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About Malissa Riehl

Malissa A. Riehl is an associate with Thornton Law Firm LLP. She is a graduate of Truman State University (B.S., 2004), Webster University (M.B.A., 2005), and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2010). She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Missouri. She joined the firm as a paralegal in 2007 and supported several practice areas including pharmaceutical and medical devices, asbestos/mesothelioma, and personal injury, including two trials (one resulting in a $2.9 million plaintiff verdict). She now concentrates her practice in the drug and medical devices area, Monsanto Roundup cases filed in Missouri, mesothelioma and asbestos claims, Allergen breast implant cases, and Camp Lejeune cases. She was named a Best Lawyers 'One to Watch' for 2024 in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions and Product Liability Litigation.

Practice areas

Education

Suffolk University Law School
J.D., 2010
Truman State University
Undergraduate, 2004

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts
State Bar of Missouri

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$40 million · $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
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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
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Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million (sought) · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion