Terry Buller
Of Counsel
Terry has been exclusively representing persons who are the victims of negligence since 1976; medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, products liability, airplanes, motorcycles, boats, bicycles, pedestrians, workplace accidents, legal malpractice etc.
Terry Buller was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1950, spent his childhood in Buffalo New York until his family moved to California when he was 12. He attended Serra high school in San Mateo and grew up in San Bruno.
As the oldest of seven children, he had to work in a gas station to support himself through college. He was the first in his family to graduate, magna sum laude, from San Francisco State University. He began a graduate school program in experimental psychology, but changed paths after a year to enter law school.
He went to law school at the University of San Francisco where he participated in law review, a participatory course at the California Atty. Gen.’s office and especially enjoyed acting as a mentor/tutor for special admission first-year students. He worked the last year of law school as a law clerk in a prestigious Oakland law firm specializing in personal injury cases. He became a member of the California State Bar December of 1976 and had his first personal injury trial in January of 1977. (He won the product liability case against Coca-Cola and has continued to receive client referrals from the East Bay community ever since)
Honors and Awards
- “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Northern California Superlawyers
Professional Activities
- State Bar of California
- Alameda Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member)
- American Association For Justice
- Alameda County Bar Association (Interprofessional Committee; Lawyer Referral Service, former chairperson)
- Alameda County Superior Court, settlement Commissioner, arbitrator.
Community Activities
- Founding member of Students Run Oakland, and outreach program or underserved students in Oakland schools.
- Running for a Better Oakland (RBO), mentor since the beginning of the program.
- Oakland Yellowjackets.
Personal
- Grandfather of four boys.
- Lifetime runner.
- Road bike rider.
Terry Buller's Results
Settlement
Settlement in excess of $28 Million
Medical Malpractice
Exact settlement amount is confidential but exceeded $28 million. Confidential settlement against a health maintenance organization for failing to supervise a surgeon who performed inappropriate procedures on female urology patients causing significant, permanent injuries Including chronic incontinence. Claims involved more than 80 patients and reflected an aggravated liability situation since the health care organization was familiar with the surgeon’s recreational drug use but failed to monitor and concealed his conduct, training and experience.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
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Settlement
$3 Million
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice case vs midwife for birthing malpractice.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
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Settlement
$2.7 Million
Medical Malpractice
Med Mal case from birthing malpractice causing hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and paralysis of newborn.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
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Settlement
$700 Thousand
Premise Liability
A stairway gave way and collapsed causing injuries including a femoral fracture which required surgery.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
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Settlement
$575 Thousand
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Our client lost control of her car when traveling on fresh gravel causing her to roll over into a ditch. Chip sealing had recently been performed and the defendants failed to complete last step which resulted in a major shoulder injury requiring surgery.
*Obtained prior to joining Venardi Zurada.
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