DISCLAIMER: THE CASES AND RESULTS DESCRIBED HEREIN ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAST RESULTS OBTAINED BY MILLER, MILLER & CANBY, AND ITS ATTORNEYS. PAST CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. ALL CASES ARE DISTINCT AND HAVE UNIQUE FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED AND EVALUATED ON THEIR OWN MERIT.
Case Studies
Private Schools / Rochambeau, The French International School
Project Scope: Amend existing special exception approval and process preliminary plan amendment for a change in use as well as participate in extensive negotiations ...read more →
Commercial Development / Restaurants
Project Scope: Site Plan and Preliminary Plan applications for two fast food restaurants with drive-thru service.Success: The land use department is familiar with the special considerations associated with a drive-thru ...read more →
Residential Care Facilities / St. Anne’s
Project Scope: Create ownership parcel on site and obtain conditional use approval to allow development of a 76- unit independent senior housing facility on the same...read more →
Representative Cases
Chod v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals
Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Case No. 398704-V: On behalf of a local commercial property owner, Ms. Feuerherd challenged the Water Quality Protection Charge (also known as a “rain tax”), through the administrative appeals process to a successful appeal in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
Montgomery County v. Phillips
445 Md. 55 (2015): Before the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Ms. Feuerherd briefed and argued on behalf of owners of a family farm, and persuaded a majority of the Court that Montgomery County overcharged its farmland transfer tax in violation of the state tax cap.
Representative Tax Appeals
Shopping Center in Washington County
Smithsburg, MD
- Original Assessment:
- $6,014,900
- Assessment After Appeal:
- $4,618,000
Shopping Center in Montgomery County
Bethesda, MD
- Original Assessment:
- $22,817,700
- Assessment After Appeal:
- $20,743,300