Thomas J. Snyder

Partner

Phone: (973) 586-4917

Fax: (973) 627-2858

Mr. Snyder devotes his practice exclusive to family law matters including alimony, child support, custody, parenting time, grandparents' visitation, equitable distribution and domestic violence cases.  

Over the course of his career he has been involved in, and litigated, many landmark cases in the state of New Jersey. Some of the notable cases include an international custody case involving the return of a child from Nigeria and the trial level proceedings of a case in New Jersey Family law in which the court said that the income used to form the basis of the valuation of a closely held business can also be used to calculate alimony depending on the circumstances of the case.

Mr. Snyder is an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association.   He is a member and past chair of the Family Law Executive Committee for the Family Law Section.  He has served on various committees associated with the New Jersey Bar Association and the Family Law Section of the State Bar including serving as a member of the Nominating Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association for the 2011 Term.  He has also served as the legislative chairperson for the Family Law Section and in that position advocated on behalf of the Bar Association with respect to various Bills pending before the New Jersey State Legislators, including the State Bar's efforts to effectuate the implementatin of Irreconcilable Differences as a cause of action for divorce in New Jersey.  As former Legislative Chair, he has testified on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association before state legislative sub-committees on hearings involving open adoption legislation. He is the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Associations Annual Distinguished Legislative Service Award for 2006.

As a member of the State Bar, he has also contributed to two New Jersey State Bar Association's amicus curiae briefs. The first was for a milestone New Jersey case addressing the issue of same sex couples' rights to a legally recognized marriage.  The other was for a case which addressed whether or not income from a discrectionary trust can be counted for the purpose of alimony and child support.

Mr. Synder lectures frequently on family law matters on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, and the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE). He has been interviewed on radio and television regarding emerging New Jersey family law issues, including appearing on NJN's talk show "Due Process," as well as providing debate and commentary on radio talk shows WNYC and WWRL-1600 AM, New York radio.  He has been recognized by Digital Press International, who named him one of the "Leading Divorce Attorneys, Age 45 and Under of Northern New Jersey" for 2004-2005

He was previously a Law Clerk for the Honorable Peter B. Cooper in Essex County, NJ. Mr. Snyder has participated in the Central Jersey Family Law Inns of Court. He is a member of the Morris County and Union County Bar Associations. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy program.