Christopher G. Buck

In a famous scene from the 1973 martial arts classic, Enter the Dragon, the character played by Bruce Lee is asked: “What’s your style?” Bruce Lee: “My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.”

Christopher Buck, Ph.D. (“Dr. Buck”), is known for his remarkable success in settling cases before trial, sparing his clients the time, expense, and stress of trial. He calls this, “The art of winning your case without going to trial.” Of the many cases he has handled in over 18 years of law practice (2007–2025), only two of Dr. Buck’s assigned cases have gone to trial—a testament to his skills in pre-trial resolution.

Dr. Buck is a “second-career” attorney, after his “first career” serving as university professor for over 10 years (1994–2004 and 2011). His last full-time teaching position was at Michigan State University (MSU) from 2000–2004. (See “Past Employment” below.)

Dr. Buck earned his Ph.D. in the academic study of religion from the University of Toronto in 1996, and attended law school part-time beginning in 2002 (while teaching at MSU, until 2004). He earned his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2006 and was sworn in by a special session of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2007. (See “Education” below.)

Outside the courtroom, Christopher is a prolific scholar and writer. His latest book is The Bahá’í Faith and the Black Intelligentsia: Race, Religion, and Nation (2025) — with an introduction by Richard W. Thomas, Professor Emeritus of History, Michigan State University — is available on Amazon. Dr. Buck has published multiple “peer-reviewed” academic works, legal briefs, and opinion pieces, and has over 247 legal publications archived on LexisNexis.