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This brochure may be attorney advertising. Stroock’s Real Estate Group is among the top practices in the nation. Critical to our Real Estate practice’s success is Stroock’s Tax Certiorari service. We represent the most important names in real estate on some of the largest and most sophisticated transactions. Stroock attorneys combine their decades of development and financial experience with a wealth of expertise in all areas of real estate law, including construction law litigation, cooperatives and condominiums, zoning and land use, environmental issues and tax matters. Tax Certiorari attorneys help all types of real property owners - large and small - maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace. Our service provides clients with the depth of a tax certiorari boutique supported by the breadth of a Wall Street law firm’s resources. Stroock’s Tax Certiorari attorneys represent commercial, retail, hotel and residential property owners in administrative and judicial proceedings protesting real property assessments in New York City and throughout the nation. We also represent owners and developers in negotiating and obtaining valuable tax incentives and exemptions, such as those emanating from the ICIP and 421-a programs in the City of New York. Stroock’s success comes from an ability to craft tax certiorari solutions for every kind of real property owner. We have represented more than 1,100 properties citywide for clients including: A Deep Lineup Stroock’s Tax Certiorari team has held positions such as: Presiding Justice, Appellate Term, First Department, New York State Supreme Court President, New York City Tax Commission • Vornado • TrizecHahn • Deutsche Bank • Apollo Realty • Equitable • Bear Stearns • Fisher Brothers • The Silverstein Organization • Lehman Brothers • Millennium Hotels • The Trump Organization • The Feil Organization • The Related Companies • Donald Trump • Hyatt Regency Hotel • The Olnick Organization • Helmsley Enterprises, Inc. • Starrett Housing Corporation • JP Morgan Chase • Forest City Ratner Companies • Citigroup • Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America • Tishman Speyer Chief Assessor, New York City Chief Real Estate Tax Counsel, City’s Department of Finance • The Durst Organization We are equally known for work beyond New York’s household names, frequently protecting the interests of specialized industrial and commercial business owners by providing real estate tax planning tailored to their needs. ’ Stroock’s diverse group of tax certiorari specialists is unmatched by any major firm. Our team combines the leading developer’s counsel in New York with tax certiorari professionals who are former government officials, policymakers and judges. Our attorneys have held positions that include the former President of the New York City Tax Commission and Chief Assessor of New York City; and former Chief Real Estate Tax Counsel to the City’s Department of Finance. Stroock’s Tax Certiorari Group also includes the former Presiding Justice of the Appellate Term, First Department, the Hon. Stanley Parness. Justice Parness presided over all tax certiorari and condemnation cases that were tried in New York County over the past 15 years, including some of the most significant cases in New York State. All have extensive backgrounds in every realm of the tax certiorari practice, from strategic planning to trial and appeal. Stroock Tax Certiorari attorneys are continually involved in cutting edge real estate tax reforms and work with notable industry groups, such as the Real Estate Board of New York. In this capacity, Stroock attorneys challenged the City’s requirement that owners file income and expense statements, successfully challenged the City’s method of applying 421(a) tax exemptions, and, most recently, co-authored and championed legislation providing tax relief during the development of new office buildings. All of these efforts resulted in millions of dollars of real property tax relief for owners of real property in the City of New York. , Corporate Guest of Honor, 1991; Recipient, Humanitarian Man of the Year Award, American Jewish Committee, 1985; Honoree, UJA-Federation New York Lawyers Division, 2002; recognition in Chambers Global and Chambers USA Real Estate LL.B., New York University School of Law, 1963; B.S., New York University, 1960; Beta Alpha Psi Board of Trustees, Cancer Research Institute, 2001; Board of Trustees, New York University, 2000–; Board of Governors, New York University Real Estate Institute; Board of Governors, Counsel and Executive Committee, Real Estate Board of New York; Real Estate Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees, Guggenheim Museum, 2003-; New York Regional Cabinet, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1995–; Memorial to Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Committee, 1999; New York University Law School: Board of Trustees; Council on the Future of the Law School; Capital Campaign Steering Committee; Law Alumni Association Board of Governors; Co-chairman, Weinfeld Associate Program; Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy; Founder, Boxer Family Professorship; Board of Governors, DowntownLower Manhattan Association Board of Directors, Wyndham International; Committee on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York Advisory Board, Chicago Title Insurance Co., 1979–; Real Property Section, New York State Bar Association; New York, 1963 Leonard Boxer, Chairman of Stroock’s Real Estate Practice and a member of the Firm’s Senior Executive Committee, has an extensive practice covering a full range of commercial and residential real estate