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Acquired: 2005
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1995
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2025
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This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2025.
Suspension issued in MA, 2025
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2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer - Litigation, Securities, Super Lawyers
2018
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2018
Super Lawyers - Litigation, Securities, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2017
Super Lawyers - Litigation, Securities, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2016
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2014
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2014
Legislator of the Year Award, Massachusetts Bar Association
2013
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2010
Rising Star, Boston Magazine
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Legislator of the Year, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
N/A
Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts, American Trial Lawyers Association
2016 - 2016
Managing Partner, Thornton Law Firm LLP
2001 - 2016
State Representative for the Third Plymouth District, State of Massachusetts
1997 - 2016
Attorney, Thornton Law Firm LLP
Member
Member
Member
Member
1995
JD - Juris Doctor
1992
BA - Bachelor of Arts
English