Richard Fromewick - Farrell Fritz

Richard Fromewick is a member of the firm’s Real Property Tax Certiorari & Condemnation Law Practice Group. Richard is a real property tax attorney and trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in tax assessment disputes, condemnation, and related litigation. He serves owners and tenants of commercial and residential properties throughout New York.

Richard provides a full range of real estate tax assessment services. He represents clients in tax assessment reduction proceedings for all types of commercial and residential properties. He also advises on tax exemption matters and projects real estate taxes for the purchase, development, and improvement of properties.

With decades of trial experience, Richard has successfully represented numerous owners and tenants at trial, both in proceedings to reduce real property taxes and in claims against the State of New York and its municipalities arising from the taking of land and other real property rights. He has handled a substantial number of tax certiorari cases involving large commercial properties with remediation and pollution issues, which have resulted in sizable refunds for his clients. His work has produced precedent-setting decisions in his clients’ favor.

Prior to joining Farrell Fritz, Richard was a Shareholder at a New York Regional firm. Earlier in his career, Richard was a Deputy County Attorney in the Land Division and Deputy Bureau Chief of the Tax Certiorari Bureau of the Nassau County Attorney’s Office. He also served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Condemnation Division of the New York City Law Department, where he was Assistant Bureau Chief and Trial Supervisor.

In addition to his law related memberships, Richard is a Past Master of the Sunrise-Laurelton Masonic Lodge, a member of the Spartan and Guiding Light Masonic Lodges, a member of the Long Island Scottish Rite, and a member of the Kismet Shrine Temple. He is also involved with the Shriner Children’s Hospital.

Richard is a member of The Seawane Country Club in Hewlett Harbor.

Community Work

Jewish Community Relations Council, Ambassador
Temple Avodah, Oceanside – Past President, Current Trustee, Sponsor of the Education Fund
UJA Joint Oceanside Committee, Member
Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center, Executive Board of Directors, Corresponding Secretary, Sponsor of the Holocaust Memorial
Sunrise Day Camp for Kids with Cancer, Founding Member

Recognition

LI Herald’s Top Lawyers of Long Island, 2019
Leadership in Law – Lifetime Achievement Award from Long Island Business News, 2017
Long Island Pulse Magazine “Top Legal Eagles”, 2010, 2011, and 2012
“AV Preeminent” Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, 30+ years of ranking
United Jewish Appeal, Man of the Year, 1996
Honored by JCC, Temple Avodah, and the Metropolitan Hospice for Philanthropic Work