Home in Pittsfield. Office in Springfield. Will  travel statewide.

22 years litigation experience primarily in the area of personal injury. Representative clients over those years include insurance companies such as General Accident, Horace Mann, INA, Utica Mutual and The Andover Companies.

Arbitrated for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) since 1985.

Completed Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop and taught arbitration seminars for AAA. Completed Mediation training for AAA.

Arbitrated privately as well as with ADR Equimar and National Arbitration and Mediation. Superior Court approved for Arbitration and Mediation. Approved by the Hampden County Bar Association. Mediation success rate: Approximately 90%

Self-Employed Arbitrator and Mediator since 2002

Attorney, Moriarty, Donoghue & Leja, P.C. since 1980, partner from 1987-2002

Associate Professor of Physical Education, Western New England College 1977-1980

Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Springfield College, 1982

Teacher of Physical Education, Taipei American School, 1972-1974

Western New England College School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1980

Springfield College, Doctor of Physical Education, 1977

University of Southern California, Master of Science in Education, 1974

University of Illinois, Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, 1971

Massachusetts Bar Association, Board of Delegates, 1991-1996

Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, President, 1995-1996; Board of Directors since 1985, holding various officers positions

Hampden and Berkshire Bar Associations, Member, 1980 and 1984 respectively to present

Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Defense Research Institute, Massachusetts Bar Association, American Bar Association

Govenor's Task Force for Early Court Intervention, 1995-1996

Justinian Law Society, Board of Directors, 1994 - present

Massachusetts "Defense Lawyer of the Year," 2002