Stephen “Buck” Daniel

Stephen “Buck” Daniel is a partner at Rueb Stoller Daniel, where he serves clients in complex litigation across the country. Based in the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office, Buck handles high-stakes pharmaceutical mass actions, toxic environmental torts, consumer good product liability claims, and personal injury matters. However complicated a client’s needs, Buck provides thorough representation built on strategic advocacy and personal attention.

A cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, Buck received his Juris Doctor from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. In law school he was awarded the J. Morris and Eula May Brown Scholarship and the President’s Scholarship. He is admitted to practice before all Georgia state courts and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, along with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally he maintains full admission in Arizona State Courts, Washington DC, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Eastern District of Michigan. He is a registered UK Foreign Lawyer.

Buck began his career working with Howard Nations in Houston, Texas. Mr. Nations, an inductee of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, has been a leader in the mass tort field for several decades. During his years with The Nations Law Firm, Buck helped litigate and resolve mass tort matters involving Zyprexa, Seroquel, Yaz, Ortho Evra, gadoliniumbased contrast dyes, Avandia, Actos, Pradaxa, Risperdal, transvaginal mesh, Norian bone cements, and Xytex. He also represented tens of thousands of BP oil spill cleanup workers in an environmental class action after the company exposed them to hazardous dispersant chemicals without proper safety equipment.

He was a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association’s inaugural LEAD class. He also has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in 2020 and 2021 and named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 from 2012 through 2025. In 2025, he was inducted into the Nationwide Best of the Bar for a Top 100 Verdict, an honor reserved for attorneys that secure one of the year’s leading verdicts or settlements for securing a $70 million jury verdict for the first ethylene oxide community-exposure cases tried to a jury in Georgia. Throughout the cases and claims he handled throughout his career, Buck secured hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.

He is proud to practice at a firm recognized among the country’s leading plaintiffs’ firms, as Rueb Stoller Daniel earned recognition in Chambers USA in both 2025 and 2026, including a nationwide ranking in Product Liability: Plaintiffs. The firm has also been named to Best Law Firms for 2026 and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and it is a member of the American Association for Justice.