matters. Mr. Boxer’s business acumen and ability to employ novel financing mechanisms have earned him a reputation for consummating complex real estate transactions. Director, Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association, 1983–1999; National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine: Trustee, 1985–; Recipient, Humanitarian of the Year Award, 1993; Founder, Boxer Fund for Pediatric Allergy Research, Jewish Association for Services for the Aged: Trustee, 1987–; Chairman, 2003-; Recipient, Henry Pearce Memorial Award, 1998; Children’s Hearing Institute, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary: Chairman, 1994–; New York Regional Advisory Board, Valley National Bank; Brooklyn Bar Association; U.S. Army Reserve, 1963–1969. Leonard Boxer 212.806.5565 Fax: 212.806.6006 [email protected] , Strategic real estate tax planning is a hallmark of Stroock’s Tax Certiorari practice Tax; Real Estate; Tax Certiorari David Goldstein represents owners of commercial and residential properties in New York City who are either challenging the amount of property tax assessed by the City or are claiming an exemption. Mr. Goldstein’s prior service in New York City government provides a solid foundation for his present practice. Most recently, he served for seven years as President of the City’s Tax Commission, where he was charged with reviewing and correcting property tax assessments. Mr. Goldstein is also the former Chief Assessor of New York City. In that position, he facilitated the introduction of computerassisted mass appraisal techniques to aid in the production of annual assessment rolls covering more than 900,000 real estate parcels. Mr. Goldstein is a director of the Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association. He is a former Assessor-inCharge for the Equalization Unit of the Real Property Bureau, a former member of the Industrial and Commercial Incentive Board, and has served as an assessor in various New York City boroughs. J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1959; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Administrative Law; B.A., School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1953 New York, 1960 212.806.5416 Fax: 212.806.6006 [email protected] , Stroock analyzes a client’s real estate tax needs on an individualized basis to achieve a customized solution Real Estate Prior to joining Stroock, the Hon. Stanley Parness was the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Term, First Department of the New York State Supreme Court. During his 21 years as a Supreme Court justice, Justice Parness served 18 years on the Appellate Term and the last four years as its presiding justice. Justice Parness also presided for 15 years over all tax certiorari and condemnation cases that were settled and tried in New York County, including some of the most significant cases in New York State. Among these cases were: LL.M., University of Virginia School of Law; LL.B., cum laude, St. John’s Law School; B.A., New York University New York, Federal Courts • Past President, New York City Supreme Court Justices Association; Secretary, Board of Justices, First District; Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Institute, New York University 42nd Street Redevelopment – over a ten-year period, upheld as a permitted governmental purpose, the condemnation of property for private development and valued the condemned properties • One New York Plaza – determined the effect of the presence of asbestos on valuation of real property • 212.806.5548 Fax: 212.806.6006 [email protected] 67 Broad Street (former ITT Building) – determined the effect on valuation of a general economic turndown and increased availability of competitive space • 26 Broadway (former Standard Oil Building) – established the principles governing valuation of closely-held real estate corporations In addition to tax certiorari and condemnation matters, Judge Parness has presided over numerous cases involving the evaluation, resolution, and disposition of real estate for many of New York’s high profile property owners. . , Real Estate; Tax Certiorari Joseph B. Giminaro has been a practicing attorney for 20 years, with experience handling complex real estate tax (tax certiorari) matters. He has represented many large property owners and some of the most prestigious buildings in the City of New York. He has successfully negotiated multimillion dollar assessment reductions for a wide variety of properties, including major office buildings, industrial and commercial facilities, hotels, shopping centers and malls, television studios, special franchises, and residential cooperatives and condominiums. In 1996, he negotiated one of the City’s largest real property tax settlements, resulting in over $300 million in assessment reductions. Prior to joining Stroock, Mr. Giminaro practiced tax certiorari law at Shea & Gould and Graubard Mollen & Miller. He is also the former chief real estate tax counsel to the New York City Department of Finance. Stroock has been at the forefront of legal initiatives that ensure a fairer tax system for property owners J.D., St. John’s University, 1983; B.A., Syracuse University, 1980 New York Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State Bar Association 212.806.6181 Fax: 212.806.6006 [email protected] New York Maiden Lane New York, NY - Tel: .. Fax: .. Los Angeles Century Park East Los Angeles, CA - Tel: .. Fax: .. Miami Wachovia Financial Center South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite Miami, FL - Tel: .. Fax: .. www.stroock.com This brochure may be attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. 1/07
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