About Brad Mitchell

Brad J. Mitchell is a partner at Thornton Law Firm LLP who joined the firm in 1999. He concentrates on toxic exposure litigation, including birth defects and cancer cases involving glycol ethers, benzene, solvents, and other hazardous substances. He has represented clients exposed to toxic substances in semiconductor chip manufacturing, printing, painting, and other industries. He is a graduate of Colby College (B.A., 1989) and Vermont Law School (J.D., 1998), where he was a Note Editor for the Vermont Law Review. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association and is admitted in Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Thornton Law Firm

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$42.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #8

A Massachusetts jury found Johnson & Johnson liable for Paul Lovell's mesothelioma, awarding $42.6 million in what is believed to be the largest mesothelioma verdict in the state's history.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 21-2086) · 2025Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$7.55 millionVerdict

A Massachusetts jury awarded $7.55 million to Gerald Sylvestre, a former New Hampshire power plant worker who developed mesothelioma after repeated exposure to asbestos insulation installed by a Canton distributor, in what was then reported as the largest asbestos verdict in New England history.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 15-7031) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6.8 millionVerdict

A Middlesex County jury awarded $6.8 million to Amy Ross and her two daughters after finding New England Insulation Company liable for the mesothelioma death of her husband Timothy, who had been exposed to asbestos dust doing part-time insulator work around Boston as a teenager and young adult.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts (No. 13-5580) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Vermont Law School
J.D., 1998
Colby College
Undergraduate, 1989

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts

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$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
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$18.4 million · Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million After Lahey Clinic Doctors Cancel HIV Test, Allowing AIDS to Develop
Sugarman & Sugarman
Sugarman & Sugarman
$30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million sought · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · Middlesex Jury Awards $56 Million to Retiree Disabled When Amazon Delivery Van Crossed the Center Line

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.