Steven C. Panagiotakos is a former Democratic

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, and was the

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of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.Mass.gov
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Early years

Panagiotakos was born on November 26, 1959, in

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Education

Panagiotakos attended high school at

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, in

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, graduating in 1978. Panagiotakos then went to

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

graduating with his

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in 1982, and then went on to

Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...

, for his

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, graduating in 1989.

Public office

*1990–1993: Lowell School Committee *1993–1996:

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*1997–2011:

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* On March 29, 2010, a ''

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'' article confirmed that Panagiotakos will not seek re-election.

Professional career

Panagiotakos has been an attorney since 1991, with his own law firm "Law Offices of Steven C. Panagiotakos." and is a member of the

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and the

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.Vote-usa.org
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Other interests

Panagiotakos, among other charitable involvements is an Honorary board member of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of

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and the Nashoba Valley,Bbbslowell.org
as well as Member of the Greater Lowell

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References

External links

Massachusetts Senate website
Living people 1959 births Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Phillips Academy alumni Harvard University alumni Suffolk University Law School alumni {{Massachusetts-MASenate-stub