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About Leslie-Anne Taylor

Leslie-Anne Taylor is a partner at Thornton Law Firm LLP who joined the firm in 2005, having previously worked as a paralegal, of counsel, and associate for the firm. She is a graduate of Northeastern University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2006) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2013). She concentrates her practice in mesothelioma and asbestos claims, personal injury, products liability, and consumer class actions. She is admitted in Massachusetts and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2016). She has been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star for 2021 and 2022, a Best Lawyers 'Ones to Watch' for 2021, a Top 10 Personal Injury Attorney Under 40 in Massachusetts by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys in 2021, and a Top 40 under 40 Lawyer in Civil Plaintiff work for 2019-2020 by the National Trial Lawyers.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$42.6 millionVerdict

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

Practice areas

Education

Suffolk University Law School
J.D., 2013
Northeastern University
Undergraduate, 2006

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 million · $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 · $30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · $56 Million Verdict for Newburyport Man Left Amputee With Brain Injury After Amazon Van Crash
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