Law Office of Terry D. Horner81 So. Hamilton StreetPoughkeepsie, NY, 12601-4411United States (845) 452-5058 (845) 452-5058

Terry David Horner

also known as Terry D. Horner

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Poughkeepsie, NY
Licensed for 39 years

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The Law Office of Terry D. Horner specializes in civil and criminal appeals in all New York State appellate courts, with 38 years' experience. Mr. Horner is admitted to the New York Bar, the federal District Courts in New York State, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Horner has represented civil and criminal clients in 150 appeals in the New York courts, with successes in the Court of Appeals, all four Appellate Divisions, and the Appellate Term.

Mr. Horner has been approved to handle assigned criminal appeals by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. In addition, he has researched and written perhaps 1,000 motions across the state involving a wide range of procedural and substantive issues.

Mr. Horner was formerly an appellate partner in a major statewide personal injury law firm, and was in public service as Chief Appellate Counsel for the Dutchess County Public Defender in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Practice areas

Appeals: 90%
Civll and criminal appeals in all New York State appellate courts
41 years
Litigation: 10%
Commercial litigation in all New York State courts
41 years

Languages spoken

English

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Law Office of Terry D. Horner

81 So. Hamilton Street
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601-4411

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
NY	Currently registered	1982	11/24/2021

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

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work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Attorney	Law Office of Terry D. Horner	2009 - Present
Partner	Finkelstein & Partners, LLP	1994 - 2009
Associate	Gellert & Klein, PC	1991 - 1994
Senior Assistant Public Defender	Dutchess County Public Defender's Office	1986 - 1990
Associate	Meiselman, Farber, Packman & Eberz, PC	1984 - 1986

Associate	Siff & Newman, PC	1981 - 1984

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Assigned Counsel Panel, Second Judicial Department		2019 - Present
Assigned Counsel Panel, Appellate Term, Second Judicial Department		2010 - Present
Assigned Counsel Panel, Second Judicial Department		2010 - 2015
Assigned Counsel Panel, Third Judicial Department		2009 - 2014

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
Brooklyn Law School	JD - Juris Doctor	1981
New York University	BA - Bachelor of Arts	1978

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Parker v. Navarra, 102 AD3d 935 (2d Dep't 2013)	Judgment for former wife affirmed, rejecting former husband's claim that the terms of the settlement agreement had been orally modified.
People v. Posner, 100 AD3d 805 (2d Dep't 2012)	Prison sentence vacated and case sent back to trial court for resentencing. DA agreed to 5 years' probation and to accept client's Social Security checks for 5 years in full satisfaction of $330,000 restitution. Client was not returned to prison.
Rice v. Hale, 9 AD3d 845 (4th Dep't 2004)	Dismissal of complaint reversed and new trial ordered, which resulted in $4 million verdict. Defendants appealed that; case settled for around $3 million.
People v. Coons, 75 NY2d 796 (1990)	Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, reversed conviction and sent case back for new trial. DA chose not to retry case.

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Terry Horner is a kind of lawyer you can't find easily!

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Posted by Sal
October 22, 2019

He is an excellent lawyer that responded me on avvo.com first. When I called him to discuss the details, he provided so much useful advice which benefited my case. You will not be wrong to hire him! A+++