Anthony F Della Pelle

Anthony F. Della Pelleis a shareholder in the law firm of McKirdy & Riskin, P.A. in Morristown, New Jersey. He is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has represented property owners in eminent domain, redevelopment and real estate tax appeal matters for more than 25 years, and also has experience in land use, zoning and planning matters. He has served as special counsel to municipal agencies and public utilities in condemnation cases, real estate tax appeals, and in planning and zoning matters. He has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey as an expert in real estate valuation matters, has published several articles and lectures regularly, both in New Jersey and nationally, on real estate valuation and property rights issues.

Mr. Della Pelle is the sole New Jersey representative for Owners Counsel of America, www.ownerscounsel.com, a national association of leading eminent domain lawyers across the country. He is also a designated member of the Counselors of Real Estate ®, www.cre.org, an international organization of real estate professionals limited to approximately 1,100 worldwide members. Tony is rated "AV/Preeminent" by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. He has been recognized by his peers as a "New Jersey Super Lawyer" as published in the New Jersey Monthly Magazine,being selected by that publication as one of New Jersey’s Top 10 attorneys for 2012, and as one of New Jersey’s Top 100 attorneys every year since 2009. He was recognized as one of New Jersey’s "Top Rated Lawyers" for 2012 by the Star-Ledger’s Inside Jersey Magazine, as one of New Jersey’s top real estate attorneys by Real Estate New Jersey Magazine in 2009, and appears regularly on national television, where he provides commentary on eminent domain and property rights issues around the country. Tony served on Governor Chris Christie’s transition team in 2009, and is the author of two blogs, New Jersey Condemnation Law and New Jersey Property Tax Law.

He received a B.A. degree in Economics and English from Franklin & Marshall College, and his J.D. degree from the Seton Hall University School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Condemnation Committee and is Chairman of the Morris County Bar Association’s Condemnation Committee. He currently serves as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, is a Trustee of Franklin & Marshall College and current President of the Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Association, and is the Vice President of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation.