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About Michael Lesser
Michael A. Lesser joined Thornton Law Firm as an associate in 1995 after previously clerking at the firm. He heads the firm's whistleblower litigation section, representing individuals who report violations of securities laws under the SEC Whistleblowing statute and individuals who report fraud on the government through the Federal and state False Claims Act. In 2020 his client, an FX trader who worked for Bank of New York Mellon, received what was then the largest individual SEC whistleblower award in history, nearly $50 million for providing information that led to a successful enforcement action returning significant funds to harmed investors. He was named an Up-and-Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers' Weekly in 2002 and a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Thornton Law Firm
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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.
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.
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.
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