James J Foley is an attorney and served as an assistant clerk magistrate in the Massachusetts court system for over forty years. During his career, he worked with the police on a daily basis, reviewing their requests for arrest warrants, criminal complaints, and search warrants. He issued arrest warrants or search warrants in over a hundred murder cases.

Mr. Foley served on criminal procedure committees advising the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and to the Massachusetts District Court. He was called upon to address statewide conferences of judges and other court personnel on developments in criminal law.

Mr. Foley was very involved in international outreach efforts and hosted judges, attorneys, professors, and public officials from over twenty countries at his courthouse.

He has traveled to every continent, writing travel articles about his journeys for the Boston Globe and other newspapers Mr. Foley is also a photographer and has had a number of exhibits of his photographs.