After AG Healey Punts On Thornton Law Dem Donor Probe, Essex DA Declines To Pursue Criminal Charges

BOSTON — The law firm that saw one of its most powerful attorneys step down from his post as state representative months before word leaked regarding the firm's track record of reimbursing its lawyers and their spouses for political donations made to both Massachusetts and national Democrats will not be subject to criminal charges. The announcement concerning the Thornton Law Firm, which employs former state Representative Garrett Bradley, a Democrat from Hingham, landed Wednesday, more than a

BOSTON — The law firm that saw one of its most powerful attorneys step down from his post as state representative months before word leaked regarding the firm's track record of reimbursing its lawyers and their spouses for political donations made to both Massachusetts and national Democrats will not be subject to criminal charges. The announcement concerning the Thornton Law Firm, which employs former state Representative Garrett Bradley, a Democrat from Hingham, landed Wednesday, more than a…