Paul Bucci

Partner

EmailPBucci@laffeybuccikent.com

Phone866.641.0806

Fax215.241.8700

Firm founder with a wide range of litigation experience who has achieved significant verdicts and settlements for workplace injury victims and victims of crime.

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Firm founder with a wide range of litigation experience who has achieved significant verdicts and settlements for workplace injury victims and victims of crime.

Memberships

  • Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Association for Justice (Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

Education

  • Juris Doctor, 1998, Thomas M. Cooley Law School
  • Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 1993, West Virginia University

Licensure

  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

About Paul

Firm founder Paul Bucci’s career spans more than 20 years representing clients throughout the country in complex cases involving workplace accidents, crime victim litigation and medical malpractice. Throughout his career, Paul has served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel in personal injury cases resulting in settlement amounts and jury awards totaling more than $200 million. Of particular note, Paul served as one of the lead attorneys representing the dozens of victims in the Tropicana Casino parking garage collapse case in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which resulted in the largest construction accident settlement in U.S. history.

Paul is consistently selected and recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®. He is also consistently recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association and listed among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania, and by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

He has extensive experience representing clients in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and West Virginia.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and his law degree from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Paul is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Industry Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (2018-2022)
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2011-2012, 2015-2022)
  • National Trial Lawyers Association – Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania (2011-2021)
  • National Association of Distinguished Counsel – Nation’s Top One Percent (2015, 2020)
  • Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – Rising Star (2008, 2010)

Speaking Engagements

  • Trial Attorneys of New Jersey – “Structural Collapse of the Tropicana Parking Garage” 2007
  • Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association – “Structural Collapse of the Tropicana Parking Garage”

Recent Case Results