About Christian Uehlein

Christian F. Uehlein is a partner with Thornton Law Firm LLP who joined the firm as an associate in 2006. He is a graduate of Colorado College (B.A., 2002) and New England School of Law (J.D., 2006). He was admitted to practice in Massachusetts in 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2007, Montana in 2016, and Wyoming in 2020. He focuses his practice on personal injury, products liability, and toxic exposure cases. He is a member of the American Association for Justice and Public Justice, and has been selected to the National Trial Lawyers 'Top 40 under 40' from 2012 to the present.

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 England School of Law
J.D., 2006
Colorado College
Undergraduate, 2002

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts, admitted 2006
State Bar of Montana, admitted 2016
State Bar of Wyoming, admitted 2020

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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.