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Charles H. Thronson

Parsons Behle & Latimer
  • Recognized Since:
    1997
  • Recognized in:
    Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
    Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Law School:
    Creighton University
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.parsonsbehle.com/a...
  • Website:
    http://www.parsonsbehle.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (801) 532.1234
  • E-mail:
    cthronson@parsonsbehle.com
  • Location:
    201 South Main Street, Suite 1800
    Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Charles Thronson is the active senior partner at Parsons Behle & Latimer and head of the Personal Injury Division. Parsons Behle & Latimer is the largest law firm in the state. He has over 43 years of experience and practices throughout the United States in the areas of medical malpractice (especially birth injury cases), whistleblower (Qui Tam), personal injury, sexual assualt and products liability cases. Mr. Thronson has been involved in a number of cases for personal injury, birth injury and medical malpractice clients that have generated some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the region.  

He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney School of Law at the University of Utah, an Adjunct Professor at Westminster College, a long-time member of the Utah Association for Justice (president, 2009-2010) and a frequent lecturer. He is listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Utah, Mountain States Super Lawyers and he has been recognized since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America (2012, 2016 Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year -- Medical Malpractice (Salt Lake City); 2019 Lawyer of the Year -- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Salt Lake City)); Nation’s Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel; Best Lawyers’ “Best of the Best;” ACQ Law Awards Utah Leading Lawyer of the Year, 2013-2020.

Major verdicts include the largest personal injury/medical malpractice verdict in the state's history (2015 - $11,268,178) in a medical malpractice brain injury case.  

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Charles Thronson is the active senior partner at Parsons Behle & Latimer and head of the Personal Injury Division. Parsons Behle & Latimer is the largest law firm in the state. He has over 43 years of experience and practices throughout the United States in the areas of medical malpractice (especially birth injury cases), whistleblower (Qui Tam), personal injury, sexual assualt and products liability cases. Mr. Thronson has been involved in a number of cases for personal injury, birth injury and medical malpractice clients that have generated some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the region.  

He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney School of Law at the University of Utah, an Adjunct Professor at Westminster College, a long-time member of the Utah Association for Justice (president, 2009-2010) and a frequent lecturer. He is listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Utah, Mountain States Super Lawyers and he has been recognized since 1995 in The Best Lawyers in America (2012, 2016 Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year -- Medical Malpractice (Salt Lake City); 2019 Lawyer of the Year -- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Salt Lake City)); Nation’s Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel; Best Lawyers’ “Best of the Best;” ACQ Law Awards Utah Leading Lawyer of the Year, 2013-2020.

Major verdicts include the largest personal injury/medical malpractice verdict in the state's history (2015 - $11,268,178) in a medical malpractice brain injury case.  

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Education:

  • Creighton University , J.D., magna cum laude, graduated 1977
  • University of Washington, B.A., graduated 1972

Bar Admissions:

  • Utah, Utah
 

Court Admissions:

  • U. S. District Court, District of Utah
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Salt Lake City (2019)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Salt Lake City (2016)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Salt Lake City (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Special Focus:

  • Birth Trauma
  • Brain Injury
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Hospital Malpractice
  • Mass Tort
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Medical Negligence
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Wrongful Death
 

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Firm Details

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Parsons Behle & Latimer
http://www.parsonsbehle.com
 
Headquarters
201 South Main Street, Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 532.1234
6 Office Locations
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101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Suite 701 East

Washington, DC 20001

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Idaho

Boise, ID

800 West Main Street, Suite 1300

Boise, ID 83702

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(208) 562.4900

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900 Pier View Drive, Suite 206

Idaho Falls, ID 83402

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(208) 522.6700

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Las Vegas, NV

3753 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200

Las Vegas, NV 89169

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50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750

Reno, NV 89501

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(775) 323.1601

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