Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP has a Combined Total of 58 Attorneys Selected to the 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) is pleased to announce that the firm has a combined total of 58 attorneys selected to the 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New York Metro Rising Stars lists. FDT congratulates the following attorneys for being selected to the 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers list: Jeffrey D. Forchelli, Chairman & Co-Managing Partner (Land Use/Zoning); John V. Terrana, Co-Managing…

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2025-Innovators in Commercial Real Estate-John Gordon of Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Corporate Culture: How does your organization foster a culture of innovation among employees and leadership? My firm encourages attorneys from different departments to work together collaboratively on projects, which helps us anticipate challenges from multiple angles. The wide range of experience in different areas within the firm’s real estate sub-practice groups (land use/zoning, tax certiorari, municipal law, financing, litigation, and environmental law) enables us to develop…

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2025 Women in CRE: Taylor Gonzalez, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? The most rewarding project I’ve worked on was a use variance for a nonprofit. They bought a home that they planned to rent to disabled individuals and their families. It was a former four-family home, which they assumed they could convert back to, as the four-family home was…

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2025 Women in CRE: Camila Morcos, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

If you could change one thing about the CRE industry, what would it be and why? If I could change one thing about the CRE industry it would be eliminating the mortgage recording tax (MRT), which imposes a tax of 2.55% if you take out a mortgage or refinance a property, forcing buyers to pay two separate taxes to the state and the local jurisdiction.…

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2025 Women in CRE: Carol Rizzo, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? With over three decades practicing tax assessment review law, I do not have just one rewarding case as I have saved taxpayers millions of dollars over the years. Every day I witness firsthand how assessments directly impact families and businesses, and I have the privilege of ensuring they…

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Mary Mongioi Appointed Co-Chair of Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP’s Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”), one of Long Island’s premier law firms, is proud to announce the appointment of Mary Mongioi as Co-Chair of its Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. Her appointment was effective January 1, 2025. In this new leadership role, Ms. Mongioi will work alongside her fellow Co-Chair, Joseph Cuomo, to further strengthen the group’s commitment to delivering exceptional legal services…

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2024 Year in Review: Laureen Harris, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts?  As a tax certiorari attorney, my sole focus is to have my clients pay no more taxes than reflects the fair market value of their property. Municipalities want to protect their tax base and are, therefore, reluctant to reflect deficits to a property’s fair market value. In 2024, many municipalities…

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2024 Ones to Watch – Innovators in CRE: Brian Kennedy, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP

Brian Kennedy is a partner in the firm’s Land Use & Zoning practice group for the last six years. In his practice, Kennedy guides clients through the complex municipal approvals required for all development projects. Kennedy’s experience ranges from single family residential redevelopments through large-scale mixed-use and industrial developments. His practice centers on projects in Suffolk County – and fortunate to work on projects throughout…

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Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Receives 2025 Best Law Firms® Rankings

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP is proud to announce that the firm received the following regional Best Law Firms® Rankings: Metropolitan Tier 1 Long Island in Employment Law – Management and Land Use and Zoning Law and Metropolitan Tier 2 Long Island in Litigation - Labor and Employment and Real Estate Law. Firms included in the Best Law Firms® Rankings are recognized for professional excellence with…

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Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP Congratulates Laureen Harris, one of Long Island Business News’ Most Influential Long Islanders of 2024

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP warmly congratulates Laureen Harris, a partner in the firm's Tax Certiorari practice group, on being selected by Long Island Business News’ editorial team as one of the Most Influential Long Islanders of 2024. This special section profiles leaders across a variety of industries whose influence have impacted the Long Island community in a profound way. Ms. Harris earned her J.D. from…

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