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Iselin, New Jersey, United States

Iselin, New Jersey

• Serve as property tax manager focusing on real property tax appeals and advisory projects.• Manage large multi-state real estate portfolios and provide guidance and support for client's property tax matters, including appeals, advisory projects, and compliance questions.• Utilize in-depth knowledge of multi-state property tax law, appraisal methods and understanding of local procedures to produce tax savings and manage property tax processes.• Manage compliance calendar, budgets and streamline property tax processes for clients with real, personal and complex properties. • Provide guidance and expertise in due diligence projects, property tax projection projects and general research.• Significant experience handling appeals and other advisory tasks in NJ, PA, NY, MA. Have also been involved with properties in nearly all of the remaining states.

Roseland, Nj

• Analyzed property values and represented clients in real estate tax appeals before State Tax Court and County Tax Boards in New Jersey and various County Assessment Boards and Courts of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania.• Independently conducted discovery, including analysis of leases and financial statements, reviewed and analyzed comparable sales and negotiated settlements on tax appeals for variety of property classes, including retail, office, industrial and multi-unit residential.• Worked with appraisers on valuations of properties and thoroughly reviewed and suggested revisions to appraisal reports prepared in support of appeal positions.• Managed docket of pending tax appeals and maintained constant communication with clients regarding appeal recommendations and status of cases.

• Litigated real estate tax appeals before State Tax Court and County Tax Boards in New Jersey, including significant analysis of income producing properties.• Litigated local and state tax law matters, including estate tax and parking tax litigation• Represented clients in various real estate tax matters, including applications for farmland assessment, farmland rollback contests, and charitable exemptions• Performed research and writing tasks as part of the firm’s efforts on behalf of a client pursuing major re-development projects in urban areas

Law Clerk for Honorable Peter F. Bariso, P.J.S.C.

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Activities and Societies: Legislative Bureau Journal

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