Atty. Andrew S. Wainwright
Andrew Wainwright is a Thornton Law Firm partner and trial attorney. Mr.
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Andrew S. Wainwright is a Partner based in Boston, Massachusetts, practicing at Thornton Law Firm LLP. They have 35+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1991. Their practice focuses on workers comp. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts (1991), U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (1992), United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1992), and New York (2005). Educated at Suffolk University (J.D., 1991) and Hobart College (B.A., 1985). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of Boston Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys American Association for Justice National Disability Law Center Professional Hockey Players Association. Serands clients in Boston, MA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Andrew Wainwright is a Thornton Law Firm partner and trial attorney
- Mr. Wainwright manages the Thornton Law Firm asbestos trial practice
- He has successfully litigated hundreds of asbestos cases in the Massachusetts Superior Court
- He has also successfully argued cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. (Spellman v
- Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., et al, 445 Mass. 675 (2006))
- He has lectured before nationwide continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of asbestos litigation and the admissibility of expert testimony
- He also represented plaintiffs who have developed severe silicosis after working with engineered stone
- Mr. Wainwright is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the United States District Court of Massachusetts, and the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals
- He graduated from Hobart College with a BA in Philosophy and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University cum laude in 1991
- In 2017 he tried and won two of the top three jury verdicts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a $7.5 million award in Sylvestre v
- New England Insulation , and a $6.8 million award in Ross v
- New England Insulation
- Since 2021 he has been named to the Best Lawyers in America list for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- He is AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated, and a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (2004, 2009, 2014-present)
- He was selected as one of New England’s 2020 Top Rated Lawyers by ALM Media and Martindale-Hubbell™
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Workers compensation lawyers help injured workers get medical care, lost wages, and disability benefits. Free consult, no fee unless you win.
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Practicing law in Massachusetts. Legal matters in Massachusetts are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Boston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Massachusetts state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Massachusetts brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Massachusetts courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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