Christopher Buck - White Oak, PA
Attorney at Pribanic & Pribanic
Automobile Defects (Crashworthiness) Lawyers in White Oak, PA
1735 Lincoln Way White Oak, PA 15131
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White Oak Automobile Defects (Crashworthiness) Lawyer
Updated: 03/15/2022
Areas of Practice
- Automobile Defects (Crashworthiness)
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability and Defective Products
Attorney Information
Overview
Christopher, known as "Dr. Buck", has a diverse background. Before becoming an attorney, he was an independent scholar who taught at Michigan State University, Quincy University, Millikin University and Carleton University.
Dr. Buck has been published numerous times, including Religious Myths and Visions of America (2009), Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy (2005), Paradise and Paradigm (1995), and Symbol and Secret (1995/2004), as well as a number of book chapters, journal articles, and encyclopedia articles.
Dr. Buck joined the firm in 2007. Since then, he has concentrated his practice in the areas of automobile defects (crashworthiness), medical malpractice and products liability and defective products.
Representative Matters
- Confidential Settlement – Automobile Defect (Crashworthiness) – stemming from a side impact that fatally injured a nine year old boy and a two year old girl.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Pittsburgh’s Best Lawyer of the Year., 2014
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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Associate
Past Positions
- Pribanic & Pribanic, 2007
- 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
Published Works
Articles
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"Plessy v. Ferguson", Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Pp. 1048–1051, 2008
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"Bureau of Indian Affairs", Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Pp. 215–220, 2008
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Judicial Activism, Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Vol. 2, 785–789, 2007
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"'Never Again': Kevin Gover’s Apology for the Bureau of Indian Affairs", Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies, 21.1: 97–126, 2006
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"Islam and Minorities: The Case of the Bahá’ís", Studies in Contemporary Islam 5.1–2 (Spring/Fall 2003): 83–106, Published June, 2005
- Religious Myths and Visions of America: How Minority Faiths Redefined America’s World Role, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009
- Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy. Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, 2005
- Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá’í Faith, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999
- Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Íqán, Los Angeles: Kalimát Press, [Aug. 2004 reprint of 1995 edition)], 2004
- God & Apple Pie: Religious Myths and Visions of America, 2015
- “Thirteenth Amendment” , Encyclopedia of African American History, Pp. 549–550 (Vol. 2), 2010
- “Fifteenth Amendment”, Encyclopedia of African American History, Pp. 768–770 (Vol. 3), 2010
- “The Constitutionality of Teaching Islam: The University of North Carolina Qur’an Controversy.”, Pp. 137–177, 2012
- “Public Schools May ‘Teach About Religion’—Not ‘Teach Religion” , 2012
- Motions LEXIS 2: Owens v. Humane Society of Cambria County, Inc. Case No. 3196-2006. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Cambria County. Response to Motion for Summary Judgment and Brief in Support. Filed: January 6, 2012. Lexis Advance, Online publication, 2012
- Motions LEXIS 1: Owens v. Humane Society of Cambria County, Inc. Case No. 3196-2006. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Cambria County. Brief in Response to Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration/Certification for Interlocutory Appeal. Filed: April 9, 2012. Lexis Advance., Online publication, 2012
Bar Admissions
- 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: 412-412-3715
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