After his honorable discharge from the U. S. Air Force, where he served as a Medical Laboratory Specialist, Mr. Huntley accepted employment full-time as a Medical Technologist at a nationally recognized Pittsburgh Hospital while attending the University of Pittsburgh full-time where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 and his Juris Doctorate at the law school in 1990.

He commenced his law career at an accomplished Pittsburgh law firm practicing personal injury litigation and general litigation concentrating on business and employment law. He was recruited and accepted employment in-house at a national commercial roofing company supervising litigation in various legal areas in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. 

Mr. Huntley then became associated with and served his time predominately as a partner with a long-established and respected litigation firm for twenty years where he engaged in the practice of personal injury litigation as well as general business and employment litigation.