Mr. Talasnik is in charge of the legal staff and is responsible, with the approval of the Prosecutor, for the hiring, firing and transfer of assistant prosecutors within different sections of the office.

He also oversees the investigation, assignment and monitoring of all homicide cases and police shooting cases.

Mr. Talasnik received his B.A. from Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio in 1971 and received his law degree in 1974 from Villanova Law School in Pennsylvania.

Following his admission to the practice of law in New Jersey, Mr. Talasnik served as a judicial clerk in the Chancery and Civil Divisions of Superior Court in Cumberland County, New Jersey before becoming an associate with a small Cumberland County general practice firm.   In 1976, Mr. Talasnik was hired as an Assistant Deputy Public Defender for the Cumberland, Salem and Cape May County region and served as a trial attorney with that office for three years.

In 1980, he was hired as an assistant prosecutor in the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office serving first as a trial attorney and then as Chief of the Trial Division.   In 1985, Mr. Talasnik was promoted to Cumberland County First Assistant Prosecutor.   Mr. Talasnik held that position until February 1988 when he joined the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office as Chief of the Trial Section.   In July 1991, Mr. Talasnik was promoted by Prosecutor Blitz to First Assistant Prosecutor in Atlantic County, the position he currently holds.

Mr. Talasnik is a member of the Atlantic County Criminal Division Speedy Trial Committee and is also a trustee of the Atlantic County Bar Association.