Thomas F. Carroll, III is a partner of Hill Wallack LLP  and is partner-in-charge of the Land Use Division which encompasses the Land Use Litigation and Land Use & Environmental Applications Practice Groups. He has significant experience in the land development application and permitting process, as well as the litigation of land use matters at the trial level and in the appellate courts.

Among the matters he has litigated are traditional zoning challenges; Mount Laurel suits; actions contesting decisions rendered by planning boards; and litigation challenging development exactions. He has also pursued tax appeals challenging the assessments of residential and commercial properties and litigated condemnation matters.

A past-chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Land Use Law Section, Mr. Carroll has authored numerous articles and presented many seminars concerning land use issues. Mr. Carroll also routinely provides his fellow attorneys with updated information on land use law when speaking on panels offered by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

Prior to joining Hill Wallack in 1984, Mr. Carroll served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable L. Anthony Gibson, then one of the three specially assigned Mount Laurel judges. He holds a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from Rutgers University, Cook College.

Mr. Carroll is admitted to practice in both New Jersey and Washington, D.C.