Join us for a lively presentation and discussion on hot topics in environmental law including global warming and alternative energy. We will explore President Obama’s ambitious budget proposal and plans to place the nation on a path to energy independence that is based on renewable resources. Thomas H. Prol, an attorney with Scarinci Hollenbeck and a former EPA environmental scientist, will present.

About the Speaker:

Thomas H. Prol is associated with the law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck, with offices in New Jersey and New York City. He is a member of the firm’s Municipal Law and Environmental & Land Use Groups and works with public and private entities, including municipalities, utilities, authorities and developers.

Mr. Prol is a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, an adjunct professor at New York Law School, a frequent lecturer for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the author of numerous articles on environmental law, green development, global warming and civil rights. Mr. Prol is also vice-chairman of Garden State Equality, an organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people.

Mr. Prol graduated from New York Law School where he received the Daniel Finkelstein Commencement Award for writing and the New York State Bar Association’s Law Student Bar Association Achievement Award. While attending law school, Mr. Prol worked fulltime as an environmental scientist and enforcement officer with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2′s Hazardous Waste Enforcement Section. He also interned with the United States Attorney’s Office (EDNY) and the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

Prior to law school, Mr. Prol earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Emory University concentrating in environmental and occupational health. He served two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal where he directed sanitation units in four government district water and sewerage offices that included Mount Everest. During his undergraduate education, he interned in CNN’s environmental news unit and at the Carter Presidential Center for which he maintained the Conflict Resolution Program’s research portfolio on Somalia.