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Counsel
Capital Finance & Real Estate
Washington
(202) 955-1634 Phone
(202) 778-2201 Fax
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Commercial Real
Estate
Land Use & Land Use
Litigation
State & Local
Government Law
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Practice focuses on property tax appeals, local zoning and land issues, state and local taxation, and local government affairs. Substantial experience in distressed property workouts, transferable development rights, District of Columbia zoning opinions, commercial real property tax appeals, income and sales tax deficiency assessments, and historic preservation requirements.
Relevant Experience 
- Represent numerous clients on land use and business development issues in D.C.
- Represent numerous clients on property tax appeals (banks, office buildings, hotels, luxury residences, special purpose properties) in Metropolitan Washington area.
- Active in the transfer of development rights in D.C. from historic properties to receiving zones on behalf of property owners.
- Appear before various land use boards such as zoning commission (planned developments and rule changes), zoning board (variances and special exceptions) and historic preservation board (historic designations and review of design plans).
- Represent clients before various D.C. agencies and administrative bodies on a variety of issues (licenses, permits, certificates of occupancy).
Background
- Office of Corp. Counsel D.C. 1972–90; Deputy, Community Development Division (1986–90); Chief, Tax Section (1977–86)
- Law Clerk, Hon. W. Byron Sorrell, Superior Court, D.C., 1971–72
Membership
- Member, District of Columbia Bar
- Member, Maryland State Bar
- Member, Land Use and Zoning Section, D.C. Bar (Chair, 1994–97)
- Member, Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT)
- Member, D.C. Building Industry Association
Boards
Education - J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Nominated to Law Review, 1970
- B.A., University of Toronto, Sociology, 1967
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Richard Aguglia
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