Bio
Fred B. Buck has been a litigator and trial lawyer for over thirty years. Mr. Buck’s practice currently involves the defense of personal injury litigation including general negligence, commercial motor vehicle, automobile, product liability and construction site accidents. Over the course of his career, he has participated in the defense of many different types of cases including civil rights actions, an antitrust case, defamation actions, Dragonetti Act claims, employment actions, life and disability insurance misrepresentation cases, dramshop cases, insurance coverage disputes, and insurance bad faith cases.
Mr. Buck maintains an active trial and appellate practice. He is frequently retained as trial counsel shortly before trial in matters involving substantial exposure to the client. He has tried numerous jury and nonjury cases to verdict in the Courts of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Berks, Bucks, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike and York Counties as well as in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. He has argued a significant number of appeals in the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Mr. Buck is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Mr. Buck has been named a 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and the publishers of Philadelphia Magazine.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1974)
Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1980)
Moot Court Society, 1977-1980
Professional Associations
Council on Litigation Management
American Bar Association
Tort and Insurance Practice Section - ABA
Defense Research Institute