Christopher Buck - White Oak, PA
Attorney at Pribanic & Pribanic
Medical Malpractice Lawyers in White Oak, PA
1735 Lincoln Way White Oak, PA 15131
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White Oak Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Updated: 09/29/2026
Areas of Practice
- Medical Malpractice
- Wrongful Death
- Personal Injury
- Automobile Defects (Crashworthiness)
- Product Liability and Defective Products
Attorney Information
Overview
In a famous scene from the 1973 martial arts classic, Enter the Dragon, the character played by Bruce Lee is asked: “What’s your style?” Bruce Lee: “My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.”
Christopher Buck, Ph.D. (“Dr. Buck”), is known for his remarkable success in settling cases before trial, sparing his clients the time, expense, and stress of trial. He calls this, “The art of winning your case without going to trial.” Of the many cases he has handled in over 18 years of law practice (2007–2025), only two of Dr. Buck’s assigned cases have gone to trial—a testament to his skills in pre-trial resolution.
Dr. Buck is a “second-career” attorney, after his “first career” serving as university professor for over 10 years (1994–2004 and 2011). His last full-time teaching position was at Michigan State University (MSU) from 2000–2004.
Dr. Buck earned his Ph.D. in the academic study of religion from the University of Toronto in 1996, and attended law school part-time beginning in 2002 (while teaching at MSU, until 2004). He earned his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2006 and was sworn in by a special session of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2007.
Outside the courtroom, Christopher is a prolific scholar and writer. His latest book is The Bahá’í Faith and the Black Intelligentsia: Race, Religion, and Nation (2025) — with an introduction by Richard W. Thomas, Professor Emeritus of History, Michigan State University — is available on Amazon. Dr. Buck has published multiple “peer-reviewed” academic works, legal briefs, and opinion pieces, and has over 247 legal publications archived on LexisNexis.
View his full CV here: https://psu-us.academia.edu/ChristopherBuck/CurriculumVitae
As an Associate Attorney, Dr. Buck works under the three lead attorneys at Pribanic & Pribanic (Victor Pribanic, Jeffrey Pribanic, and Ernest Pribanic). In his assigned cases, Dr. Buck is responsible for handling the pretrial stages of litigation (i.e. the “Pleadings” and “Discovery” phases).
Recently, Dr. Buck has primarily focused on writing medical malpractice complaints for new cases, as part of Pribanic & Pribanic’s legal team.
Dr. Buck credits the legal team at Pribanic & Pribanic for assisting him in moving cases forward. He relies heavily on his paralegal, Gregory Dobson, to get things done. For instance, on November 10, 2025, Dr. Buck sent this brief email to his trusted paralegal: “Greg: Thanks for filing this Praecipe to S&D [Settle & Discontinue] with such celeritous dispatch.”
Education
Legal Education
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 2006
Honors: Dean's List, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2004
Honors: 25% Honors Scholarship, Winter, Summer 2005
Honors: Book Awards-Certificates of Merit Federal Indian Law , (Fall 2004)
Honors: Constitutional Law Seminar (Summer 2004)
Honors: Collective Bargaining (Summer 2004)
Honors: Best Legal Research Paper
Honors: Best Lecture Presentation
Non Legal Education
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University of Toronto, 1996
Ph.D.
Honors: Best Dissertation
Honors: Published Dissertation: Paradise and Paradigm. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999
Major: Religion -
University of Calgary, 1991
M.A.
Honors: Published Master's Thesis: Symbol and Secret. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 1995/2004
Major: Religion
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney
Past Positions
- Michigan State University, Professor, 2000 - 2004
- Quincy University, 2000 - 2001
- Millikin University, 1997 - 1999
- Carleton University, 1994 - 1996
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Special Session, Attorney, - 2007
Languages
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English
Representative Cases
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$500,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (August 4, 2025)
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$1,000,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (May 13, 2025)
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$375,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (April 23, 2025)
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$100,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (October 25, 2024)
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$250.000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (January 31, 2024)
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$350,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (January 5, 2024)
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$450,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (November 22, 2023)
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$140,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (October 16, 2023)
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$500,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (July 19, 2023)
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$1,210,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (November 4, 2021 and January 6, 2023)
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$250,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (May 10, 2022 and December 28, 2022)
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$837,500.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (November 10, 2020 and December 9, 2022)
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$1,200,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (May 6, 2022)
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$150,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (February 23, 2022)
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$700,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (February 14, 2022)
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$875,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (February 9, 2022)
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$375,000.00, Medical Malpractice Victim (September 28, 2021)
Published Works
Articles
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Charcalla v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., No. 13-204 Erie, 2017 LX 85711 (W.D. Pa. June 23, 2017). Opinion by the Hon. Joy Flowers Conti, Chief United States District Judge.
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Abraham Moussako, “Goodyear Can’t Win Sanctions Over Missing Part In Crash Suit,” Law360 (New York, June 26, 2017).
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“Court denies Goodyear’s motion for sanctions in liability suit,” Rubber News (June 27, 2017 02:00 AM EDT).
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The Bahá’í Faith and the Black Intelligentsia: Race, Religion, and Nation (2025)
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Bahá’í Faith: The Basics (2021)
- “The ‘Bahá’í Question’ in Iran: Influence of International Law on ‘Islamic Law’.” Menschenrechte in der Islamischen Republik Iran: Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2021)
- God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America (2015)
- “Public Schools May ‘Teach About Religion’—Not ‘Teach Religion’” (2012)
- The_Constitutionality_of_Teaching_Islam: The_University_of_North_Carolina_Qur’an_Controversy (2012)
- “Thirteenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History (2010)
- “Fifteenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of African American History (2010)
- “Religious Minority Rights.” The Islamic World (2008)
- “Plessy v. Ferguson.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society (2008)
- “‘Never Again’: Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.” Wicazo Sa Review (2006)
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2007
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2007
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- American Inns of Court (Member)
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Contact
1735 Lincoln Way
White Oak, PA 15131
Phone Number: 412-240-5844
Fax Number: 412-672-3715
Email: Send a message
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