Welcome to Moriarty & Associates, P.C. - Counselors at Law || Associates

Born Springfield, Massachusetts, December 30, 1942, admitted to bar, 1996, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.

Education: Emmanuel College (B.A., 1964, National Honor Historical Society); Massachusetts School of Law (JD, 1996, Judicial Internship Selection).

Member: Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association.

JOSEPH M. SPINALE:
Born Everett, Massachusetts, November 2, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts.

Education: Norwich University (B.A., 1989); Franklin Pierce Law Center (JD, 1997).

Member: Massachusetts Bar and American Bar Association. Admitted to New Hampshire bar 2005 and member of New Hampshire Bar Association.

JOSEPH R. CONTE:
Born Worcester, Massachusetts, June 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1995, Massachusetts; admitted U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts1995.

Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1985); Southern New England School of Law (JD, 1993).

Member: Worcester and Massachusetts Bar Associations.

Work Highlights: Staff Assistant to U.S. Congress, 1985-1987; Staff Assistant and Counsel to State Senate, 1987-1996; Counsel, Department of Revenue Office of Child Support Enforcement, 1996-1997; Counsel, Eastern Casualty Insurance Company, 1997-2002; Assistant City Solicitor, City of Worcester, 2002-2003; Counsel, Kemper Insurance Companies; Moriarty & Associates, 2003 to date.

THOMAS F. FINN:
Born Medford, Massachusetts, May 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts.

Education: Suffolk University (B.S., Political Science, cum laude, 1985); Suffolk University Law School (JD, cum laude, 1988).

Member: Massachusetts Bar Association.

Military: U.S. Army, 1990-1996; U.S. Army Reserves, 1996-Present.

Work Highlights: Seven years active duty U.S. Army, serving as Labor Counselor, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Trial Defense Service with the 82nd Airborne Division; and Chief of Administrative and Civil Law; Persian Gulf, Desert Shield and Desert Storm as Chief, Claims, XVIII Airborne Corps and as a criminal defense attorney with the Trial Defense Service; active with the U.S. Army Reserves, Lieutenant Colonel. Workers' Compensation Trust Fund with the Department of Industrial Accidents in 1995.

JAMES E. RAMSEY:
born Worcester, Massachusetts, February 22, 1968; admitted to bar January 3, 1996, United States Supreme Court, Massachusetts and Connecticut State Courts, and U.S. District Court, Districts of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Education: Northeastern University (B.S. 1991, Summa Cum Laude); Northeastern University (M.S. 1992); Suffolk University Law School (J.D. 1995); two American Jurisprudence Awards.

Member: Massachusetts Bar Association, Worker’s Compensation Committee, And Worcester County Bar Association.

Work Highlights: 1995-1996 Judicial Clerkship, Connecticut Superior Court; Eight years worker’s compensation and general liability defense practice; Recorded insurance opinion, Baker’s Case, 55 Mass. App. Ct. 628, 773 N.E.2d 466 (2002); Authorized counsel Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance (eight years) and General Casualty/MassWest (two years); Featured speaker at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., November 21, 2003, on "Worker’s Compensation Case Law and Legislative Update." Admitted to Connecticut Bar 1996 and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut 1997 and U.S. Supreme Court 2002.

DANIEL W. GRACEY:
Born Bangor, ME, July 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Massachusetts.

Education: University of Miami (B.A., 2000); University of Miami School of Law (JD, 2003).

Member: Massachusetts Bar Association and American Bar Association

WILLIAM C. HARPIN:
Born Newport, Rhode Island, January 16, 1949; admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1977; Alaska bar, 1980.

Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., 1971); University of Rhode Island (MA, 1973); Boston University School of Law (JD, 1976).

Member: Massachusetts District Court Bar, 1994, and the First Circuit Bar (1999)

Work Highlights: VISTA Attorney, Kotzebue, Alaska, 1976-1977; Judicial Officer, Alaska District Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, 1979-1983; Hearing Officer, Massachusetts Department of Insurance, 1995-1996; private practice in worker’s compensation and appellate law, 1998 to date.

CYNTHIA A. CANAVAN:
Born Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 1957; admitted to the bar, 1983, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.

Education: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA, 1979, Political Science); Suffolk University Law School (JD, cum laude, 1983).

Work Highlights: Assistant Attorney General in the MA Attorney General's Office, Civil Bureau/Torts Division 1984-1988; In- House Counsel, Law Office of Pamela Storm/Hartford Insurance Company, 1988-2001; private practice in workers’ compensation 2001-2005. Experience includes appellate practice before the MA Supreme Judicial Court and Appellate Court.

SHELIA S. CUNNINGHAM:
Born Scranton, Pennsylvania 1958; admitted to Massachusetts bar; 1983.

Education: University of Scranton (B.S., cum laude 1980); Suffolk University School of Law (J.D., 1983).

Member: Massachusetts Bar; U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

Associates

Ellen Harrington Sullivan

Joseph M. Spinale

Joseph R. Conte

James E. Ramsey

Daniel W. Gracey

Of Counsel

William C. Harpin

Cynthia A. Canavan

Sheila S. Cunningham