Education

Mr. DeMayo graduated from Wake Forest University, cum laude (1987) and the University of North Carolina School of Law-Chapel Hill (1990). He’s a member of the Wake Forest University Alumni Council and Wake Forest University Executive Board. He’s a current member of the UNC- Chapel Hill School of Law 1834 Society. He’s a past member of the Board of Directors for UNC-School of Law (Chapel Hill) and a current select member of the Dean’s Committee on Trial Advocacy at UNC-Law School. He currently serves on the Davidson Parents Council, Cornell Parents Board, and the USC Marshall School of Business Parents Council.

Personal Life

Mr. DeMayo loves being a plaintiffs’ personal injury attorney. He can’t imagine doing anything else and dreams of building a legacy firm that will thrive for generations in the future. Mr. DeMayo is a single parent to four very different young adults, and he enjoys the challenge of his family, which he describes as an “ever-changing dynamic of activity and personal interaction.” He believes that his personal life is a great training tool for his legal career and credits his resilience and perseverance to living with those “humans.” His daily experiences with the “savages” requires creativity, adaptability, and an openness to problem solving with new and unique situations.

Community Service

In addition to his many accomplishments and honors, Mr. DeMayo has also earned recognition and accolades throughout the region for his commitment to community service programs including his signature programs to combat underage drinking and driving, feeding the poor, and numerous other charities and organizations. Mr. DeMayo has seen countless injuries and deaths due to drinking and driving collisions and is committed to trying to make the community a safer place.

In conjunction with this initiative, the firm has also awarded over $700,000.00 in college scholarships to graduating high school seniors through the Michael A. DeMayo Arrive Alive Scholarship for the last 20 consecutive years. Every year the firm awards fifteen $2,500 scholarships to students who created presentations or wrote essays on how to prevent underage drinking and driving. Through this scholarship program, DLAW and Mr. DeMayo aim to try to prevent accidents caused by underage drinking and driving by encouraging teenagers to make smart decisions.

Mass Torts

Mr. DeMayo and the DLAW Mass Torts team have participated and been involved in some of the largest national Mass Torts cases in the country. We are currently working on the Camp Lejeune toxic water contamination cases that are going to be litigated in the Eastern District of North Carolina. *** DLAW Group litigation in conjunction with our strategic partners represent over 30,000 individual Marines and family members who were injured or killed by their exposure to this contaminated water supply. In addition to these Mass Tort cases we have active cases and representation of Talc, 3M, Paraquat, Roundup, Hernia Mesh, Boy Scout Abuse Cases, and more (visit DeMayoLaw.com for a full list of MT cases).

A DLAW lawyer has just been appointed as a member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for Chemical Hair Straightening products. We resolved and were active participants and represented many clients as co-counsel in the 10 Billion Dollar Roundup Mass Tort Settlement Litigation against Bayer-Monsanto. We continue to accept Roundup cases. This practice area continues to be a very large, significant part of our law practice.