Andrew S. Wainwright

Andrew Wainwright is a Thornton Law Firm partner and trial attorney.  Mr. Wainwright manages the Thornton Law Firm asbestos trial practice.  He has successfully litigated hundreds of asbestos cases in the Massachusetts Superior Court.  He has also successfully argued cases before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.  (Spellman v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., et al, 445 Mass. 675 (2006)).  He has lectured before nationwide continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of asbestos litigation and the admissibility of expert testimony. He also represented plaintiffs who have developed severe silicosis after working with engineered stone.

Mr. Wainwright is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the United States District Court of Massachusetts, and the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals.  He graduated from Hobart College with a BA in Philosophy and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University cum laude in 1991.

In 2017 he tried and won two of the top three jury verdicts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a $7.5 million award in Sylvestre v. New England Insulation , and a $6.8 million award in Ross v. New England Insulation. Since 2021 he has been named  to the Best Lawyers in America list for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs. He is AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated, and a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (2004, 2009, 2014-present). He was selected as one of New England’s 2020 Top Rated Lawyers by ALM Media and Martindale-Hubbell™.