About Dennis
Dennis Scardilli arrived at the law after decades in planning, appraisal and public service. He earned a B.A. in Speech from Wheaton College in 1967, completed a Master's in Urban Planning at New York University in 1978, and later took a law degree from Widener University Delaware School of Law in 1994 where his studies emphasized real estate matters. That sequence reflects a steady progression from hands-on real estate work to technical appraisal and finally to legal practice.
His early career mixed private development and public planning. In the 1970s he worked as a real estate salesperson and home builder, held a temporary staff appointment at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., and served as a housing development project manager for the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency. He moved into municipal roles as a housing coordinator and economic development planner for Atlantic City and later became director of the Division of Economic Development for Atlantic County.
Scardilli spent much of the 1980s and 1990s in appraisal and consulting. He worked for firms including Laventhol & Horwath and Atlantic Coast Realty Appraisal Group, and led Scardilli Appraisal Associates as chief appraiser and principal. He joined the Appraisal Institute in 1991 and served as a multifamily appraiser for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Philadelphia in 1999. That technical foundation runs through his later legal work.
He began combining appraisal expertise and law around the turn of the century. He served as a summer law clerk to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2000 and later held roles at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer as an associate. He worked as a consulting senior manager at The Reznick Group and served as special counsel at several firms, including Miller & Gallagher and Lemanowicz, LLP. He has also worked as of counsel and as a per diem lawyer, and he launched the Law Office of Dennis A. Scardilli, L.L.C. in 2010. He taught real estate appraisal part time at the Temple University Real Estate Institute in 2006.
His practice draws on dual backgrounds in appraisal and law. He handles real estate transactions, appraisal and valuation disputes, land use and zoning matters, and related courtroom and administrative work in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He holds memberships in the Appraisal Institute, the American Planning Association, the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association and local bar groups. He was R.1:40 qualified as a mediator in New Jersey civil courts during 2008–2009.
He practices from his own firm, offering legal representation in real estate and valuation matters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where his current practice is focused on real estate law and appraisal-related dispute resolution.
