John Havrilchak

John Havrilchak

Associate

Lyndhurst Office

Phone: 201-806-3521 l Fax: 201-806-3531

John Havrilchak concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate tax appeals and abatements. Mr. Havrilchak represents municipalities and private property owners in the defense and prosecution of tax appeals before the various county boards as well as the New Jersey Tax Court. He also advises clients about the availability of tax abatements, tax exemptions and other incentives for real estate development projects.

Mr. Havrilchak served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Newark. He was responsible for defending and prosecuting complex real property tax appeals before the Tax Court of New Jersey, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey and numerous County Boards of Taxation. He also negotiated and drafted financial agreements for major commercial, industrial and residential redevelopment projects afforded tax abatement under the Long Term Tax Abatement Law and the Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Act. He is counsel of record in a number of key published decisions and he successfully litigated the issues arising from the 2003 revaluation conducted by the City of Newark, which was the largest revaluation in the history of New Jersey.

RELATED PRACTICES

Real Estate Law
Business Law
Litigation
Public Law

EDUCATION

Villanova University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1994)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD, 1992)
Richard Stockton College (BA, 1989)

BAR ADMISSIONS

Pennsylvania
New Jersey

AFFILIATIONS

New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Hudson County Bar Association

PUBLISHED OPINIONS

Ferry Plaza Urban Renewal v. City of Newark, 21 N.J. Tax 100 (Tax 2003), certif. denied, 177 N.J. 494 (2003)
Essex Properties Urban Renewal Corp. v. City of Newark, 20 N.J. Tax 360 (Tax 2002)
Sumo Property Management v. City of Newark, 212 N.J. Tax 522 (Tax 2004)
Tri-Martin Associates II, LLC v. City of Newark, 21 N.J. Tax 253 (Tax 2004)
Hayes Homes Urban Renewal v. City of Newark, 20 N.J. Tax 528 (Tax 2003)
Catholic Community Services v. City of Newark, 21 N.J. Tax 633 (Tax 2004)
State of New Jersey v. Alonzo Coon, 314 N.J. Super 426