Attorney Profiles
Charles H. Thronson Salt Lake City, Utah
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Charles Thronson is a senior shareholder in the Litigation Department and head of the Personal Injury Section at Parsons Behle & Latimer. He practices in the areas of general litigation with an emphasis on personal injury, medical malpractice and products liability cases. Charlie has handled a number of cases for personal injury and medical malpractice clients that have generated some of the largest recoveries in Utah history. He was one of the first attorneys to file an intra-articular pain pump lawsuit in the U.S. Charlie 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, and has been recognized for the past 15 years in The Best Lawyers in America.
Professional Listings:
- Founding Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Listed as a Top Lawyers Named by Their Peers, 2012
- Named Best Lawers' 2012 Plaintiffs' Lawyer of the Year for Salt Lake City Medical Malpractice Law
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (1996-present) in Medical Malpractice Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
- Listed in Top 100 Lawyers in Utah
- Listed in Utah's Legal Elite
- Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers
Related Activities and Skills:
- Adjunct Professor, Westminster College, 1986-1988
- Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, College of Law, 1999-2003
- Honorary Vice-Wing Commander, 388th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
- Alpha Sigma Nu National Honor Society
- Bar Examiner, Utah State Bar, 1986-2009
- Editorial Staff, Creighton University Law Review
- Board of Governors, Utah Association for Justice, 2004-present
- Member of the Utah Association for Justice (President, 2009-2010)
- Prelitigation Task Force, Utah State Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, 1995-1997
- Board of Directors, Judge Memorial High School, 2007-present
- Member of the American Association for Justice
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
- Salt Lake County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Utah State Bar: Litigation Section
Court and Bar Admissions:
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1989
- Utah Federal District Court, 1977
- Utah Supreme Court, 1977
- Utah State Bar, 1977
- Areas of Practice:
- Medical Malpractice
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Products Liability Litigation
- Wrongful Death
- Trucking Accidents
- Class Actions
- Mass Torts
- Education:
- Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska,
1977
J.D. degree
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: (ranked 3rd in class of 172) - University of Washington,
1972
B.A. degree
Major: Business Administration
- Published Works:
- Just Lucky, Utah Trial Journal, Summer/Fall, 2010
- Discoverability and Admissibility of Immigration Status, (Co-author), Utah Trial Journal, Summer/Fall, 2010
- In Praise of Regulation, Utah Trial Journal, Spring/Summer, 2010
- The Real Bogeyman, Utah Trial Journal, Winter/Spring, 2010
- The Wrongful Death Guarantee, Part II, (Co-author), Utah Trial Journal, Spring, 2006
- A New Perspective: Has Utah Entered the 20th Century in Tort Law?, (Co-author), Utah Law Review 495, Fall, 1981
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice in Utah," Utah Association for Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah 2009
- Faculty: National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Salt Lake City, Utah 2007
- Presenter: "Crafting the Closing Argument," Utah Association for Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah 2007
- Presenter: "Prelitigation Practice," Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, Salt Lake City, Utah 2007
- Presenter: "Hospital Liens," Utah Association for Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah 2006
- Presenter: "Prelitigation Practice," Utah Association for Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah 2005
- Presenter: "Discovery, Deposition and Motion Practice in the Complex Plaintiff’s Case," Utah Association for Justice, Salt Lake City, Utah 2005
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice – The State of The Law," Intermountain Healthcare Park City Nursing Conference, Park City, Utah 2004
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice," The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Salt Lake City, Utah 2004
- Presenter: "The Practice of Personal Injury Law: A Two-Case Study," Arizona State University School of Law, Phoenix, Arizona 2003 to the present
- Presenter: "Perinatal Legal Issues," 2002 Annual Northern Perinatal Outreach Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, 2002
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice in Utah," National Business Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002
- Presenter: "Obstetrical Malpractice," Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001
- Presenter: "The Law and Children with Disabilities; Current Trends and Commitment to Child Advocacy: How Far Do We Go?," Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1999
- Presenter: "Traumatic Brain Injury," Utah Trial Lawyers’ Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1998
- Organizer and Presenter: "Legal Empowerment - Parents’ Rights for Children with Disabilities Conferences," Utah Parents Center and Developmental Disabilities, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1996, 1997
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice–Prelitigation Panel Review," Utah State Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1995
- Presenter: "Ethics," Utah Trial Lawyers’ Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1995
- Presenter: "Investigation Techniques, The Role of the Paralegal in the Deposition Process and Handling Medical Issues," Paralegal Seminars, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994
- Presenter: "Ethics," Utah Trial Lawyers’ Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1993
- Presenter: "Civil Justice Reform," Salt Lake County Bar Association, 1992
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice," American College of Trial Lawyers, Snowbird, Utah, 1991
- Presenter: "Damages in Cases Involving Severe Injuries," Utah Trial Lawyers’ Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1991
- Panel Member: "Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform," KUTV Channel 7, 1990
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice: Law, Theory and Practice," American Bar Association National Institute, Snowbird, Utah, 1990
- Presenter: "Litigation and the Pediatric Head Injured Patient," Pediatric Head Injury Resource Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989
- Presenter: "Products Liability and Engineer Responsibility," University of Utah, Department of Bioengineering, 1988
- Presenter: "Torts Update," Utah State Bar Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 1988
- Presenter: "Tort Reform," Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1988
- Presenter: "Torts, Damages and Remedies," Utah State Bar, 1986
- Presenter: "Medical Malpractice Award Limitations," Women’s State Legislative Council of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986
- Presenter: "Elements of a Malpractice Case," Utah Medical Records Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986
- Presenter: "Products Liability," American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983
