Practice Areas: Guardianship; Estate Planning; Long Term Health Care Financing; Medicaid; Medicare; Mental Health Law; Elder Law; Elder Care.
Admitted: 1980, Virginia
Law School: Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 1979.
College: University of Richmond, B.A., 1976.
Member: Virginia Bar Association (Chair emeritus, Elder Law Section); Virginia State Bar (Member, 1990-1993, Chair, 1992-1993, 3rd District Disciplinary Committee); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; Virginia Guardianship Association.
Biography: Lecturer: Annual CLE Elder Law Symposia on Medicaid, Guardianship, and Civil Commitment, 1990-2001; "Ethics in the Elder Law Practice," National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Annual Meeting, 1990; "Selected Guardianship Topics," National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, 1991; "Intensive Estate Planning," National Association of Geriatric Care Managers, 1991; "Planning for Incapacity," National Association of Geriatric Care Managers, 1991. Author: "Adult Guardianship in Virginia," Virginia Lawyer, July, 1993; "Powers of Attorney, Medicaid, and Long Term Care Insurance," Chapter 8, Estate Planning in Virginia, Virginia Law Foundation, 1997, 2000, 2002. Richmond Circuit Court Special Justice, 1987—. Richmond Circuit Court Commissioner in Chancery, 1987—. Faculty (adjunct), Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia, College of Legal Medicine. Member: Virginia General Assembly Study Committee for Joint Resolution 84; Guardianship Code Revision Committee; Virginia Agency on Aging Task Force on Guardianship Reform.
Born: Washington, D.C., March 31, 1954.
ISLN: 905235279
1 Note: This biography is updated for selected symposia, articles and presentations by Mr. Majette through February, 2002.
* "The Martindale-Hubbell AV rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar."