About Marilyn T.
Marilyn T. McGoldrick built her legal foundation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Suffolk University Law School, where she earned her J.D. in 1992. Those years set the stage for a steady career in civil practice and professional involvement across Boston’s legal community. She has credentials in Massachusetts and admits cases to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Her early professional record shows a move into practice in the mid-1990s. By 1996 she was listed as a lawyer at Thornton Law Office LLP. Over the years she has maintained a presence at that firm. Her steady association with a single firm reflects a practice anchored in local courts and bar institutions rather than a series of short-term moves.
McGoldrick’s bar and professional memberships map a long-standing engagement with trial and bar organizations. She belongs to the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association, where she served as Co-Chair of the New Lawyers Section from 1999 to 2001. She is also a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Association for Justice. Those affiliations suggest an emphasis on courtroom practice and peer networks during the early stages of her career and onward.
Community and cultural work have figured alongside her law practice. She serves as pro bono counsel for Central Square Theater and the Underground Railway Theatre Company. She joined the advisory board of the WOT Theatre Festival and has been on the advisory board of The Women’s Table since 2010. These roles show a pattern of legal support for arts organizations and civic-minded projects.
Colleagues and clients have seen McGoldrick in matters in state courts and in federal appellate proceedings before the First Circuit. Her involvement in trial lawyer groups and in bar leadership during the turn of the century is a throughline in her professional biography. She has combined courtroom work, bar service and pro bono arts counseling in a way that keeps her rooted in the Boston legal community.
Today she continues to practice at Thornton Law Office LLP. She handles civil litigation in Massachusetts and pursues matters in the First Circuit, while maintaining her active involvement in local bar groups and theater-related pro bono work. Her current practice concentrates on civil litigation in Massachusetts and matters before the First Circuit.
