June 17, 2011

Book Edited by Cooley Professor Gina Torielli Wins Award

Professor Gina Torielli

Real Property Taxes in Michigan, a book edited by Cooley Law School Professor Gina Torielli, has won an ACLEA Award of Outstanding Achievement.

The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) is an association of the providers of continuing legal education. It was established in 1964 and includes members from the United States and Canada, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Mexico.

The book helps practitioners understand the law and learn the best strategies for handling any real property tax matter.

The Institute for Continuing Legal Education, which offers the book, states the volume can help readers:

• Know what documents and evidence are persuasive to the local assessor and board of review;

• Pick the best strategies for appealing an
  assessment to the State Tax Commission or Michigan Tax Tribunal;

• Understand what triggers uncapping and how to avoid it;

• Structure transactions to avoid or minimize real estate transfer tax;

• Know how a tax lien can impact your clients’ interest in real property and how to protect their interests;

• Prepare the best defenses to a tax lien foreclosure, whether at the administrative or at the judicial proceeding

• Several chapters of the book were authored by tax practitioners who are either Cooley Law School alumni or adjuncts with Cooley’s LL.M. program. The book can be purchased from the Institute at www.icle.org.

• Cooley Law School is the largest law school in the nation. Founded in 1972, the private, non-profit law school operates J.D. programs across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor. Today, Cooley Law School has more than 15,000 graduates across the nation and worldwide and also offers joint degree and master of laws programs. Cooley offers enrollment three times a year; in January, May and September. Additional information about Cooley can be found at cooley.edu.