Settled a real property tax appeal of a 200-acre corporate office site, which resulted in a reduction of the original assessment of $120 million to $85 million, as well as a subdivision of the property; a donation of a portion to the municipality resulting in an income tax deduction, the dedication of roads and reciprocal easements; and the rezoning of the property

Defended a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company in connection with an easement claim involving millions of dollars in damages filed by one of New Jersey's largest development companies; a no-cause judgment was entered in favor of Day Pitney's client after a ten-day trial and the trial court's judgment was affirmed on appeal by the Appellate Division

Successfully prosecuted, on behalf of a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company, a zoning challenge and takings claim due to a rezoning of approximately 200 acres by a municipality with the Court ruling that the rezoning by the municipality was improper after a five day trial; intrinsic development value lost by the rezoning was estimated at approximately $20 million

Successfully defended a $14 million real property tax assessment as special tax counsel on behalf of a client municipality involving a golf-course and country club after a four day trial, where the Court affirmed the tax assessment and refused to decrease the assessment as requested by the property owner

Successfully resolved a sewer allocation dispute on behalf of a Fortune 100 client, where a developer sought to force a municipality to recapture sewer capacity allocated to Day Pitney's client and the sewer capacity was tied to development approvals, which added millions of dollars of development value to the property; case ultimately was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court, and on remand, our client prevailed on summary judgment, and settled on a counter-suit against the municipality for millions of dollars in compensation for the sewer capacity which was recaptured

Settled a real property tax assessment appeal seeking a reduction of a $321 million assessment on behalf of one of the nation's largest financial institutions on the eve of trial; the real property assessment reductions negotiated were substantial, and resulted in tax savings to the client of approximately $20 million over several years

Successfully settled a sewer easement dispute between a nationally recognized retail chain and plaintiff, an adjoining property owner, that challenged the efficacy of the easement, and if successful, would have resulted in the closure of the retail store during the busy holiday season

Education

• Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1988
• Purdue University, B.A., 1985

Admissions

• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• State of Arizona
• State of New Jersey

Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• National Italian American Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Morris County Bar Association
• Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey