Christina Smith

Christina Smith has been practicing law for twenty-seven years. She has been Of Counsel at Powell & Majestro, PLLC since 2016. Ms. Smith began her legal career as a Writ Clerk for the West Virginia Supreme Court. Since leaving the West Virginia Supreme Court, she has spent the last 25 years litigating complex, high-profile mass litigation cases, including tobacco and pharmaceutical litigation. She has represented hundreds of governmental entities, including states, cities, counties and tribal sovereign nations, as well as class actions on behalf of individuals with consumer protection claims.

Ms. Smith has focused her career on law and briefing and appellate work in complex litigation, focusing on consumer fraud and defective products, including drugs and medical devices. She is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, plus the federal and state courts in West Virginia and Kentucky. She participated in drafting many appeal briefs, including the appeal brief in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc., 556 U.S. 868 (2009), which resulted in an opinion in the appellant's favor.

Her appearance before the United States Supreme Court was sponsored by nationally renowned attorney Theodore Olson, who argued the case. She was part of the brief writing team that successfully defended $20 million in plaintiffs' verdicts arising out of the vaginal mesh MDL. Ms. Smith received her bachelor's degree from University of Kentucky in 1991, where she graduated with honors. She received her Juris Doctorate Degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1997.