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Contact:
Michael R. Coston
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP
Phone: 516-248-1700
Email: mcoston@forchellilaw.com
Partner John
V. Terrana Comments on Proposed Changes to Lawyer Advertising
in Latest Issue of Long Island Business News
"Judges mute outlandish law ads" By Jeremy
Harrell
Mineola, September 15, 2006 — Partner John V. Terrana,
partner-in-charge of the The Firm Tax Certiorari Department,
comments on the proposed changes to the rules that govern
law firm advertising in the latest issue of Long Island
Business News.
"I'm an attorney. I hear the jokes," said Mr.
Terrana. "It's embarrassing to me to watch TV and see
an attorney in a Crazy Eddie fashion say, "We can get
you a big award."
Speaking out against some of the proposed changes, including
the possibility that law firms will soon have to brand materials,
including brochures, with "Attorney Advertising"
in red ink, Terrana explains, "That seems a bit much
to me. If the regulations are aimed at adding to the integrity
of the profession, I don't know that this helps. It almost
cheapens it."
Mr. Terrana counsels clients in all aspects of real estate
taxation, including tax exemptions, the estimation of taxes
for new construction, lease tax escalation clauses and the
sale, purchase and foreclosure of tax liens. Since joining
The Firm in 1993, Mr. Terrana has successfully obtained
millions of dollars in real estate tax refunds and savings
for clients, which include national, regional and local
owners and tenants of all types of commercial and residential
property.
Prior to joining The Firm, Mr. Terrana served as a Deputy
County Attorney for Nassau County, where he practiced in
the areas of tax certiorari, condemnation, tax lien litigation
and real estate. He later became the Glen Cove City Attorney,
where he was general counsel to all of the city's departments
and boards and represented the city in its tax certiorari
matters. He was also counsel to the Glen Cove Community
Development Agency and the Glen Cove Industrial Development
Agency, where he prepared tax, financing and contract documents
for complex real estate projects.
For more information on the listing, please pick up the
latest issue of Long Island Business News or visit www.libn.com.
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