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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

Four of McKirdy & Riskin’s nine attorneys were selected as “Top 100″ Attorneys in New Jersey” for 2011 by Super Lawyers, as published by Thomson Reuters and in the April, 2011 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine.  Ed McKirdy, Harry Riskin, Jack Buonocore and Tony Della Pelle were all named to the Top 100 Attorneys... Read More

McKirdy & Riskin’s Richard DeAngelis was quoted in the March 19, 2011 article by Shannon Mullen and William Westhoven in the Daily Record, “Tax Assessment Appeals on the Rise.” Mr. DeAngelis commented on the high volume of property tax appeals which have been filed in recent years, and in particular on the continued rise in filed appeals... Read More

A Morris County jury awarded the owner of the former Traveler’s Diner in Dover $3.75 million on March 15, 2011, as just compensation for the taking of its diner property in 2008 in connection with a new bridge at the intersection of Routes 46 and 15 by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.  McKirdy & Riskin’s... Read More

On February 28, 2011, McKirdy & Riskin’s Thomas Olson and Richard DeAngelis served as panelists at the Morris County Bar Association’s Real Estate Tax Appeal seminar which was 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... Read More

On February 18, 2011, McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony F. DellaPelle participated as a member of the faculty on two separate panels at the ALI-ABA annual conference on eminent domain law in Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Della Pelle first served as a member of a panel entitled “The ‘Social’ Lawyer: New Media Strategies for Marketing Your... Read More

McKirdy & Riskin’s Anthony DellaPelle was interviewed in this story regarding the impact of the cancellation of the trans-Hudson ARC Tunnel on the eminent domain matters which were already underway to acquire the necessary real estate to build the project. Please read the entire article here.... Read More

This article focuses on Gubernatorial Candidate Doug Forrester’s visit with WWII hero Johnnie Stevens in his battle against his hometown to save his home from eminent domain. Please read the entire article here.... Read More