Robert J. Galvin

Background

Galvin, Robert J. was born on December 10, 1938 in New Haven. Son of Herman I. and Freda (Helfand) Galvin.

Education

AB, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1961. Juris Doctor, Suffolk University, Boston, 1967.

Career

Worked at Davis, Malm & Doctorate"Agostine, A Professional Corporation (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Massachusetts and United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.

1988, United States.

Supreme Court. Company-Author and Panel Member: Condominium Conversion, 1980, Massachusetts Real Estate Skills Seventeenth Annual Practical Skills Series, 1981, Forms and Tax Consequences of Ownership of Real Estate, 1981. Condominiums: Creation, Conversion and Care, 1982.

Residential Real Estate for Those Who More Than Dabble, 1983, 1986. New Condominium Conversion Law, 1984.

Industrial, Commercial, Office and Mixed-Use Condominiums.

Cooperatives and Time Shares, 1985. Current Issues in Condominium and Timeshare Practice, 1989. 49 Things You Need to Know to Practice Law, 1989.

Fundamentals of Residential Real Estate, 1990.

Residential Real Estate Basics, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (Company-Author). Representing the Parties When the Party"s Over, 1991.

New Condominium Law.Rents, Liens and Lenders, 1992. Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated., Condominiums v.

Cooperatives, 1983; Commercial and Mixed Use Condominiums, 1985.

Recent Developments in Condominium Law, 1987. Current Issues in Condominium Practice, 1988. Massachusetts Bar Association, "Legal Aspects of Condominium Operations, 1991, What Do You Do When They Don"t Pay, 1992.

Leadership Training Program, 1991, 1992, Community Associations Institute.

"New Condominium Law," New England League of Federal Savings Institutions, "New Condominium Superlien Law," Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association, 1992. Author: "Guide to Real Estate Transactions," Massachusetts Lawyers Diary and Manual, 1969-1981.

"Thoughts on Condominiums," Rental Housing Association Bulletin, 1974. Real Estate Columnist, Boston Ledger, 1981.

Legal Affairs Columnist, Condo Owner Magazine, 1979.

Editor and Company-Author: Massachusetts Condominium Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated., 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996. Author: Condominium Chapter, Crocker"s Notes and Common Forms, 1995, 1996, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated., 1994. Panel Member, Drafting Condominium and P.U.D. Documents, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1986.

Panel Member, Drafting Documents for Condominiums, PUDS, and Golf Course Communities, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1995.

Lecturer: Real Estate Investment, Condominiums and Cooperatives, Commercial Real Estate, Troubled Real Estate and Condominium Management, Boston Center for Adult Education, 1972-1986. Real Estate Financial Analysis, Condominiums, Real Estate Development, Northeastern University, 1977-1978.

Member, Real Estate Curriculum Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated., 1983-1987. Director and Vice President, Rental Housing Association Division, Greater Boston Real Estate Board, 1974.

Director, 1980—, Vice President and Chairman, Finance Committee, 1982-1987, President, 1987-1991, Boston Center for Adult Education, Director, Chairman Finance Committee, Thoreau Society, Incorporated., 1993—.

Director, Beech Hill Foundation, Incorporated., 1989—. Member, Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association. Member: Massachusetts Bar Association (Council Member, Property Law Section, 1977-1980.

Chairman, Condominium Committee, 1979-1991).

Massachusetts Conveyancers Association. Community Associations Institute, New England Chapter (Attorneys Committee).

Fellow and Life Member, Massachusetts Bar Foundation (Greater Boston III Grant Making Advisory Committee, 1996).

Achievements

• Robert J. Galvin has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors, vice president Rental Housing Association division Greater Boston Real Estate Board, 1974. Board directors Beech Hill Foundation, Inc., since 1989, Thoreau Society, Inc., 1993—2006, chairman finance committee, chairman executive committee, 1999—2000, vice president, 2001—2004. Fellow: Massachusetts History Society, Massachusetts Bar Foundation (life.

Member Greater Boston 3 grantmaking advisory committee 1997, 1998, 1999, housing, employment, small business, assistance grant making advisory committee 2004). Member: Boston Bar Association, Community Associations Institute (member attorney's committee New England chapter), Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (real estate curriculum advisory committee 1983-1987), Massachusetts Bar Association (council member property law section 1977-1980, chairman condominium committee 1979-1991), Society Censure, Reproof and Arraingment Public Error, Abstract Club.

Connections

Married Susan I. Goldstein, October 15, 1960 (divorced). Children: David B., Peter J. Bachelor of Arts, Union College.

Father:

Herman I. Galvin

Mother:

Freda (Helfand)Galvin

Spouse:

Susan I. Goldstein

child:

David B. Galvin

child:

Peter J. Bachelor of Arts Galvin

child:

Union College Galvin