Henry Lacap, Esq., has been exclusively engaged in property tax related litigation for over 23 years. He has successfully tried or negotiated literally thousands of property tax appeals on a wide range of properties, from nursing homes to golf courses, fiber optic cable to printing presses, resulting in millions of dollars of refunds and tax savings for Janata & Associates’s clients.
Mr. Lacap is a former Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York practicing in the New York Corporation Counsel’s Office’s Real Property Tax and Condemnation Division. Since then, Mr. Lacap has exclusively represented corporate taxpayers in their property tax appeals prosecuting cases in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Tax Court of New Jersey, Michigan Tax Tribunal, Minnesota Tax Court, and the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas.
Mr. Lacap has proven to be successful tax appeal trial attorney with an in depth knowledge of appraisal valuation methodology attaining numerous tax appeal trial wins. He is also an effective appellate attorney successfully arguing property tax cases before the Appellate Division of the State of New York, and the New York Court of Appeals (New York’s highest court)
Mr. Lacap is a graduate of Manhattan College and a Dean’s List ranking graduate of Pace University School of Law and a contributing author of the Journal of Property Tax Management.
Mr. Lacap is a member of the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars, and prosecutes tax appeals in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota.
Contact email: hlacap@janatalaw.com
Areas of Practice
- Real Property Tax Litigation
- Personal Property Tax Litigation
- Condemnation Litigation
- Tax Incentives
Bar Admission(s)
- New York – 1996
- New Jersey – 1996
- Pennsylvania – 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- Westchester County Tax Certiorari Bar
Articles/Speaking Engagements
- “The Dark Store Tax Assessment Loophole”, Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Northern New Jersey Chapter, Guest Speaker, May 6, 2016, Sheraton, Mahwah NJ.
- “Is New York’s Assessment Freeze Constitutional?” Journal of Property Valuation and Taxation, September 2002, Copyright, Aspen Publishers.