Joseph G. Ragno

Joseph G. Ragno

Member

Mr. Ragno has been associated with the firm since 1980. Prior, he served as law clerk to the Honorable John J. Geronimo, J.S.C., Presiding Judge - Civil, Superior Court, Law Division, Hudson County for the 1979-80 judicial term.

Joe has headed the firm's State and Local Property Tax/Valuation Practice group since 1985, representing taxpayers and municipalities alike in litigated matters before the Tax Court of New Jersey and the various County Tax Boards. In this capacity, he and his group have successfully litigated and/or negotiated substantial property tax reductions for such clients of the firm as J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Urban Edge, HILCO, Fisher Development Associates, Atlantic Realty, American Financial Exchange, Honeywell, and Toll Brothers to name but a few.

In the redevelopment field, Mr. Ragno has negotiated both long and short-term tax abatements and redeveloper's agreements for many prominent redevelopers throughout the State. In addition, Joe took a lead role in drafting the 2003 reform of the Long Term Tax Exemption Law and has lectured on Long Term Tax Abatement programs for the Association of Municipal Assessors of New Jersey and the Redevelopment Law Institute.

Mr. Ragno served two terms as a New Jersey State Bar Association Representative to the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court, and is a former member and Chairman of the Statewide Panel of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character.

Academic Appointments

Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown, New Jersey
Adjunct Faculty 2018-Present

Bar Admissions

State of New Jersey (1980)
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1985)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1984)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1985)

Memberships

Former Chairman of Statewide Panel of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character
New Jersey State Bar Association - Real Property Tax Practice and Procedure Committee