John Silvestri's Experience in Real Estate Tax Assessment Law
And Related Areas
Licensing as an Attorney in Pennsylvania (1975)
Direct Experience in practicing and dealing with
Assessment Law
Assistant Legal Counsel and later Chief Legal Counsel to
Allegheny County Assessment Board
(1978-1997)
Allegheny County Commissioners' Task Force to select a
contractor to perform a County-wide
Reassessment (1996-1997)
Participation in negotiations for the current Contract to
perform a County-wide Reassessment in Allegheny County
(1997)
Successfully litigated a class action against the Allegheny County Board
of Assessment which required
The Board of Assessment to give revised and proper notices of
assessment
increases for the 1998 tax year (1998)
Litigated and supervised the litigation of over 400 tax
appeals for residential, commercial
and industrial owners of real estate before the Boards of
Assessment of Alleghenty, Beaver and
Butler Counties and in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny
County (1998-to date)
Licensing as a Real Estate Broker in Pennsylvania (1998)
Licensing as a Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (1999)
Successfully litigated a class action against the Allegheny County Board
of Assessment which required The Board of Assessment to revise its notices of
assessment increases for the year 2000 (1999)
Currently litigating a class action against the Allegheny County Board of Assessment to roll back 2% increases in assessed values for 1999 and 2000. (1999)
Successfully litigated property owner entitlement to due process procedures
at hearings before the Board of Assessment of Allegheny County. For those property owners who are pursuig a tax appeal on their own, be aware of the procedures lacking in due process which the Board of Assessment practices upon the unknowing public. On May 18, 2000 the Court ruled in favor of property owner due process rights. (2000)
Became licensed in the State of Florida as a licensed real estate broker to be able to appraise real estate in Florida for real estate tax appeal purposes. (2001)
Experience Ancillary To
Tax Assessment Appeal Practice
Judicial Law Clerk to the Court of Common Pleas of
Allegheny County (1975-1977)
Representation of a Casualty Insurance Company in the area of
Homeowners' Insurance and
valuation of casualty losses to improved real estate (1976-to
date)
Zoning Solicitor in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (1978-1987)
School Board Director in Northgate School District
(1979-1980)
Representation of property owners in real estate acquisition,
zoning & planning and financing
(1980s-to date)
