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MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – Mayor Robert Greenbaum said the township has no other choice but to use its power of eminent domain to buy a deteriorating, former nursing home in Budd Lake and convert it into housing for low- and moderate-income families. The Cobblestone Health Care Facility on Stonewald Court has been empty since it... Read More

Teresa Davenport wants to sell her Boonton house on Harrison Street, a suburban road with modest homes, white picket fences and manicured lawns. She knew the market was bad, but she had to go because about a year ago she took a new job in Virginia. The house had selling points. It backed to a... Read More

McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle appeared as faculty at two recent local conferences of national real estate organizations. On April 24, 2012, he served as a moderator at the Urban Land Institute’s conference “The Fort Monmouth Story: Opportunities for Growth and Redevelopment”, which was held on the Fort Monmouth Property. On April 26th, he led... Read More

McKirdy& Riskin were selected for inclusion in the Top 100 attorneys in New Jersey for 2012 by New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thomson Reuters publication.In the Super Lawyers list published in the April edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine, partner Anthony Della Pelle was recognized as being in the Top 10 attorneys in New... Read More

McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle was recently interviewed and quoted by the Star-Ledger’s MaryAnn Spoto in her article regarding an appellate court’s decision to uphold a $375,000 jury award for a Harvey Cedars couple who claimed that a beach replenishment project reduced the value of their oceanfront home, because it ruined their ocean view.  The... Read More

MORRIS TWP. ‑ Anthony F. Della Pelle of Morris Township, a attorney with McKirdy & Riskin, P.A. of Morristown has been selected as the New Jersey member of the Owners’ Counsel of America, a nationwide network of experienced eminent domain attorneys who are dedicated to the defense of private property ownership. Della Pelle succeeds his... Read More

On February 8, 2012, McKirdy & Riskin’s Thomas Olson and Richard DeAngelis served as panelists at the Morris County Bar Association’s Real Estate Tax Appeal seminar, held at the Morris County Courthouse. Tom provided an overview of the tax appeal process to the attorneys in the audience, while Rich discussed recent case law developments in... Read More

McKirdy & Riskin was recently selected as a top firm in the category of Construction and Real Estate by Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011.  Six of McKirdy & Riskin’s nine attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, leading to the firm’s selection as a top firm in the Business... Read More

An arbitration panel has awarded $24 million to the former owners of commuter parking lots and industrial buildings adjacent to the PATH station in Harrison, New Jersey.  McKirdy & Riskin’s Ed McKirdy, Tony Della Pelle and Rich DeAngelis served as counsel to the property owner in this matter.  Read more in this article from the... Read More