George T. Major, Jr. is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated partner in the firm's litigation department. Mr. Major represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, and catastrophic injury cases. Mr. Major also represents physicians sued in medical malpractice cases and businesses involved in complex business disputes and litigation. His practice is 100% devoted to litigation and trial work.
Since the start of his practice, Mr. Major has been fortunate to have the opportunity to help injured people or the families of those who have been killed in cases against trucking companies, industrial facilities, construction companies, and device/equipment manufacturers.Mr. Major is a native of Savannah and a graduate of Savannah Christian Preparatory School. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Management with a Certificate in Accounting. Upon earning his undergraduate degree, Mr. Major attended the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University where he received a Juris Doctor in 2008. While at Mercer, he also earned a Certificate in Advanced Legal Writing, Research, and Drafting. Mr. Major is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Savannah Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.
Mr. Major is the author of two articles published in the Georgia Defense Lawyer Association Journal. Mr. Major and Andrew M. Wilkes co-authored The Evolution of Georgia's Tort Reform Legislation: Five Years after S.B. 3, in 2010. Mr. Major authored Daubert and Georgia's Development of Expert Admissibility Standards, in 2011. Mr. Major also co-authored with I. Gregory Hodges and Daniel B. Snipes the article Federal Pleading Requirements: Post-Twombly and Iqbal, which was presented at the yearly meeting of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Advisory Committee Meeting in 2011. Mr. Major has also presented several guest lectures on issues of professional malpractice to pharmacy school students.
In 2020, Mr. Major was named to Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite in the field of personal injury law. Mr. Major has been named by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Rising Star each year since 2013. In 2012, Mr. Major was a special invitee to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia's annual Advisory Committee meeting. Mr. Major is a 2016 graduate of Leadership Savannah.
Outside of his law practice, Mr. Major enjoys spending time with his wife, Laura, and daughter, Emma Kate, and is an avid Georgia Tech fan.
