Anthony J. Majestro is the Managing Member of Powell & Majestro, PLLC. West Virginia. Mr. Majestro is a summa cum laude graduate of West Virginia University (1986) and a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (1989). Mr. Majestro is licensed to practice law in West Virginia and various federal district and appellate courts. Mr. Majestro was selected as
a Harry S. Truman Scholar in 1984 and served from 1989-1990 as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Majestro concentrates his practice in prosecuting complex litigation, focusing on consumer fraud and defective products, including defective drugs and medical devices. In the course of his practice, Mr. Majestro has served as class counsel, lead counsel, liaison counsel and in leadership roles in a number of state and national class actions, mass torts, and other complex cases. Mr. Majestro has developed an extensive appellate practice and has numerous appellate victories in state and federal appellate courts across the country, including a unanimous decision on
the merits from Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Majestro regularly serves as appellate counsel and also
represents state and local officials and agencies in trial and appellate litigation. Over the past five years, Mr. Majestro has
been involved in leadership roles in the opioid litigation nationwide serving as Co-Chair of the Law and Briefing
Committee of MDL 2804, In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation and a member of three trial teams.
Mr. Majestro was the President of the West Virginia Association for Justice from 2013 – 2014. He has served as a member of the WVAJ Board of Governors for more than a decade and has been a member of the organization’s executive committee since 2007. He serves as the WVAJ’s Legislative Chair and a member of its amicus committee. He was named the West Virginia Association for Justice’s Member of the Year in 2007 and 2012. He also serves as member of the national board of governors for the Association of Justice. He is one of the founding co-chairs of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Attorney Generals. Mr. Majestro regularly lectures at state and national seminars on topics related to law office automation, consumer protection, class actions, appellate litigation, and mass torts.
