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Francis P. Balas

 

 

Education

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

Professional Experience

bulletPracticed 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
bulletAppointed a Land Court Examiner of Titles in 1974
bulletPractice 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
bulletFormer Panel Member American Arbitration Association
bulletMathematics teacher and football coach at Burlington, Massachusetts school system, 1962 through 1969
bulletAdmitted to practice before the Courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court Massachusetts District, Supreme Court of the United States

Professional Memberships

bulletAmerican Bar Association
bulletMassachusetts Bar Association
bulletMassachusetts Bar Foundation
bulletMassachusetts Conveyancers Association
bulletMerrimack Valley Conveyancers Association
bulletLowell Bar Association
bulletMember Title Insurance Committee, American Bar Association
Real Properties Section
bulletCurrent Municipal and Community Service:
bulletPast Chairman, Lowell Conservation Commission
bulletPast President Current Member of Standing Dock and Harbor Committee Wenaumet Bluff Improvement Association
bulletMember Old Scouts
bulletMember Saint's Hospital Men's Guild (Charter Member)
bulletMember Greater Lowell Family YMCA Alumni

Prior Municipal and Community Service

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

Personal Interests and Activities

bulletReading (almost anything) mostly history oriented
bulletOffshore fishing, lobstering, sailboat racing, and in general, almost anything connected with salt water
bulletGardening in the summer months
 

 

 

 

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