John Carroll

Education:
B.A., J.D., University of Pennsylvania

John Carroll teaches Environmental Litigation as an adjunct professor at Penn State Dickinson. Mr. Carroll is a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP and chairman of the firm’s Environmental Practice Group.

Prior to joining Pepper Hamilton, Mr. Carroll spent fifteen years with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER), where he held positions as special assistant attorney general, associate deputy secretary and chief counsel. As chief counsel, a position in which he served for three years, Mr. Carroll oversaw a caseload of 1,100 active enforcement cases and a staff of 50 lawyers.

Mr. Carroll has lectured extensively on environmental topics such as hazardous waste regulation, indoor air pollution, wetlands regulation, groundwater protection, the Clean Air Act Amendments, and oil and gas leasing and pooling.

Mr. Carroll served as editor of Pennsylvania Environmental Laws, published in 1991 by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, and as a contributing author to Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, published in 1994 by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He served as co-author of Pennsylvania Environmental Guide (1997) and Pennsylvania Air Permitting Guide (2000) published by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Educational Foundation.

Contact Information:
Email: jnc11@email.dsl.psu.edu