Thomas Hoff Prol

Thomas H. Prol practices business and litigation strategy with a focus on environmental, land use, and redevelopment law at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. He is admitted in New Jersey and New York and before numerous federal courts. Mr. Prol is a member of the American Bar Association Board of Governors and House of Delegates, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Life Fellow of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, and a trustee of the Monmouth Bar Association. On June 14, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy appointed Mr. Prol as Chair of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), the state’s “fiscal watchdog” agency that oversees election financing integrity in the Garden State.

Mr. Prol is a Past President of the New Jersey State Bar Association (“NJSBA”), serving as NJSBA’s first openly gay leader in 2016-2017. Holding Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Health degrees, in March 2020, the NJSBA called him back to service to oversee its Pandemic Task Force, leading the effort to fashion a roadmap to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession.

Throughout his legal career, Mr. Prol has been a vocal advocate on issues of equity and access to justice. He co-drafted New Jersey’s “Marriage Equality” legislation which revised the State’s marriage law to provide equality for all committed couples, regardless of gender, and was signed into law by Governor Murphy on January 10, 2022. As a founding and current executive board member of Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ education and advocacy organization, Mr. Prol has championed marriage equality and civil rights for over two decades. He previously served as vice chair of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (now the National LGBT Bar Association) and director of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York in 1999-2000. He was an advocate for and argued the defense of the New Jersey Criminal Justice Reform Act and the New Jersey Anti-Bullying Act.

New Jersey

Since 2001

New York

Since 2001

3rd Circuit

Since 2013

D.C. Circuit

Since 2008

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2006

President-elect

NJ State Bar Association

2015 - Current

Partner

Laddey Clark & Ryan, LLP

2014 - Current

New York Law School

J.D. (2001)

1997 - 2001

Emory University

M.P.H. (1997) | Environmental & Occupational Health

1992 - 1994

Emory University

B.A. (1991) | Human & Natural Ecology/English (co-major)

1987 - 1991

Amicus Curiae Awards

NJ State Bar Association

2010

Awards for NJSBA amicus participation - brief writing and arguments

Young Lawyer of the Year

NJ State Bar Association

2004

Presented annually to a young lawyer in the State of New Jersey whose personal and professional achievements merit special recognition and who has made unique community and public service contributions, has actively participated in the organized bar and has stood out in the areas of professional knowledge, skill integrity and courtesy.

New Jersey State Bar  # 002312001

Member

2001 - Current