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Thornton & Naumes House
Mesothelioma and Asbestos Attorneys
Representing Boston and Massachusetts
Thornton & Naumes would like to introduce you to its entire team of dedicated asbestos/mesothelioma lawyers and support staff. Our talented legal professionals have been repeatedly recognized for legal excellence.
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Edwin Wallace
Email: ewallace@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Ed is a Thornton & Naumes senior partner and trial attorney. Among dozens of mesothelioma and asbestos cases brought to trial, he and David McMorris achieved the first successful jury verdict in a Massachusetts asbestos case. Ed is admitted to practice in Masachusetts, the United States District Court of Masachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit. He has also been admitted to many other jurisdictions across the country for the purpose of representing plaintiffs in those areas. He is a past president of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Ed graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts with a BBA and MBA in Business Administration and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University in 1980. He is AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated, a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (2004-2008), and one of the Best Lawyers in America (2005, 2006, 2009).
David McMorris
Email: dmcmorris@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
David is a Thornton & Naumes senior partner and trial attorney. Among dozens of mesothelioma and asbestos cases brought to trial, he and Ed Wallace achieved the first successful jury verdict in a Massachusetts asbestos case. He is admitted to practice in Masachusetts, the United States District Courts of New York and Massachusetts, the United States, the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. David graduated from the State University of New York with a BS and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University in 1983. He is AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated, a Massachusetts Super Lawyer(2004, 2005, 2007, 2008), and one of the Best Lawyers in America (2008-2009).
Andrew Wainwright
Email: awainwright@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Andrew is a Thornton & Naumes partner and trial attorney. He has successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Spellman v. Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, Inc., et al, 445 Mass. 675 (2006)). Andrew has also lectured before nationwide continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of asbestos litigation and the admissibility of expert testimony. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and the United States District Court of Massachusetts. He graduated from Hobart College with a BA and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University in 1991. Andrew is AV® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated and a Massachusetts Super Lawyer (2004, 2009).
Andrea Marino
Email: amarino@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Andrea is a Thornton & Naumes associate and trial attorney. She has worked on all aspects of our mesothelioma and asbestos litigation practice. Andrea is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the United States District Court of Massachusetts. She graduated summa cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross with a BA in English and received her Juris Doctorate cum laude from Boston College in 2005.
Heather Engman
Email: hengman@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Heather is a Thornton & Naumes associate and trial attorney. She has worked on all aspects of our mesothelioma and asbestos litigation practice. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. Heather graduated from Colby College with a BA in Psychology and received her Juris Doctorate from Northeastern University in 2005. She has been selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star (2007-2009).
Bobby Naumes, Jr.
Email: bnaumesjr@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Bobby is a Thornton & Naumes associate and trial attorney. He has worked on all aspects of our mesothelioma and asbestos litigation practice. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Bobby graduated from Boston College with a BA in History and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University in 2005.
Christian Uehlein
Email: cuehlein@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Christian is a Thornton & Naumes associate and trial attorney. He has worked on all aspects of our mesothelioma and asbestos litigation practice. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. Christian graduated from Colorado College with a BA in Political Science and received his Juris Doctorate from the New England School of Law in 2006.
Zoran Malesevic
Email: zmalesevic@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Zoran is a Thornton & Naumes associate and trial attorney. He has worked on all aspects of our mesothelioma and asbestos litigation practice. Zoran is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. He graduated from Sarajevo University with a degree in law and received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University in 2003.
David Talanian
Email: dtalanian@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
David is the Thornton & Naumes asbestos litigation manager. He has been with the firm since 1989. He manages our mesothelioma and asbestos casework and paralegal staff. David has investigated thousands of cases involving direct and indirect (bystander, family member) exposure to a wide range of asbestos-containing products. His knowledge, experience , and investigative energy has him working closely with our clients and trial teams of attorneys and paralegals on asbestos product and exposure issues to ensure a thorough investigation of each case . He is a graduate of Connecticut College, and earned an MBA from Northeastern University.
Joseph Souza
Email: jsouza@tenlaw.com | Phone: 888-632-0108
Joseph is a senior trial paralegal at Thornton & Naumes. Joe began working at the firm as an asbestos paralegal in 1996. In 1999, Joe joined the trial team to work on mesothelioma and asbestos trial cases, a position he maintains today. Joe is also responsible for cataloging and updating the firm’s asbestos data and documents obtained over the past thirty years of the firm's asbestos practice. Joe is a graduate of Boston University (BA, 1992) and has been an ABA certified paralegal since 1996.
100 Summer Street, 30th Floor 
Boston, MA 02110 Tel: 1-888-632-0108
Boston, MA 02110 Tel: 1-888-632-0108
