Committeeman Sean F. Byrnes, Esq.

Byrnes, a Monmouth County native, has served on the Red Bank Board of Education, Red Bank River Center and as a founding Board Trustee with the Parker Clinic. He served five years as Chairman of the Board of the Red Bank Branch of the YMCA, and two years as their Chief Volunteer Officer. Over the years, he has coached basketball and soccer in Red Bank and Middletown. He also serves as a minister and lector at the Church of St. Leo the Great, Lincroft.

Byrnes, who has served as the Prosecutor in Atlantic Highlands, opened his own general law practice in 2004. Previously, he was a partner in the Red Bank law firm of McKenna, DuPont, Higgins & Byrnes. He had also worked as a trial lawyer for McCarter & English, Newark. Byrnes retired as a Commander from the United States Coast Guard after 22 years of service. Over the years his duties have included serving as an Operations Officer on Coast Guard Cutter Gentian, preparation of operating budgets for Coast Guard units, serving as a staff attorney, and most recently as an Assistant Chief of Staff for the Coast Guard in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

Byrnes holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a bachelor of science degree in Government from the United State Coast Guard Academy. During his military service, he also graduated from the Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcement School and received numerous awards, including two Commendation medals. He and his wife, Anne Clabby Byrnes, have five children.