Background
Thornton, John W. was born on July 3, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, United States.
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Education
Campion Preparatory School, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy Major, magna cum laude, in Naval Science and Engineering, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, 1956 summa cum laude.
Juris Doctor, 1969).
Career
Worked at Thornton, Mastrucci & Sinclair. Admitted to the bar, 1956, Florida and United States. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. President, Student Law Association, 1955-1956. Member, Notre Dame Alumni Senate, 1967-1974.
Member, Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention, Incorporated., 1984-1994.
Dade County School Board Attorney. Legislative Attorney, Florida School Board Trial Association, 1967.
Representative Member, Associated Industries of Florida, 1986. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Broward County, Dade County and American (Member, Sections of: Business Litigation Dispute Resolution.
Alternate Dispute Resolution of Torts and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel.
Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, Incorporated.
Florida Hospital Association. South Florida Society for Hospital Risk Management.
International Bar Association. The Maritime Law Association of the United States.
American Judicature Society.
Association of Transportation Practitioners. Defense Research Institute. Dade County Defense Bar Association.
Southern Defense Lawyers Association.
Florida Defense Lawyers Association. Florida School Board Association.
Military: Lieutenant, United States. Navy, Korean War, 1950-1953.
Commanding Officer, United States.S. liberal studies.I.L.1097, Naval Science and Engineering.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Notre Dame Alumni Senate, 1967-1974. Member, Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention, Incorporated., 1984-1994. Dade County School Board Attorney.
Legislative Attorney, Florida School Board Trial Association, 1967.
Representative Member, Associated Industries of Florida, 1986. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Broward County, Dade County and American (Member, Sections of: Business Litigation Dispute Resolution. Alternate Dispute Resolution of Torts and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Council, Incorporated. Florida Hospital Association.
South Florida Society for Hospital Risk Management.
International Bar Association. The Maritime Law Association of the United States.
American Judicature Society. Association of Transportation Practitioners.
Defense Research Institute.
Dade County Defense Bar Association. Southern Defense Lawyers Association. Florida Defense Lawyers Association.
Florida School Board Association.
Military: Lieutenant, United States. Navy, Korean War, 1950-1953.
Commanding Officer, United States.S. liberal studies.I.L.1097, Naval Science and Engineering.
