Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr. of Pittsfield was elected Register of Deeds for Berkshire Middle District in November 2006. By virtue of that office, he serves as the keeper of real estate records for the Berkshire Middle District.
Prior to assuming the office of Register, Nuciforo served as State Senator for the Berkshire, Hampshire & Franklin District. Representing over 160,000 people in 48 cities and towns throughout western Massachusetts, he was elected to the Senate in 1996, having won a four-way Democratic primary and three-way general election. He was re-elected in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004. Among other committee assignments, he served as the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Financial Services and was a member of the Senate Ways & Means Committee from 1998 to 2005.
While serving in the Senate, he authored hundreds of legislative proposals, including several enacted into law: An Act Relative to Mortgage Discharges (chapter 63; 2006); An Act to Re-codify the Mortgage Laws of the Commonwealth (chapter 461: 2004); and An Act Relative to Electronic Signatures (chapter 133: 2003). He has also worked closely with municipal officials, including mayors, city councilors, selectmen and finance committee members on economic development, housing, drinking water, and school construction projects.
A graduate of Boston University School of Law and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Nuciforo is an attorney licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and in New York. He has practiced law for many years in Boston and in Pittsfield.