Jason A. Bielagus is an attorney at Bielagus Law Offices PLLC, where he focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate, both transactions and litigation. His experience includes closings, purchases, sales, purchase and sale agreements, deeds, notes, mortgages, foreclosures, lease agreements, evictions, subdivisions, condominiums and petitions to quiet title, as well as litigation of real estate matters. Mr. Bielagus was an assistant district attorney in New Mexico. He also served as a JAG officer with the Army National Guard. Mr. Bielagus is licensed to practice in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Mexico, as well as the U.S. District Court D.N.H. and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court D.N.H. He earned his B.A. degree from St. John's College and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School.
Brian Fischer is with THD Design Group, and has more than 30 years of experience in the survey field performing a variety of survey types for residential, municipal, commercial, industrial and government agency clients. He has experience in survey instrumentation and computer aided drafting (CAD) programs, as well as office and survey programs such as Trimble Office, Carlson and Civil 3D. Mr. Fischer's management experience includes overseeing drafting and field crews, as well as a branch office for an oil and gas services firm in southeast Texas. He holds professional land surveyors licenses in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas.
Richard J. Fox is an attorney with the Law Office of Richard J. Fox PLLC, where his practice focuses on commercial and residential real estate. As legal counsel, he represents buyers, sellers, and lenders in residential and commercial real estate transactions, including title searches and closing. As a title insurance agent, Mr. Fox reviews title opinions and issues title insurance policies. He is admitted to practice in Vermont and Massachusetts, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Mr. Fox is a member of the Vermont, Massachusetts, and Chittenden County bar associations; and is an agent for Vermont Attorneys Title Corporation. He earned his B.A. degree from Rutgers College and his J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School.
William F. Kerr Jr. is an attorney at High Swartz LLP. He has a breadth of experience in real estate law in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania counties. Mr. Kerr was previously an associate and a partner in the Philadelphia law office of Blank Rome LLP. He represents developers, property managers, and property owners with real estate and various transactions. Mr. Kerr has assisted clients in obtaining multiple land development, subdivision, zoning, and related approvals and in different sale and leasing transactions. He has extensive experience in successfully pursuing real estate tax assessment appeals, nonprofit real estate tax exemptions, Act 319 Agricultural Assessments, Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Agreements, and real estate tax abatements. Mr. Kerr has represented property owners in a variety of eminent domain matters and easement, restrictive covenant, real estate title, green building, and stormwater issues. He also has significant experience in the area of real estate valuation. Mr. Kerr serves as a Zoning Board solicitor and has experience as special zoning and development counsel to several southeastern Pennsylvania municipalities. He earned his B.S. degree from Delaware Valley College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law.
Philip C. Pires is a principal in the law firm of Cohen and Wolf, P.C. A persuasive and successful litigator, he has handled a variety of litigation matters including complex commercial disputes, breach of fiduciary duty claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, adverse possession claims, prescriptive easement claims, quiet title actions, landlord/tenant cases, and collection actions. Mr. Pires frequently appears in the Connecticut Probate Court system representing beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and creditors in a variety of probate litigation matters. In addition to litigation, he practices in the municipal and land use and zoning arena, regularly appearing before planning and zoning commissions, inland wetlands commissions, zoning boards of appeals, the Connecticut Siting Council, and other administrative agencies, advocating for applicants, developers, property owners, and neighborhood groups. Mr. Pires also regularly counsels municipalities and property owners in commercial and residential property tax appeals. As a former member of his hometown's governing board, his firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of town administration offers valuable insight to his clients. Mr. Pires earned his B.A. degree from Haverford College and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
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