2023 FCIAAO COY Submission

FCIAAO AWARDS 2023 FCIAAO Lifetime Achievement Award

They say if you enjoy your job, you never work a day in your life. This has been my experience. Thank you for this recognition.

~Will Shepherd, Esq

The 2023 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award is Will Shepherd. Will has been a regular presenter at this conference, as well as, national conferences on dozens of mass appraisal and property tax issues, each of which always have a clever title. We could always count on him to entertain us with his no-nonsense approach and teach us at the same time. Will is general counsel for the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser in Tampa, Florida, where he has represented the office in property tax matters since 1997, including real estate and tangible personal property valuation cases, exemption disputes, agricultural classification, and numerous appellate decisions. Additionally, he is a contributing member to the IAAO position papers, " Setting the Record Straight on Fee Simple " and " Commercial Big-Box Retail: A Guide to Market-Based Valuation ."