Michael A. Paff
Michael A. Paff is a shareholder of Budd Larner and is a member of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. His practice consists of representing commercial taxpayers and municipalities in real property tax appeals on case management and settlement conferences, motions, and trials before Tax Court of New Jersey and County Boards of Taxation, as well as corporate and individual clients in commercial and real estate litigation.
Mr. Paff knows the relevant law and understands appraisal and valuation techniques. He explores factors that affect valuation, studying the surrounding environment and evaluating the condition of each property. He evaluates whether the client qualifies for exemptions, abatements or assessment reduction. Mr. Paff is an experienced tax appeal litigator with hundreds of hours of courtroom time and has obtained millions of dollars in tax refunds for his clients.
Michael A. Paff
Shareholder
Short Hills
Phone: 973-315-4499
Fax: 973-379-7734
mpaff@buddlarner.com
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- Coker College (B.A., 2000)
- Rutgers University School of Law - Newark (J.D., 2003)
- New Jersey, 2004
- New York, 2003
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2004
- Porzio Bromberg & Newman, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2006-2010
- McCarter & English, LLP, Associate Attorney, 2003-2006
- The Honorable Vito L. Bianco, J.T.C of the New Jersey Tax Court of New Jersey, Court Clerk, 2003
- The Honorable Mary L. Little of the United States District Court of New Jersey, Intern Clerk, 2002
- Lehigh Valley College, Center Valley, Pennsylvania, Instructor in Legal Studies, 2001-2003
- "Update of the recent developments in the Tax Court of New Jersey," New Jersey County Tax Boards Association, Inc, Cape May, NJ, Panelist, August 28, 2008.
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- Middlesex County Bar Association
- Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc. v. City of Jersey City, Docket No. A-6898-02t3 , Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 22 N.J. Tax 634; 2005
- STS of N.Y., Inc. v. Township Of Hillsborough, Docket No. A-0879-05t2, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 2006 N.J. Super. Unpub. Lexis 2017, September 27, 2006
