Meet the Attorneys

Horn, Turnbach, & Rybar, LLC, is a general practice law firm concentrating in family law practice. We are regularly involved in the litigation, negotiation and mediation of divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, domestic violence, visitation, and grandparent visitation cases.

Summary biographies of our Attorneys:

JEFF J. HORN - Managing Member

Mr. Horn is one of four attorneys in Ocean County designated by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney. He is the author of the important book on surviving the divorce process, Shock Proof Divorce.

Mr. Horn is a founding member of The Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group. He is also a former Family Court Judicial Law Clerk. He emphasizes his practice on divorce, domestic violence, alimony, child support, child custody and related issues. Mr. Horn serves as a Pro Bono Superior Court Mediator in the Divorce and Special Civil Part matters, and is a Certified Mediator with the New Jersey Administrative Office of Court and New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. He is a member of the New Jersey State
Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

He is also a Certified Tax Assessor and former Commissioner and President of the Ocean County Board of Taxation.

He is admitted to the practice of law in the States of New Jersey and New York, and the United States District of New Jersey. He is a graduate of Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) and Widener University School of Law (Wilmington, Delaware). Mr. Horn was born in Jersey City and resides in Toms River, New Jersey with his wife Susie, son Jeffrey, and daughter Margaret. Mr. Horn has run a marathon or ultramarathon in fourteen states on his way to completing a marathon (26.2 miles or ultramarathon) greater than 26.2 miles in each of the fifty states.

JEROME J. TURNBACH

Mr. Turnbach is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney. He holds a law degree from
Rutgers School of Law - Newark, New Jersey and the Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Fairfield University, Connecticut. He
is a former family law clerk to the Honorable Thomas E. O'Brien, J.S.C. He serves as an Early Settlement Panelist in the Court's Matrimonial Early Settlement Program, is qualified as a Mediator pursuant to Rule 1:40 of the New Jersey rules of Court, has been appointed Guardian ad Litem to report to the Court making recommendations regarding child custody determinations. In addition he serves as a mediator in the court's pilot program for economic mediation. Mr. Turnbach also serves as a settlement conference facilitator in the Special Civil Part of the Ocean County Superior Court.

Admitted to practice as a member of the New Jersey and New York Bars, he is a member of the Ocean County Bar Association and the New Jersey Bar Association. He teaches family
law as an adjunct lecturer at Ocean County College. He has worked at various times as a municipal prosecutor, and conflict municipal public defender.

He has participated in litigation resulting in four published legal opinions including: Leudekke v. Shobert, Peregoy v. Peregoy, Hawxhurst v. Hawxhurst all in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court, and Shea v. Shea in the Chancery Division of the New Jersey Superior Court, which you can read by clicking on the case names. In addition he is the author of "Benefit of the Bargain" an article published in the New Jersey Family Lawyer, dealing with the removal and relocation of children from the State of New Jersey against the wishes of a parent.

Mr. Turnbach resides in Manasquan, New Jersey with his wife, Aimee, and two daughters, Cassidy and Molly.

AGNES RYBAR

Ms. Rybar is a former family court judicial law clerk. She served her clerkship in the family part for the Honorable Alan J. Pogarsky, J.S.C. Ms. Rybar emphasizes her practice in the areas of Divorce, Child Support, Child Custody, Alimony, Domestic Violence, and related issues. Ms. Rybar holds law degrees from the University of Warsaw in Poland and Rutgers School of Law-Newark, New Jersey. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ms. Rybar is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Ms. Rybar was born in Poland and is fluent in Polish. She currently resides in Bayville, New Jersey with her husband, Robert.

RICHARD E. TOMASIK - Of Councel over 20 years

Mr. Tomasik is a former New Jersey State Trooper. He maintains a general practice with a strong emphasis in estate matters, municipal court proceedings and real estate transactions. For over (20) years, Mr. Tomasik has provided effective, confidential and timely representation to clients while always ensuring cost efficiency. He is
a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law and attended undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. He was born in Bayonne, New Jersey and resides in Toms River with his wife, Candace. Mr. Tomasik's grown children are both education professionals. Mr. Tomasik enjoys the status of Counsel with the firm