Matthew E. Buckner was appointed to serve a six-year term as a Deputy Commissioner beginning March 4, 2024.
Buckner is a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in workers’ compensation law who brings significant workers’ compensation experience to the Industrial Commission. Since 2017, he served in the Workers’ Compensation Section of the North Carolina Department of Justice, first as an Assistant Attorney General and then as a Special Deputy Attorney General. While at the Department of Justice, Buckner represented the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and other State agencies in all stages of workers’ compensation litigation and at the State appellate court level. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Buckner litigated workers’ compensation cases in the private sector at Diener Law, where he represented injured workers.
Buckner earned his undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and his J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law.