Francis P. Balas, ESQ
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Education

  • Juris Doctor Suffolk,   University Law School ,1969
  • Master of Education , Salem State College, 1965
(earned both degrees full time  evenings while working full time as a teacher and
football coach in  Burlington,Massachusetts school system)                
  • Bachelor of Science in Education, University of Lowell,  1962 

Professional Experience

  • Practiced law with a concentration in real estate matters in Lowell for five years before joining with Howard J. Hall to form the firm of Hall & Balas, Westford, Massachusetts, in 1975
  • Appointed a Land Court Examiner of Titles in 1974
  • Practice presently concentrated in the area of real estate   law  with an emphasis on commercial acquisition and sales,  condominium development, and resolution of title and boundary disputes; contracts; corporations; estate planning and estate tax law; trial practice restricted to estates, trusts,  and real estate law
  • Former Panel Member American Arbitration Association
  • Mathematics teacher and football coach at Burlington, Massachusetts school system, 1962 through 1969
  • Admitted to practice before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court Massachusetts District, Supreme Court of the United States

Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Foundation
  • Massachusetts Conveyancers Association
  • Merrimack Valley Conveyancers Association
  • Lowell Bar Association
  • Member Title Insurance Committee, American Bar Association Real Properties Section

Current Municipal and Community Service

  • Past Chairman, Lowell Conservation Commission
  • Past President Current Member of Standing Dock and Harbor Committee Wenaumet Bluff Improvement Association
  • Member Old Scouts
  • Member Saint's Hospital Men's Guild (Charter Member)
  • Member Greater Lowell Family YMCA Alumni

Prior Municipal and Community Service

  • Past President of the Greater Lowell Family YMCA
  • Former Trustee and founder of the Greater Lowell Family YMCA Endowment Trust
  • Former Director (18 years) Greater Lowell Family YMCA
  • Former Director Greater Lowell Big Brother/Big Sister Association
  • Former Director Girl Scouts of America (Eastern Massachusetts)
  • Member D'Youville Manor Men's Guild

Personal Interests and Activities

  • Reading (almost anything) mostly history oriented
  • Offshore fishing, lobstering, sailboat racing, and in general, almost anything connected with salt water 
  • Gardening in the summer months
Balas, Alphen & Santos, P.C.
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