Judicial Administration

Section Leadership

John J. Morrissey

Morrissey, a Hingham resident, is a founding partner of the law firm of Morrissey, Wilson & Zafiropoulos LLP in Braintree, a boutique law firm practicing in the areas of litigation, bankruptcy & creditors' rights and real estate. He practices in the area of litigation with a principle focus on personal injury and workers' compensation claims. Morrissey served as co-chair of the MBA's Judicial Administration Section for the previous two years. Currently, he serves on the MBA Workplace Safety Task Force and as an arbitrator on the MBA Fee Arbitration Board. He is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys' Board of Governors and serves as a member of the Board of Bar Overseers' Hearing Committee for Plymouth and Norfolk counties. He is a life fellow and a member of the Grant Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Since 2003, Morrissey has served as a director of Central Bancorp, a publically traded company, and as a director and chairman of the Real Estate Committee of Central Co-Operative Bank since 2004.

Michael T. Maroney

Maroney, a Hingham resident, is a partner in the litigation department of the Boston office of Holland & Knight LLP, where he has a broad complex litigation practice, with particular focus upon contract disputes, business torts, toxic and mass torts, product liability, insurance coverage, construction, real estate, and environmental cost recovery and property damage. He began his career as an associate in the litigation department of a large law firm in New York City and served for two years as a law clerk to United States District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., of the District of Massachusetts. Prior to studying law, Maroney worked as a grants program manager for the United States Department of Justice. He has been named a Rising Star by Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine and has published several articles focused on various litigation issues