
Major: Economics
Major: Political Science

Honors and Awards:

SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2010

SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2011

SuperLawyers Rising Star, 2012

The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40
Academic All Ivy (Baseball), 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships:

New Hanover County Bar Association

North Carolina State Bar Member

North Carolina Advocates for Justice

New Hanover County Bar Association

American Bar Association

North Carolina Bar Association
Member

Secretary, NCAJ Professional Negligence Section

NCAJ County Captain

North Carolina Bar Association’s Medico-Legal Liason Committee

North Carolina Editor for ABA Survey of Class Action Law

Fraternities/Sororities:

Beta Gamma Sigma, 2006 – Present

Zeta Beta Tau

 

 

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