Attorney Keilty has been practicing law since 1985. He grew up in Peabody and graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Suffolk University Law School. He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney for Essex County and then spent several years as an Associate with the law firm of Plunkett & Plunkett in Salem, MA. He was also associated with the firms of Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo of Boston and Saugus, and the firm of Serino, Ley, Young and Grumbach of Boston before opening his own practice in Peabody in November 1993. He lives in Georgetown with his wife, Terry. They have two adult children. Attorney Keilty serves as a Director of the Essex County Bar Association and the Georgetown Historical Society. He also volunteers his time with Special Olympics of Massachusetts and the Georgetown Recreational Path Committee.