JESSE  
MORGAN 
TORISKY
BATHGATE

Attorney Jesse Torisky is currently the President and CEO of the Autism Society of Pittsburgh, which provides 
Morgan Bathgate is a college student at Messiah University studying Psychology. She 
information and referral to parents and professionals about Autism diagnosis, care, treatment, educational, 
graduated in 2020 from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High where she also played water 
medical and habilitative services. 
polo, swam competitively, played violin, maintained a 4.0 GPA and took six Advanced 
Placement (AP) classes.
Jesse is a Continuing Legal Education and Certification instructor for the Minor Judiciary Education Board, 
where he presents courses on a variety of legal subjects to Magisterial District Judges, including Civil Law, 
She was diagnosed with Autism when she was 3 years old. Morgan likes to remind people 
Torts and Ethics. He also created and presented two courses on Autism in the Criminal Justice System, which 
that she may think differently, learn differently and at times struggle to focus—but she 
focused on Traits of Autism and effective methods of communication in courtroom settings.
embraces her extraordinary abilities. She is different—but not less.

Attorney Torisky has had extensive trial experience, both as a prosecutor for ten years [1985-95], as well as 
Morgan describes herself as family oriented, artsy, techie, bookish, musical and 
a civil litigator [1995 to present].  While a prosecutor with Allegheny County, he tried virtually every type of 
adventurous. She loves nature, animals, video games and drawing.
crime, including rape, child abuse, narcotics, and homicide. As a civil attorney, his focus has been on Insurance 
Fraud investigations for various insurance companies. Jesse conducted over 250 examinations under oath of 
insureds, in order to assist in the investigations of questionable claims. 

Since 1987, Jesse has been an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Paralegal Program at CCAC’s Boyce Campus, 
where I taught multiple courses, including Beginning Legal Research & Writing, Advanced Legal Research 
and Writing, Domestic Relations, Consumer Protection, Employee Benefits, Litigation 1 and Litigation 2. Since 
2019, he has been teaching in the Criminal Justice & Criminology Department at CCAC’s South Campus in the 
subjects of Criminal Law, Evidence & Procedure, Forensics, Criminal Investigation and Intro to the Criminal 
Justice System. He also taught as an adjunct at Point Park University in their Criminal Justice department in 
the subjects of History of Organized Crime, The Constitution and Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Trans-
National Crime.

From 1988 to 1995 he was an instructor at the Allegheny County Police Academy, where he taught Search 
and Seizure to the police cadets.  From 2003 to 2007 he also instructed the cadets in the subjects of the 
Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Jurisdiction and Procedure, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure and Civil Law. In 
2007, Jesse was on the Advisory Board of the Municipal Police Officers’ Education & Training Commission 
for Pennsylvania, where he drafted and presented course material and legal updates to instructors whose 
responsibility it was to train fellow Police Officers.

Jesse is a member of the state Bars in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, as well as the Federal District 
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit. He has argued cases before the 
Pennsylvania Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts. 

In 2016, Mr. Torisky was appointed to Allegheny County Accountability, Conduct and Ethics [ACE] Commission.