Thornton Law Firm
84 State Street 4th Fl., Boston, MA 02109, Boston, MA 02109
4.9(16)About Thornton Law Firm
Thornton Law Firm, established in 1978, represents clients in personal injury, toxic tort, and defective product litigation. The firm, with 17 attorneys, operates from offices in Boston, Los Angeles, and Denver, serving clients across the country. It has secured substantial results, including an $8 billion tobacco settlement for Massachusetts and a $42.6 million mesothelioma verdict. The firm also supports mesothelioma research and patient housing.
Our Attorneys
John T. Barrett
55+ years experience
Michael P. Thornton
Founder and Chairman
49+ years experience
David J. McMorris
Trial Lawyer, Director of Health Care Subrogation and Workplace Injury Practice
41+ years experience
Andrew S. Wainwright
Partner and Trial Attorney
33+ years experience
Marilyn T. McGoldrick
Director of Defective Drugs and Medical Devices Litigation, Head of Health Care Subrogation Practice
32+ years experience
David Bricker
Of Counsel
32+ years experience
Michael A. Lesser
Head of Whistleblower Litigation Section
29+ years experience
Brad J. Mitchell
Partner
26+ years experience
Andrea Marino Landry
Partner
19+ years experience
Christian F. Uehlein
Partner
18+ years experience
Notable Case Results
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$8B
Tobacco Litigation
Settlement to recover Medicaid costs for tobacco-related diseases for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other states and local government sought the firm’s expertise to address damage from threats to the public health. Resulted in a settlement which pays Massachusetts hundreds of millions of dollars each year for over two decades.
$6.8M
Mesothelioma and Asbestos
Jury verdict in Ross v. New England Insulation for the family of Timothy Ross, a former Massachusetts insulator, who died of mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure.
$17M
Medical Malpractice
Verdict for a man left paralyzed by the negligence of a hospital’s neurosurgeon.
$42.6M
Mesothelioma / Product Liability
Jury awarded to Paul and Kathryn Lovell, finding that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based baby powder caused Paul’s mesothelioma.
$7.5M
Mesothelioma and Asbestos
Jury verdict in Sylvestre v. New England Insulation for Gerald Sylvestre, a former worker in the Public Service of New Hampshire Merrimack Power Station, who developed pleural mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure.
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