Bradley M. Henry

Bradley M. Henry


Sweeney Merrigan Law

Recognized since 2012

Boston, Massachusetts

Practice Areas

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

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Bradley M. Henry is a trial lawyer specializing in wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury and commercial property loss cases. In 2016, the US Supreme Court declined further review of a $63 million trial verdict (a judgment of $148.5M) that Henry won with his law partners, Leo Boyle and Michael Bogdanow, against a global pharmaceutical giant for devastating, life-long adverse drug reactions suffered by a child. See Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-johnson-johnson-idUSKCN0UX1VW; Reckis v. Johnson & Johnson, 471 Mass. 272 (2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 896 (2016) (https://masscases.com/cases/sjc/471/471mass272.html; https://lawyersusaonline.com/reprints).

Henry, now the firm's Managing Director, joined Meehan Boyle in 1989 and initially defended airlines, aircraft manufacturers and aviation interests in federal court, before transitioning to plaintiffs' work. He was the primary handling attorney of the college alcohol hazing death case of Krueger v. MIT from 1997 to 2001 as well as the commuter rail cardiac death case of Allen v. MBTA from 2002 to 2005. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in Boston's “Big Dig” tunnel ceiling collapse case of DelValle v. Bechtel, a products- and construction-related wrongful death case that ultimately settled with 15 defendants for $28.1 million. Henry’s practice has included plane crashes, mid-air collisions, complex product and weapons cases, refinery explosions, mass shooting tragedies, hazing deaths, building / bridge / tunnel and other construction collapses, MBTA, railroad and other transportation disasters, electrocutions and gas explosions as well as nursing home and pharmaceutical cases. Henry speaks regularly at seminars and conferences around the country on media, the law and handling high-profile cases.

Location
  • 268 Summer Street LL
    Boston, MA 02210
Education
  • Suffolk University, J.D., graduated 1991
  • University of Vermont, BA, graduated 1986
Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - House of Delegates - YLD Delegate - 1995-98
  • Federal Bar Association - Massachusetts Chapter - President - 2001-02
  • Federal Bar Association - National Executive Committee - 2001-2002
  • Massachusetts Bar Association - House of Delegates - Delegate - 2003-04
  • National Eagle Scout Association - Life Member - 1982-present
  • U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation - Cho Dan, 1998 – Present
  • UVM Boulder Society (oldest senior men's honor society in the US) - Class of 1986
  • YMCA of the North Shore - Ambassador's Council - Ambassador

Sweeney Merrigan Law
Boston, Massachusetts

3 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Boston (2024)
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Boston (2022)
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Boston (2019)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Martindale-Hubbell - AV-Preeminent Rating, 2005 - present
  • Highest Verdicts in Massachusetts (#1) for the Year 2013
  • Highest Civil Settlements in Massachusetts (#1) for the Year, 2008
  • Highest Verdicts in the United States - Top 50 in US (#27), 2013
  • New England Super Lawyers, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Boston Magazine's Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (Top 100), 2016 (Top 100), 2017, 2018
  • Highest Verdicts & Settlements in Massachusetts - Top 10, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Personal Injury Litigation

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