Practices

Real Estate Tax Appeals

In order to succeed in an assessment appeal, you need seasoned counsel with a strong command of valuation law as well as appraisal standards and practices. Ballard Spahr’s real estate valuation litigation practice is a national leader because it draws on the strengths of the firm’s industry-leading real estate practice and its award-winning litigation practice. Our attorneys use their deep real estate knowledge and exemplary litigation skills to help clients in jurisdictions throughout the country lower their tax burden.

Given the current market environment, parties with an interest in real property must focus more than ever on the impact of rising tax rates and falling market values. Whether as an owner-operator, a long-term lessee, a developer, an investor or a lender considering or taking action to recover collateral, the impact of the tax valuation of the underlying asset can be critical.

Experience 

  • Representing a large private equity firm that acquired a portfolio of struggling Center City office buildings by deed in lieu of foreclosure
  • Representing a real estate developer in its assessment appeal to the court of record for a downtown parking garage next to a closed hospital
  • Won an exemption appeal for a community-transforming youth sports facility