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Slap received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1971) and a Juris Doctor from the Villanova Law School (1974). From 1974-1979, Slap was Director of the Environmental Law Program, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia; from 1980-1984, he served as Deputy City Solicitor for Environment, City of Philadelphia. From 1985-1995, he practiced environmental law in several private law firms in Philadelphia. In 1995, Slap co-founded and served as Vice President and General Counsel of GeoSphere Systems, Inc., a software development and consulting firm specializing in emergency response and process safety management. That company was sold in 2000. From 2000-2004, Slap was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he taught Advanced Problems in Environmental Law and Pretrial Litigation. From 2004-2007, he was Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River Project (www.nature.org/colorado). In 2005, Mr. Slap was again awarded an AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell attesting to legal ability and professional ethics. In 2008 and 2009, Slap served as fundraising consultant to TNC’s World Office in Arlington, VA. In 2010, Mr. Slap was appointed as a Board Member and General Counsel of Friends of the Everglades.

Mr. Slap is licensed to practice law in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and is admitted to the Bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Third, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of Ohio. In 1993, the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania awarded Mr. Slap a Settlement Master's Certificate.

In addition to numerous journal and magazine articles, Mr. Slap has authored two book chapters, "Citizen Suits in Pennsylvania" (Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1999 Supp.) and "The Legal Aspects of Indoor Air and Health" (Hanley and Belfus, 1995). "Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice" won the Association for Continuing Legal Education's Best of 1999 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Publications. Some of his other publications include: "Generator Liability for Hazardous Wastes," 5 ALI/ABA Course Materials Journal, 95-106 (April, 1981); "Fallout from Three Mile Island: Direct Access to District Court," The National Law Journal, June 22, 1981, pp.28-29; Book Review, "NEPA Law and Litigation," Trial, September, 1985; "Punitive Damages in Toxic Torts," The Barrister, Spring, 1989; "The ‘Chateaugay’ Decision: Collision of Bankruptcy and Environmental Law," Toxic Law Reporter, Vol. 5, Nov. 4 (June, 1990); "Just Compensation for Wetlands Condemnation," Tri-State Real Estate Journal, May, 1991; "Are Forensic Experts and Endangered Species," Journal of Forensic Sciences, May, 1991; "Citizen Suits and Attorneys Fees in Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1994 (1999, Supp.); "The Legal Aspects of Indoor Air and Health," Effects of the Indoor Environment on Health, Hanley and Belfus (1995); "Will States Go Scot-Free Under Florida Seminole Ruling?" Pennsylvania Law Weekly, April 22, 1996, p. 11; "Expert Systems in Emergency Response," Process Safety Symposium, Texas A&M University, 1999; "Use of Computerized Systems for Crisis Management and Incident Command," BASF International Fire Chiefs’ Conference, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1998; and, "Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Involving Urban Wet Weather Public Sewer Violations", ALI-ABA Clean Water Conference, November 6-7, 2003.

Conference Planner for the Ohio State Bar Association’s Annual Environmental Law Symposium, April 29 to May 1, 2004.

"Roaring Fork Watershed, Measures of Conservation Success"
  - The Nature Conservancy, 2007

"Roaring Fork Watershed Plan, State of the Watershed Report"
  - Roaring Fork Conservancy, 2008

Member and General Counsel - Friends of the Everglades – 2010 (www.everglades.org)
The Nature Conservancy – Caribbean Advisory Council – 2010
Roaring Fork Leadership – 2007-2008
Roaring Fork Watershed Plan – Organizing Committee
Board Member, Ohio River Way (2002-2004)
Chapter Trustee, The Nature Conservancy, Pennsylvania (1986-1994)
President, Glendale Elementary School PTA (2003-2004)

Pennsylvania Bar- 1974 to present
New Jersey Bar- 1985 to present
Ohio Bar- 2002 to present
Supreme Court of the United States- 1980 to present
Cincinnati Bar Association – 2001 to 2004

Sierra Club, et al v. Hamilton County Bd. of Commissioners, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 24356 (6th Cir. 2007); Susquehanna Valley Alliance v. Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor, 619 F 2d 231 (3d Cir. 1980), cert den, 449 U.S. 1096 (1981); Locust Lane v. Swatara Township Authority, 636 F.Supp. 534 (M.D. PA 1986); City of Philadelphia v. Stepan Chemical, 544 F. Supp. 1135 (E.D.Pa. 1982); Philadelphia v. Stepan Chemical, et al, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7058 (E.D. PA); New Hanover Twp. and Paradise Watchdogs v. Comm. of PA and New Hanover Corp., 1996 Pa. Envirn LEXIS 37