Andrew S. Wainwright

Andrew Wainwright is a Thornton Law Firm LLP partner and trial attorney. Mr. Wainwright manages the Thornton Law Firm LLP 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™. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Andrew S. Wainwright included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2014 - 2016 AV Preeminent 5 out of 5 Peer Reviewed Rated - Martindale Hubbell, 2010 - 2017 Other Sources of Feedback About Andrew S. Wainwright Included on the 2026Massachusetts Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2024 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2018 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2014 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2009 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list 2004 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list

• Partner
• Languages
• English

• Trying an Asbestos Case, HB Litigation Conferences, 2012 - Present
• Massachusetts Asbestos Litigation, Boston Bar Association, 2010 - Present

• Spellman v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., 445 Mass. 675, 839 N.E.2d 47 (2006)
• Sylvestre v. New England Insulation Co.
• Ross v. New England Insulation Co.

• Massachusetts, 1991
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1992
• New York, 2005

• Boston Bar Association (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• American Association for Justin (Member)
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (Member)
• National Disability Law Center
• Professional Hockey Players Association, Workers’ Compensation Panel