Thomas F. Carroll, III is a partner in the Princeton, N.J. office of Hill Wallack LLP and is partner-in-charge of the Land Use Division.
He has decades of 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. He has represented the interests of real estate developers both large and small, religious institutions, and other landowners.
Mr. Carroll first received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from Rutgers University, Cook College and he holds a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. He has been admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New Jersey since 1983. Prior to joining Hill Wallack in 1984, Mr. Carroll had the honor of serving a judicial clerkship with the Honorable L. Anthony Gibson, then one of the three Mount Laurel judges specially assigned by the New Jersey Supreme Court to oversee Mount Laurel litigation throughout the State of New Jersey.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
Education
- Cook College
- Rutgers University
- Rutgers University School of Law
PRACTICE AREAS
- Mr. Carroll has often provided fellow attorneys and others with updated information on land use law when speaking on panels offered by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the New Jersey Builders Association. He has also written numerous articles concerning land use issues.
- Past-chairman of the Board of Directors, New Jersey State Bar Association's Land Use Law Section
- Former Adjunct Professor, Land Use Law & Policy at Rutgers Law School, Camden
- Land Use Counsel to the New Jersey Builders Association
- Mr. Carroll has been repeatedly named to the New Jersey Best Lawyers list in the areas of Land Use & Zoning Law and Litigation - Land Use & Zoning, 2010 – 2017 and has been repeatedly selected to New Jersey Super Lawyers List.
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- Traditional zoning challenges
- Mount Laurel suits
- Actions contesting decisions rendered by planning boards
- Proceedings challenging development exactions
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