Atty. Tara Piurko
Tara Piurko has over 20 years of experience in planning and development, real property assessment and taxation, and municipal law matters. She regularly provides strategic advice, counsel and support to property owners, including public and private developers, on development approvals and land entitlement matters and real property assessment and taxation matters.
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Tara Piurko is a real estate, environmental, and government attorney, practicing at Miller Thomson LLP. They have 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Admitted to practice in Ontario (2002). Educated at Queen’s University (LL.B., 2000) and Queen’s University (—, 1999). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Administrative and Public Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Environmental Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Municipal Law (2026).
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- Tara Piurko has over 20 years of experience in planning and development, real property assessment and taxation, and municipal law matters
- She regularly provides strategic advice, counsel and support to property owners, including public and private developers, on development approvals and land entitlement matters and real property assessment and taxation matters
- She is an expert negotiator and has extensive experience securing development approvals, including settling official plan amendments, zoning bylaw amendments and a variety of development agreements
- She is also experienced in the area of expropriations, payments-in-lieu of taxes and ground rent arbitration and property tax recharge disputes
- Tara was the first Canadian President of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network
- Tara appears before various courts, tribunals, panels, boards and committees of adjustment and council on various municipal, assessment, taxation and land development matters
- Tara is a co-author of the Taxation (General) chapter of Halsbury’s Laws of Canada
- She was named to the 2018 - 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada for Municipal Law, and is a Recognized Practitioner, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Ontario) by Chambers Canada
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Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Tara Piurko handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
Tara Piurko is one of 316,149 real estate attorneys indexed nationally. Browse real estate attorneys →
Environmental attorneys for regulatory compliance, contamination, land use, and natural resource law.
Tara Piurko is one of 56,434 environmental attorneys indexed nationally. Browse environmental attorneys →
Attorneys for administrative law, agency hearings, government contracts, licensing, and public benefits.
Tara Piurko is one of 132,225 government attorneys indexed nationally. Browse government attorneys →
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