Eva T. Cantarella
Corporate, Employment, Labor Law, Social Security -- Disability, Tax, Real Estate
Experience:
31 years
Eva T. Cantarella | Attorney
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About Eva
Eva T. Cantarella is a partner at Hertz Schram. Her primary practice areas are (i) Property Tax Appeals and (ii) Employee Benefits, with a focus on class claims for pension benefits under both the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") and governmental plans. Ms. Cantarella is currently litigating several class claims for pension benefits, including a Class Action against the Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System.
Property Tax Appeals
Ms. Cantarella is the former owner and President of Oakland/Macomb Appraisal Services (OMAS), a real estate appraisal company. During her tenure with OMAS, Ms. Cantarella performed thousands of appraisals for banks, mortgage companies and other financial institutions.
Since 1996, Ms. Cantarella has handled all property tax appeals at Hertz Schram, including appeals on office, industrial, retail, and luxury condominium properties. To date, all appeals Ms. Cantarella has handled have resulted in a significant reduction in the taxable value of the subject property. Successful resolutions the past few years have included appeals on (i) 21 E. Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI (office building); (ii) the Livonia Mall Shopping Center, Livonia, MI (retail); (iii) 3535 Cricklewood, New Baltimore, MI (industrial); (iv) Village Square Shopping Center, Denton Township, MI (retail); (v) Village of Wexford Shopping Center, Haring Township, MI (retail); and (vi) a group of 34 luxury condominiums in the Willits, Birmingham, MI.
Pensions
Ms. Cantarella has also been a speaker and commentator on pension issues in, and to, a variety of fora and media, including pension asset managers, pension and investment reporters, the IRS, Department of Treasury, and other governmental agencies, international consulting and accounting firms, cable television, pension interest organizations and associations, and national, state, and local employee benefit groups.
Ms. Cantarella's activities in the pension arena and comments on pension issues have been reported in/on numerous publications and websites, including www.BenefitsLink.com ; www.pensionrights.org ; www.TheJournalnews.com ; www.CFO.com ; the Wall Street Journal, IBL Class Action Reporter; Lawyers Weekly USA; Business News; Gannet News; Cincinnati Enquirer; Hartford Courant; Tax Analysts; and Michigan Benefits and Business. Not surprisingly, Ms. Cantarella is frequently solicited for comment on pension issues by our nation's legislators, employee and retiree organizations, and reporters.
In 2002, Ms. Cantarella authored A Class ACT: ERISA Pension Claims and the Class Action Mechanism , which was published in the National Lawyer's Weekly and Michigan Lawyers Weekly. In 2006, Ms. Cantarella organized over 160 law professors and attorneys around the country to advocate for amending ERISA's remedial statutes so as to better protect participants and their beneficiaries with respect to their employer-provided benefits. Today the group has grown to 330 members and is known as GEER (Group for Equitable ERISA Remedies). Ms. Cantarella is admitted to practice in all U.S. Courts of Appeals, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the U.S. Tax Court; and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in numerous federal district courts.
Admission
Michigan
1994
Education
Oakland University
Hertz Schram PC Highlights
Adoption, Age Discrimination, Alimony & Spousal Support, Dispute Resolution, Americans with Disabilities Act , Animal Bite; Antitrust; Arbitration; Criminal; Aviation Accident; Banking & Finance; Corporate; Business Organization; Business Successions; Child Support; Children's Rights; Civil Rights; Class Action; Collaborative Law; Collection; Colleges & Universities; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Banks; Commercial Insurance; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Complex Litigation; Defamation & Slander; Condominiums; Constitutional Law; Construction Contracts; Construction; Construction Liens; Consumer Protection; Contract; Conveyancing; Copyright; Corporate Governance; Corporate Tax; Farms; DUI-DWI; Dental Malpractice; Directors & Officers; Discrimination; Discrimination; Dissolution; Divorce; Domestic Violence & Neglect; Education; Eminent Domain; Pension & Benefits; Employee Rights; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment; Entertainment; Leisure; Errors & Omissions Insurance; Gift Taxation; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Family Law; Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Federal; Federal Appellate Practice; Federal Claims Court; Federal Employees; Federal Trial Practice; Felony; Foreclosure; Franchising; Gay & Lesbian Rights; Grand Jury Proceedings; Guardianships & Conservatorships; Housing & Construction Defects; Income Tax; Insurance; Insurance Malpractice; Intellectual Property; International Tax; Joint Ventures; Juvenile Law; Landlord-Tenant; Lending; Life & Health; Limited Liability Companies; Litigation; Living Wills; Workout; Mediation; Medical Malpractice; Misdemeanor; Motor Vehicle; Car Accident; Multidistrict Litigation; Municipal; Non-profit; Occupational Safety & Health; Partnerships; Paternity; Personal Injury; Police Misconduct; Power of Attorney; Premises Liability; Prenuptial Agreements; Private Placements; Private Schools; Wills & Probate; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Property & Casualty; Property Damage; Public Schools; RICO Act; Race Discrimination; Railroad Injury; Real Estate; Reinsurance; Religious Discrimination; Residential Real Estate; Search & Seizure Protections; Securities Fraud ; Securities; Securities Regulation; Sex Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Shareholders' Rights; Slip & Fall Accident; Special Education; State Appellate Practice; State Trial Practice; Student Rights; Tax Litigation; Tax; Tenure; Title Insurance; Traffic; Transactions; Trusts; US Courts; US Supreme Court; Uniform Commercial Code; Whistleblower; White Collar Crime; Wills; Labor Law; Wrongful Death; Wrongful Termination
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