DeAngelis and DellaPelle to Present Chamber of Commerce Seminar

McKirdy & Riskin’s Rich DeAngelis and Tony DellaPelle will be presenting a seminar for the Tri-County Chamber of Commerce entitled “How Can You Cut Your Property Tax Bill?” on Friday, February 22, 2013 from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the Chamber offices on Route 46 in Fairfield. More detail and registration information is available here.

McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle will be participating in a webinar being provided by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, “Rebuilding New Jersey: When the Sand Settles – Recovery Issues After Sandy”, on Thursday, January 31, 2012 from 12:00 pm to 1:40 pm. This lunch time webinar will give an update on legal issues which have arisen relating to the Sandy recovery efforts, including municipal issues, zoning and planning issues, beach replenishment and waterfront development issues and environmental regulation. The webinar will be moderated by Neil Yoskin, Esq. and will also feature Ray Cantor, the current Chief Counsel of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and environmental attorney Lewis Goldshore, Esq. For more information or to register, visit the NJICLE website available here .

McKirdy & Riskin’s Tom Olson and Richard DeAngelis will once again be presenting an annual seminar for the Morris County Bar Association entitled: “How to Successfully Handle Real Property Tax Appeals” at the Morris County Courthouse on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Joining Tom and Rich will be real estate appraiser, Matt Krauser, CRE from Integra Realty Resources. Non-members of the County Bar Association are welcomed to attend. For more information, click here .

Four of McKirdy & Riskin’s partners will be featured at the “Eminent Domain Update” seminar sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on December 18, 2012 at the Sheraton Meadowlands Plaza Hotel in East Rutherford. Thomas Olson will serve as the moderator for this seminar. John Buonocore, Anthony DellaPelle and Ed McKirdy will all be speakers at this seminar, covering topics including the Eminent Domain Process, Recent Case Law Developments and the Use of Eminent Domain to Take Underwater Mortgages. For more information or to register, click here.

McKirdy & Riskin’s Harry Riskin was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Mayor Performing Arts Center in Morristown, New Jersey. According the MPAC Board Chairman, Joseph M. Goryeb, Harry’s legal expertise was sought to complement the existing board members to “ensure the continued health and growth” of the non-profit performing arts center in the future. The article is available here.

McKirdy & Riskin’s Tom Olson and Anthony Della Pelle were recently quoted in Kevin DeMarrais’ article in the Record , which explains that owners of real estate which was materially damaged by Hurricane Sandy may be entitled to a reduction in their property tax assessments for 2013. In order to qualify for the reduction, owners are required to notify the municipal Tax Assessor in writing on or before January 10, 2013 of any material depreciation to their property. Forms are available at info@mrod.law. For more information, the article is available here .

McKirdy & Riskin’s Thomas Olson was recently interviewed and quoted in an article by The Record’s Kevin DeMarrais concerning real estate tax appeals. The article provides DeMarrais’ effort to appeal the real property tax assessment on his home in Bergen County. As indicated by both DeMarrais and Olson, the tax appeal process can be complex and time consuming, and many property owners who file appeals on their own unfortunately find themselves in a position where their appeals may be dismissed if they are not familiar and in compliance with the procedural rules which apply. For more on this article, click here.

Three of McKirdy & Riskin’s attorneys will participate in the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority’s Redevelopment Planning Law course, which is part of the NJRA’s Redevelopment Training Institute. Anthony DellaPelle is serving as the Lead Instructor and Planning Chair of the conference,
which will be held on October 23 and 24, and will be presenting on the topic of “Property Acquisition, Eminent Domain and Relocation”. John
Buonocore, Jr. and Rich DeAngelis Jr. will be panelists on the topics of “Step One: The Area in Need of Redevelopment” and “Recent Developments
in Litigation”. This course offers 12 hours of continuing education credits for New Jersey attorneys and licensed professional planners. More information is available here: http://www.njra.us/rti/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=460470&rtiNav=|28213|

 McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle will be serving as Co-Chair of the Litigation Services Forum during the Counselors of Real Estate Annual Convention on October 14 to 17 in Miami Beach. DellaPelle’s forum, entitled “Land Mines Faced By the Expert Witness” , will feature attorneys and valuation professionals with experience in real estate valuation litigation. More information on the convention and the forum is available here: http://www.cre.org/programs_and_events/ac_12_business_issues.cfm

Harry Riskin and Anthony Della Pelle were recognized as two of New Jersey’s “Top Rated Lawyers” in the field of Real Estate Law for 2012 as published in the Star-Ledger’s Inside Jersey Magazine in August, 2012. The list of Top Rated Lawyers was created by Lexis Nexis Martindale-Hubbell, based upon that company’s Peer Review Ratings which identify lawyers who have been rated by their peers to be AV Preeminent, the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating available.