Michael P. Thornton

Michael Thornton is the Founder and Chairman of Thornton Law Firm LLP. A nationally recognized expert on toxic tort litigation, Mr. Thornton graduated from Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School. In the 1970s he successfully undertook the representation of a number of shipyard and construction workers who had developed mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Over the years, the firm has grown to become the leading firm in the Northeast representing plaintiffs, individuals and organizations, that have suffered physical, financial and emotional harm because of another's negligence or wrongdoing. The firm has forged its national reputation by representing over 20,000 clients and recovering over one billion dollars for those clients. The firm has brought justice to workers who contracted cancer and other health issues from exposure to chemicals, asbestos, defective drugs, and defective products, and to children who have suffered brain damage from lead poisoning and birth defects from chemicals and pesticides to which their parents were exposed. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other states and local government have sought the firm's expertise to address damage from threats to the public health. Multi-million dollar recovery from tobacco companies resulted from the firm's work in these areas. Mr. Thornton is a member of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine bars. He has published a number of articles on legal subjects and has lectured at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Yale Law School.

He was selected as one of New England's 2020 Top Rated Lawyers by ALM Media and Martindale-Hubbell™.