Real estate Lawyer
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Government ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Passed LERTA tax abatement and tax-base growth legislation
Worked with borough, school district and Allegheny County to draft and pass an amended LERTA legislation for tax abatement and base-growth.
OUTCOME: Business Improvement District Renewed
Assist OBID in its renewal process as a BID with the City of Pittsburgh, which included a memorandum of law to the City Solicitor assigned to work with OBID on this process affirming OBID's right to re ... new as a BID.
OUTCOME: Recognition as a 501(c)(3)
Counseled the WCDC's formation and recognition as a 501(c)(3) from the IRS. Also helped plan the WCDC's implementation of a Main Street program to enhance their business district.
OUTCOME: Passed LERTA tax abatement and tax-base growth legislation
Worked with universities and school board to draft LERTA legislation for commercial and residential development tax relief.
OUTCOME: Main Street Implementation Underway
Counseled in the planning to obtain status as a Main Street project, dedicated to downtown revitalization and the management of downtown revitalization efforts, through funding from State and Federal a ... gencies, as well as foundations.
OUTCOME: 30% price reduction saving borough money
Negotiated a contract for Etna’s Main Street Urban Redesign
OUTCOME: Code Enforcement Blitzes in Oakland
Worked with the City of Pittsburgh to produce legislative research on tenant safety and municipal safeguards. Gathered input from the Department of Planning, the Bureau of Building Inspections (BBI) a ... nd the Sheriff Department. Reported on other cities which have either landlord registration mechanisms or, as in Philadelphia, Education Residential Districts to handle areas of high-turnover and concentrations of student tenants.
OUTCOME: Prevailed for Defendant
Assisted Defendant's counsel, Todd J. Aschbacher on appeal. Plaintiff, Raymond Westhouse, filed a defamation action against defendant, Biondo, alleging she defamed him in letters she sent to his two e ... mployers, the Jennings police chief and the U.S. Customs Service. The trial court granted summary judgment in defendant's favor. On appeal plaintiff contends the trial court erred in finding he was a public official and thus required to show that defendant acted with actual malice in publishing letters that defamed him. Appellate court affirmed that police are public figures in Missouri for purposes of defamation cases.
OUTCOME: Affirmed for Plaintiff
Wrote a dissenting memorandum for The United States 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals as judicial intern. Defendant HAHA mark used in connection with convenience stores found to blur the strength of plaint ... iff’s famous WAWA mark for convenience stores.
OUTCOME: Passed LERTA tax abatement and tax-base growth legislation
As a law student at Pitt, and resident of Wilkinsburg at the time, worked with my landlord and community residents to draft and lobby for the LERTA tax abatement and tax-base growth legislation.
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