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.

Representative Matters

Among the matters he has litigated are:

• Traditional zoning challenges
• Mount Laurel suits
• Actions contesting decisions rendered by planning boards
• Proceedings challenging development exactions

He has also pursued tax appeals challenging the assessments of residential and commercial properties and has litigated condemnation matters.

Leadership

• Named to the New Jersey Best Lawyers list in the areas of Land Use & Zoning Law and Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, 2011
• Past-chairman of the Board of Directors, New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Law Section
• Land Use Counsel to New Jersey Builders Association

Presentations & Publications

• Written numerous articles and presented many seminars concerning land use issues
• Routinely provides fellow attorneys with updated information on land use law when speaking on panels offered by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education

Mr. Carroll is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New Jersey (1983). He holds a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. 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 received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from Rutgers University, Cook College.