[5] Naughton attended public schools in Clinton, Massachusetts and went on to earn his Bachelor's at Assumption College in 1982.

His firm concentrates on litigation, criminal defense, local, national and international development issues, and government relations.

[7] In the early 2000s, Rep. Naughton accompanied former President Clinton to Northern Ireland in conjunction with the founding of the Enniskillen Peace Center.

Naughton was also an observer at the Saville Investigation Hearings into the "Bloody Sunday" shootings of unarmed civilian civil rights protesters by British troops.

[8] Hank Naughton joined the plaintiff litigation firm Napoli Shkolnik PLLC full time in August 2020.

Naughton volunteered for a tour of active duty and served with Multi-National Force Iraq from September, 2005 until May, 2006.

At the end of May, 2012, he returned from an 8-month voluntary deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

[1] As an Army JAG, Naughton worked with local Afghan judicial authorities, military, and security forces, in conjunction with officials from the United Nations, State Department, Red Cross, and other entities, to establish a sustainable judicial and law enforcement system in the City of Kandahar and the greater Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan.