Louis A. Prosperi established the Law Office of Louis A. Prosperi in 1994. He has over 41 years of experience in tax and corporate planning and transaction matters as well as other business matters. Mr. Prosperi has been part of the Penncara Energy, LLC team since 2008.

Prior to establishing his own law office, Mr. Prosperi was a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Reed Smith LLP and a member of the firm's Business and Finance Department. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University in 1975 where he was valedictorian of his Business School graduating class. He went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978.

 Mr. Prosperi is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania (status currently “inactive”). When he took the CPA exam in 1975, he finished second in Pennsylvania and ranked in the top 40 nationwide out of 38,000 candidates who sat for the exam.  He has published several articles and has lectured on numerous occasions before attorney, accountant, and business groups.  Mr. Prosperi has been named in the 2009-2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Tax Law, as well as the 2012-2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Litigation & Controversy – Tax and in the 2016-2020 editions in the area of Corporate Law.  He was also named as the Best Lawyers’ 2011 Pittsburgh Tax Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers’ 2015, 2017, and 2019 Pittsburgh Litigation & Controversy – Tax Lawyer of the Year, and Best Lawyers’ 2018 Pittsburgh Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year.