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About James Powell
J.C. Powell has been practicing law for 43 years. He was a founding member of Powell & Majestro, PLLC in 2002. J.C. Powell graduated from West Virginia University College of Engineering with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
After working in quality control and management at a local chemical plant, he returned to West Virginia University and entered the College of Law. J.C. Powell is a third-generation lawyer whose family started practicing law in West Virginia along the Ohio River during World War I. During the past 100 years his family has been actively involved in public service. When beginning his legal career with his father in Parkersburg, West Virginia, he handled all phases of the general practice of law from oil and gas title examinations to investigating and litigating auto crashes to handling family relations to litigating complicated criminal trials and related appeals.
In 1994, Mr. Powell successfully litigated a motor vehicle fuel tank case resulting in the largest defective product settlement at the time in the area. As a founding member of Powell & Majestro, he has continued to prosecute medical malpractice matters and defective products cases, including West Virginia class actions involving breast implants and Fen-Phen. Clients value Mr. Powell's dedication and his ability to analyze information, identify and implement legal action that allow them to move forward. His litigation experience combined with his background education in engineering serves as an asset in reaching successful results in complicated cases.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Powell & Majestro, PLLC
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Richard Edwards Jr. was loading lengths of metal pipe onto his truck when the forklift operator reversed without warning, dragging the pipe off the bed and onto his foot. His right leg was amputated below the knee. The jury held both trucking companies liable, and the Fourth Circuit affirmed every dollar.
Donna Cisson was implanted with C.R. Bard's Avaulta Plus transvaginal mesh and developed chronic pelvic pain and bleeding requiring surgical revision. The polypropylene resin supplier's own material safety data sheet cautioned against permanent implantation in the human body. The jury returned $2 million including punitive damages, and the Fourth Circuit affirmed.
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