Herbert Horn's Obituary
The Honorable Herbert Horn, a highly esteemed trial lawyer for many years in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Judge of The Superior Court of New Jersey, retired, passed away on June 7 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Judge Horn was born on December 16, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pa and was one of the six children of Mary and Michael Horn. He and his siblings were raised by their loving mother, Mary, who eventually moved the family to Atlantic City. His siblings, all deceased were: Jean, Rose, Ruth, Al and Claire.
Judge Horn married Pauline Smith, an Atlantic City native in 1934. They had two children, Leonard and Rhoda.
Judge Horn graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1929 and The Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pa. in 1932. He entered the practice of law as an associate of the prominent Atlantic City law firm of Thompson and Hanstein, where, due to his extraordinary legal and trial skills, he became a partner, in the successor firm of Thompson, Lloyd and Horn. The name of the firm changed several times over the years from Lloyd and Horn; Lloyd, Horn and Perskie; and Lloyd, Horn, Megargee and Steedle.
Judge Horn's success as a trial lawyer was well known. During his illustrious career as a lawyer, The Atlantic City Press, as it was then known, published an article about him titled The King of Torts.
In 1964, then Governor of New Jersey, Richard Hughes, anxious to fill the New Jersey judiciary with competent, honorable and skilled trial lawyers, nominated Judge Horn to The New Jersey Superior Court Trial Division. Ultimately, Judge Horn became Assignment Judge over Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties. He presided over the design and construction of the Atlantic County Courthouse and later was appointed to the Appellate Division of The New Jersey Superior Court, from which position, by law, he was required to retire at the age of seventy. In all his various duties on The New Jersey Superior Court, he served with distinction and honor.
After moving to West Palm Beach, Florida, he studied for and successfully passed the bar exam to become licensed to practice law in Florida. While he was essentially retired, he did some legal work and served many years as the President of The Consulate, in The Lands of President where he had resided in one its condominiums in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Judge Horn was a truly loving father to his children and remained so during his many years of retirement in Florida.
Judge Horn is survived by his two children, Leonard Horn, Esq. and Rhoda Malamut and his grandchildren and great grandchildren. His grandchildren are Steven Horn, Esq., Nancy Zeltner, Lisa Bress, Susan Stiglitz and Judy Levine-McHale. His great grandchildren are Eric Zeltner, Julia Zeltner, Allie Horn, Jake Horn, Hannah Bress, Carly Bress and Kate Stiglitz.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent in his blessed memory to Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation located at 61 Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway N.J. 08240 or a charity of your choice. Contributions can be done on-line at www.bacharach.org.
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