Michael Thornton

Michael P. Thornton is the founder and chairman of Thornton Law Firm LLP. A nationally recognized expert on toxic tort litigation, he graduated from Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt Law School. In the 1970s he successfully represented shipyard and construction workers who had developed asbestos-related diseases, and the firm has since grown into the largest practice in the Northeast representing victims of asbestos and other toxic materials. The firm has recovered multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for workers who contracted cancer from chemical exposure, children harmed by lead poisoning and pesticide-related birth defects, and states pursuing tobacco companies. Thornton is a member of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine bars and has lectured at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Yale Law School. He is a recipient of the American Association for Justice's Howard Twiggs Award and has been named U.S. News - Best Lawyers 'Lawyer of the Year' for Class Actions/Plaintiffs in Boston.