New Jersey Tax Handbook 2025

Jeffrey D. Gordon is the managing partner of Archer & Greiner P.C.'s Princeton office. He is a state and local tax practitioner and is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Tax Appeal Group.

Mr. Gordon is a former New Jersey Tax Court law clerk to Presiding Judge Michael A. Andrew, Jr., retired; and was a Certified Tax Assessor. Since completing his Tax Court clerkship, his practice has involved the handling of complex commercial and industrial tax appeals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and other East Coast states. He also advises clients about potential property tax liability for property being considered for purchase and/or development. In addition, Mr. Gordon prepares articles regarding tax appeal procedures and valuation theory, and has lectured at seminars for the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, the International Association of Assessing Officers, the New Jersey County Tax Board Administrators Annual Conference, the Appraisal Institute, the New Jersey League of Municipalities, taxpayer groups, accountants, and the bar.

Margaret Wilson is a founding partner of the Wilson Law Group LLC in Princeton, New Jersey. Ms. Wilson is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Ms. Wilson’s practice focuses on state and local taxation, including state and local tax litigation and audits and multistate tax planning.

She has previously been a partner with two national law firms and in-house tax counsel at Verizon Communications and Oracle. Ms. Wilson frequently lectures and writes on state and local taxation topics.

Ms. Wilson received her J.D. with honors from the University of Michigan Law School in 1994, her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 2002, and her B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1991.

Ms. Wilson is a past President of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation and has served on its Board of Governors. She served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court for ten years and has served as a member of the advisory board of the Paul J. Hartman State and Local Tax Forum, Vice Chair of the American Bar Association State and Local Tax Committee, and Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Robert F. Connolly, MST is the co-founder and Co-Managing Member of BC Compliance Group, LLC (BCC), a management consulting firm, based in Matawan, New Jersey. BCC and its team of professionals are Financial Historians focused on providing expense recovery and reduction services. BCC specializes in the areas of contract compliance, real estate accounting, unclaimed property and taxation utilizing a “risk-free benefit sharing model.” BCC’s services cover contracts in such areas as IT, construction, print/copy services, third party labor, distribution, office supplies, office/commercial leases, telecom, freight/overnight mail, as well as tax-related incentives and credits.

Prior to founding BCC in 2005, Rob founded and served as the Managing Director of Contract Compliance and Taxation for an international earnings enhancement firm. Before that he spent a number of years serving as a State & Local Tax Manager for various regional and Big Five accounting firms, as well as working within industry for a Dutch multi-national manufacturing corporation.

Tiffany Wagner Donio is a shareholder at Stevens & Lee in the firm’s Valley Forge office. She counsels emerging and established businesses and their principals on the corporate and tax issues they encounter through every stage of their business life cycle, including with respect to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, securities offerings, joint ventures, corporate governance, and commercial transactions.

In her tax practice, Tiffany provides planning and compliance advice on a wide variety of federal, state and local tax issues involving income, franchise, sales and use, gross receipts and other miscellaneous taxes. In addition, she has represented clients during federal, state and local tax controversies at the audit, administra­tive and judicial levels.

Tiffany represents clients in a wide range of industries, including food and agriculture, healthcare, real estate, restaurant and beverage, retail, software and technology, petroleum, energy and utilities, cannabis, construction and engineering, media, internet and advertising, manufacturing, and software and technology.

Tiffany received her J.D. with honors from Rutgers Law School and an Executive LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. She earned a B.S. in Accountancy from The College of New Jersey.

Frances B. Stella is Chair of Brach Eichler’s Environmental & Land Use Practice Group and has 30 years of experience in federal and state environmental litigation, site remediation and environmental regulatory compliance counseling in real estate redevelopment and transactions. Her environmental practice includes handling CERCLA and New Jersey Spill Act claims and compliance issues, natural resource damage claims, cost recovery/contribution litigation and mediation, environmental insurance coverage litigation, environmental enforcement defense, permitting, defense of toxic torts, asbestos and vapor intrusion claims, and government compliance environmental investigations and audits. She handles site remediation negotiations with both state and federal environmental agencies and contracts with and supervises environmental consulting firms to develop and implement remedial activities in her role as Common Counsel for PRP groups at Superfund sites and for redevelopers.

Frances received her J.D. with honors from Pace University School of Law, with a Certificate in Environmental Law and her B.A. from University of Vermont. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.