Joseph D. Thornton

Joseph D. Thornton, LLC
10 Foreside Common Dr.
Falmouth, ME 04105
United States
Phone: 
+1 (617) 276-6693
josephdthornton@gmail.com
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Areas of Expertise: 
Civil Investigations,
Criminal Investigations
Member Bio: 

Name: Joseph D. Thornton

Personal: Born in Portland, Maine.

Education: He is Jesuit educated, graduating from Cheverus Classical Preparatory School in 1967 and then from Boston College with a B.A. in English and Philosophy in 1971. He attended the University of Maine School of Law.

Professional: Has been a licensed private investigator in Maine since 1975 and in Massachusetts since 2005. He owned and operated Lawyers Investigating Service in Maine performing civil and criminal investigations for trial lawyers throughout the New England until 1995. He also has been licensed and worked extensively in New Hampshire, North Carolina and Florida. Between 1999 and 2005 he was a staff investigator for the Federal Defender Office in their Capital Habeas Unit in Philadelphia assigned to capital cases Pennsylvania.  Operates agencies in Boston and Portland. 

Affiliations and accomplishments: He is a former director of the National Association of Legal Investigators, Certified Legal Investigator, Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator and has ongoing investigations in cases in several jurisdictions pending at both the trial and appellate levels.