Mr. Horn has been a practicing attorney since 1995. Although Mr. Horn initially had planned to practice elder law upon completion of law school, he became interested in immigration and nationality law because of the troubles his brother had when he was trying to have his foreign-born wife attempt to enter the United States to attend Mr. Horn’s wedding.
“After seeing the trouble my brother and sister in-law had with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, I realized that immigrants were often getting bad advice.
I saw that the immigrant community often does not get the quality legal representation that it deserves.”
Experience
For eight years, Mr. Horn worked in three major New York City law firms that specialized in immigration and nationality law. For one of those firms, he also ran the contested and uncontested divorce practice. When Mr. Horn joined a small law firm in Long Island in 2003, not only was he responsible for all of its immigration litigation, he reviewed the applications and attended the bulk of the examinations for permanent residence and citizenship, and he also had co-responsibility for the criminal and family law cases in the office. Further, at the Long Island firm Mr. Horn created a contested divorce practice.
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- United States District Court, New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Education
- Hofstra University School of Law, JD 1995
- Binghamton University, BA 1992
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Member
- Current Member and past co-chair of the New York Chapter of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)/Asylum Office Committee
- Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, Past President Board Member 2008 – 2010, 2012 – Present
- Suffolk County Bar Association (SCBA), Member
- Past Chair of the SCBA Immigration Law Committee
- Current Member of the SCBA District Court Committee, the Family and Matrimonial Law Committees, and the Hispanic Bar Association
Other Communal Activity
- As chair of the SCBA Immigration Committee Mr. Horn organized a program with the local El Salvadoran consulate where he and other fellow immigration attorneys donated their time, helping people complete TPS applications. He also helped determine if they qualified for TPS or any other relief.
- Mr. Horn has spoken on immigration law for a number of years at the Human Rights Day for the students of Central Islip High School.
- He is also active in the street law project of the American Immigration Council, where he has taught programs to various high school students on immigration law.
