The Tale of 248 Erroneous Tax Assessment Cases: Round Four, The Second Appeal and the Supreme Court’s Opinion The stakes had never been higher. On appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court for a second time, the West Creek LLCs were asking for complete reversal of Circuit Court Judge Sanner’s comprehensive ruling in favor of the [...]

The Tale of 248 Erroneous Tax Assessment Cases: Round Three, The Second Trial (2004-2006) After having walked away from $34 million in assessment relief on appeal, the 144 West Creek plaintiff LLCs re-filed 159 lawsuits in December 2004. Some were later dismissed for various reasons. One hundred thirty (130) of these cases were later consolidated for [...]

The Tale of 248 Erroneous Tax Assessment Cases: Rounds One and Two, The First Trial and Appeal (2001-2004) As County Attorney in Goochland County from 2001 to 2009, I was counsel in 248 erroneous assessment cases, resulting in two multi-day trials and two appeals to the Virginia Supreme Court, resulting in one incredible opinion issued by [...]