Jonathan Thornton has been a trial lawyer in Virginia for 20 years. His practice focuses on serious auto and truck accidents and medical negligence cases. He is licensed to practice in Virginia and in North Carolina. Jon was named by his peers in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as a Virginia SuperLawyer, which is an honor given to 5% of the attorneys practicing in Virginia. Jon was previously recognized as one of the Top Ten Young Lawyers in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. He has obtained medical malpractice verdicts and settlements that have been listed among the largest verdicts obtained in Virginia and neighboring states, and his results have been reported in local media and legal publications.

Jon earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Washington & Lee University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Virginia Law School and was then appointed as a law clerk to United States District Judge John A. McKenzie.

Following his judicial clerkship, Jon practiced law for six years with the largest law firm in Southeastern Virginia where he handled primarily personal injury cases and business litigation. In 1997, he co-founded Pierce & Thornton, PLC, a law firm dedicated solely to representing the rights of the severely injured.

Jon was nominated by his peers to the Etheridge Society, which is an inner circle of leading attorneys who represent patients and their families in medical negligence cases in Virginia. Jon has also been an active member in the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, where he has previously served on the Board of Governors.  He was selected by his peers to serve on the Executive Board of the Virginia Beach Bar Association for 2010-2011.

Jon sees his role as a trial attorney as one of not only fighting to obtain fair compensation for his clients, but also of counseling and providing answers to individuals who have had catastrophic events occur in their lives. When Jon accepts your case, he is personally committed to it from the initial investigation through the trial. As one of his former clients stated after Jon had successfully resolved his son’s case, "it’s more than a case to Jon – he represents you as if it happened to him".  Another client, whose family he represented in a wrongful death case commented, "Through the entire process, I always felt trust and confidence in [Jon's] judgment. I was very proud to have had you represent me in the courtroom."

Jon credits his clients and their families for enabling him to successfully try, mediate and settle numerous medical malpractice, wrongful death, brain injury and catastrophic injury cases on their behalf.