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| Retired, after a magnificent career in the law, Attorney Paul Kazarosian began practicing law in 1952. At the time of his retirement, he had attained the highest rating established by Martindale-Hubbell's Law Directory. This rating is only given to lawyers and law firms which are considered to have Very High to Preeminent Legal Ability and who are thought to embrace Very High Professional Standards. Paul is the proud son of Armenian immigrants. His father, Harry, was a shoe factory worker in Lawrence, MA, and became an activist for safe and decent labor conditions. He then apprenticed and became a barber in Haverhill, MA. Harry was known throughout the community as a philosopher and historian. People flocked to his small barber shop on Washington Street to discuss politics and world history, and they were never disappointed. His mother, Veron, was a shoe factory worker in Haverhill. In her 60's, she took up painting and was known as "The Grandma Moses of Haverhill". Paul was one of four children. A graduate of Haverhill High School, Class of 1941, Attorney Kazarosian then attended Harvard University as an undergraduate, majoring in Political Science. During World War II, he was trained in the Army's Specialized Training Program, (ASTP), and served in the Philippines on Leyte Island. His service in the Army interrupted his graduation date and although he graduated from Harvard as the Class of 1945, his Class commencement was delayed until 1947, during which General George Marshall announced his famous Marshall Plan. After graduating from Harvard University, Attorney Kazarosian spent a year studying International Law at the University of Paris. When he returned from France, he matriculated at Boston University Law School. He graduated in 1952 and in the same year, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. Paul began his legal career by working, for no pay, at Legal Services in Boston, MA. While gaining experience at Legal Services, he also opened his own law office in Haverhill, and at the same time worked to support his family in his uncle's dry cleaning business. By the late 1950's, his law office grew into a prominent firm with two partners, and several associates and support staff. Paul Kazarosian has always been known as a "lawyer's lawyer". Throughout his career, he established a well-deserved reputation as a tough and impassioned trial attorney. Although he concentrated in criminal defense, handling cases from marijuana possession and rape cases to high profile murder cases, he found the time to establish the first community medical association in the Merrimack Valley area, Pentucket Medical Associates, now affiliated with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is highly respected by the Trial Bar. In the early 1980's, Attorney Kazarosian served as City Solicitor for the City of Haverhill under the term of Mayor Thomas S. Vathally. During his tenure as City Solicitor, Attorney Kazarosian was successful in blocking an injunction which had halted the construction of the new Hale Hospital in Haverhill, MA, now known as the Merrimack Valley Municipal Hospital. Until Attorney Kazarosian's representation of the City in court, the construction of the new hospital had been halted for nearly two years. During his career as an attorney, Paul worked within the community tirelessly. He worked to establish the "work-free lunch" for the Haverhill school teachers in the early 60's, a practice which is now a staple in teachers contract negotiations. He also volunteered many hours as one of the Directors of the Northern Essex County Association for Retarded Citizens, (known as NECARC), and was honored by the Association for his services throughout the years. He was also instrumental in establishing the Homeowners Federal Savings and Loan in Haverhill in the early 1980's. Attorney Kazarosian has always fought against monopoly and bias. When he opened his firm in Haverhill, MA, several opportunities in the legal field were not available to younger attorneys, such as handling real estate transactions. Banks in the area, due to a long standing tradition of "closed lists", did not allow any private attorneys to perform real estate closings on behalf of their own clients, insisting that the clients use the attorneys on the bank's private counsel list. After many years of protesting the practice, both individually and as President of the Haverhill Bar Association, Attorney Kazarosian was instrumental in opening up the previously "closed" banks, persuading them to allow qualified private counsel perform real estate closings on behalf of the banks for their own clients. In the mid 1960's, Attorney Kazarosian helped found the First Bank and Trust Company of Haverhill, the first independent bank of its kind to open in the Haverhill area in over 50 years. The First Bank and Trust Company of Haverhill paved the way for newer, independent banks to compete against the long time well-established banks in the community. This new-found competition helped to provide the consumers with more options and better services in the banking community. Similarly, in the late 1960's, Attorney Kazarosian built and started one of the first independent television stations in the Northeast, WXPO Channel 50, which broadcast out of Windham, NH, and was stationed in Lowell, MA. Channel 50 was a precursor to the current Channel 50, and predated Channels 56 and 38 as the first local independent station in the New England area. Attorney Kazarosian is a Mason, and a Charter Member of the Armenian Bar Association. Also a Charter Member of the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, he was instrumental in establishing a Chair for Armenian Studies at Harvard University. As Chairman of the Friends of the Haverhill Public Library, Attorney Kazarosian worked diligently to raise funds to rebuild the Haverhill Public Library after it was torn down during urban renewal in the late 60's. In addition to his services to the Haverhill and Merrimack Valley community, Attorney Kazarosian served as the Chairman of the Massachusetts Heart Association, working with Dr. Gerald Austin of the Massachusetts General Hospital in the early 70's. During his term as Chairman of the Association, Attorney Kazarosian and Dr. Austin strove jointly to educate the public as to the dangers of smoking, despite Paul's own addiction to smoking. He finally quit the habit in 1988, after smoking for over 50 years. Just prior to his retirement, Attorney Kazarosian enjoyed speaking on Elderly and Estate Planning issues and saw clients by special appointment. Attorney Kazarosian is a Past President of the Haverhill Bar Association. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the Haverhill Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Association, and has served as a Mock Trial and Moot Court Judge for Boston College Law School. He has taught courses in continuing legal education to attorneys in MA on the topic of Estate Planning for the Elderly, and was an active a member of the Haverhill Hall of Fame Committee, organized under the auspices of and formed by the Haverhill Public Library . The Committee identified and memorialized past Haverhill residents posthumously, such as Louis B. Mayer, John Greenleaf Whittier, Dr. Frank Lahey of Lahey Clinic fame, the nationally known author Andre Dubus, and R. H. Macy. founder of Macy's Department Store. Prior to his retirement, he also enjoyed participating as a member of the auspicious and legendary Monday Evening Club. Attorney Kazarosian was admitted to the following jurisdictions and bars: • United States District Court, District of Massachusetts • Massachusetts Bar (1952) Personal: Prior to his retirement, Paul was an avid historian and gardener, and never hesitated to give his well-founded political opinions. He has been married to Margaret (Movsesian) Kazarosian since 1949, and they have three children: Mark, a Professor of Economics at Stonehill College and a published and nationally known Economist; Paula Steele, a BioPharmaceutical Consultant with SteeleSearch Personnel in Maine, and Marsha Kazarosian, an attorney. He and Margaret have six handsome, boisterous, and spectacular grandsons. |
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