About Brian Freer

Brian J. Freer is a partner at Thornton Law Firm who was previously employed as an associate and law clerk with the firm. He graduated from Villanova University (B.S. Finance, 2008, cum laude) and New York Law School (J.D., 2011). He is admitted to the Massachusetts and New York bars and concentrates his practice in personal injury, products liability, financial and insurance fraud, and toxic tort cases. He was named a Top 40 under 40 Lawyer in Civil Plaintiff work for 2019 in Massachusetts by the National Trial Lawyers and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Thornton Law Firm

These results are credited to Thornton Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$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

New York Law School
J.D., 2011
Villanova University
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts
State Bar of New York

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Swartz & Swartz
Swartz & Swartz
$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.