'Rongoā e kore e nga wa katoa i kitea i roto i te ture, engari i te arotahi ki runga i te iwi matou tohu me o ratou ngā āhuatangaPatrick Melendy Joe Leahy ki te u, i roto i te marama o hānuere te tau. Tavini ia kia rite ki to te Pa i te Rōia mō te Pa o Springfield, me te rite te Ture i Whakaaro hoki Springfield Whaipainga Poari (SUB). Tana tohungatanga ki ngā āhuatanga katoa o te ture public. s. Army (Whitināmu), i te tamataraa rōia i roto i te Whenua me te Taiao i ngā Rauemi Wehenga, U. Department of Justice, a i te Motokā Mataeinaa te Tari o te Whakaaro Ture. Joe tupu ake i roto i Astoria, ua roaa ia tana tohu paetahi i te whare Wānanga o Oregon, me tana ture, tohu paetahi i te whare Wānanga o Notre Dame. Ko ia te uru ki te Oregon State Bar Joe ko te mema o te Motokā County Bar Association, me te Oregon State Bar Association Joe manako i te whai wāhi ki te āwhina i te iwi ki o ratou ture pātai. Ka akiaki ia i te whai wāhitanga mā te kiritaki i roto i te kōrero, me te pūmanawa taumira o aua pātai. Joe pai te mahi ki te te rōpū o ngaio te hunga e faaite e whakapono, me te hunga e matatika, te iwi o te ngakau tapatahi, i te tangata e mahi pakeke hoki to ratou kiritaki, me te hunga e whakaaro ia ki te waiho i te hoa. Kua mahi ia i runga i te Papa o te United Ara o te Motokā Mataeinaa, Lane County Aid Ture o te Ratonga, te whare Wānanga o Oregon Alumni Association, SMART, Springfield Rohe Chamber o Tauhokohoko, Eugene Arts Foundation, Emerara Empire Toi Association, me te mua Pakanga Heamana mō te Springfield Education Foundation. Ko ia hoki te tūao mo Habitat for Humanity, me Ngā Ratonga Ture. Joe me tōna hoa wahine ki ā Judy oaoa i te haamau'araa i te taime ki to ratou tokotoru nga tama, nga tamahine-i roto i-ture, me te mokopuna Ellie Whakatika, Kateri a Pineamine. Ia me Judy kia pai te haere i te rua i roto i te Āhua o Oregon, tautautefito ki te Oregon Rohe, me te ki tua atu. I roto i te tau torutoru whakamutunga, i te tae ratou i te Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma. Ko te whakamahi o te Ipurangi ranei i tēnei puka mō te kōrero, ki te u ranei ki tetahi takitahi he mema o te u, e kore e whakatū i tētahi rōia-kiritaki hononga.
