Biographical Information:
For fourteen years, Mr. Buchanan has specialized in the area of medical malpractice, personal injury and product liability litigation. His first nine years of practice were spent as a defense attorney, primarily in Texas. He engaged in the litigation and trials of numerous personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability matters during that time.
In 2001, Mr. Buchanan left the defense practice and began representing injured individuals in Chicago, Illinois. During these past seven years of plaintiff's practice, he has achieved millions of dollars in recoveries on behalf of clients. Representative recoveries include:
$4,200,000 for civil rights violations by Chicago police; defendant's post-trial motion for new trial and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied.
$2,000,000 for wrongful death from post surgical malpractice;
$1,500,000 for failure to properly interpret a Pap smear resulting in delay in diagnosis of cervical cancer and loss of chance of survival;
$1,500,000 for loss of a leg due to medical malpractice;
$1,000,000 for wrongful death from malpractice in a downstate Illinois county;
$750,000 for surgical malpractice in laparoscopic cholecystectomy;
$850,000 for death of a baby in utero due to obstetric malpractice.
Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He has been admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as a member of the General Bar and the Trial Bar.
Mr. Buchanan is fluent in Spanish and has worked with many clients who speak no English. He has been admitted as an attorney in Illinois and Texas.
