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Honors & Awards

Litigation Department of the Year Award

Pashman Stein was selected as a finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2015 Litigation Department of the Year Award under the General Litigation (Midsize Firms) category. The firm was also selected as a finalist for the 2013 Litigation Department of the Year Award under the Insurance category.

Chambers USA

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized the firm for its Commercial Litigation practice. In addition, two firm partners were included in the rankings in the area of white collar crime and commercial litigation in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Best Law Firms

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C. has been named among New Jersey's Best Law Firms for Commercial Litigation (Tier 1), Criminal Defense: General Practice (Tier 1), Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Tier 1), Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law (Tier 1), and Family Law (Tier 3), according to the 2017 "Best Law Firms" rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. This represents the fourth consecutive year the firm receives a ranking by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.

Best Lawyers in America

Best Lawyers, a guide to legal excellence based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, has selected many of the firm's partners for its attorney ranking for 2013-2017.

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Recent News

11Oct
Justin Walder to Speak at Rutgers Law School
On November 7, the Criminal Law Society and Corporate Law and Governance Society of Rutgers Law School will host a White Collar Crime career panel. Justin Walder, co-chair of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden's Litigation group will provide an overview of his transition from law school to the Attorney General's office.…
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10Oct
Motions for Discovery Filed Against The Pingry School for the Sexual Abuse of a Former Fifth Grade Student
A motion to compel discovery was filed today in the Superior Court of New Jersey—Essex County against The Pingry School by the law firm of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden (PSWH) on behalf of a former fifth grade Pingry student who was sexually abused by a teacher at Pingry in the 1970s. The initial complaint, filed in March of this year, alleges that Pingry was aware of the sexual abuse and fraudulently concealed it from the public and in particular the parents of Pingry students.…
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Meet Our Attorneys

  • Bruce J. Ackerman

    Partner
    Bruce Ackerman chairs the firm's Corporate/Commercial practice and has more than thirty years of experience advising clients on…
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  • Dawn Attwood

    Partner
    Ms. Attwood's practice concentrates primarily on complex civil litigation on behalf of both public and private sector clients, …
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  • Jason D. Attwood

    Partner
    Mr. Attwood’s practice focuses on civil litigation, representing both private and public entity clients. Mr. Attwood has a broa…
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  • Monica Babula

    Associate
    Monica Babula is an associate in the firm’s Trusts & Estates, & Elder Law practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Ms. Babul…
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  • Andrew Bayer

    Partner
    Andrew Bayer’s practice is devoted to litigation, municipal law and land use with a specialty in the Mt. Laurel doctrine. He re…
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  • Jennifer A. Borg

    Of Counsel
    Jennifer Borg is the former General Counsel and Vice President of North Jersey Media Group Inc. The Company published more than…
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  • James W. Boyan III

    Partner
    Jim provides practical advice to clients on various federal, state and local labor and employment laws. He has represented clie…
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  • Suzanne Bradley

    Associate
    Suzanne M. Bradley is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, Ms. Bradley…
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  • Janie Byalik

    Counsel
    Janie Byalik is a litigation attorney with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden and has practiced with the firm since 2009. Ms.…
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  • Milton Chambers

    Of Counsel
    Milt Chambers has over 40 years of experience providing legal services in the New York area. He represents banks, financial ins…
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  • David N. Cinotti

    Counsel
    David Cinotti focuses his practice on commercial litigation, international and domestic arbitration, and appellate litigation. …
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  • Joseph J. Colao, Jr.

    Partner
    Jay Colao’s practice is primarily devoted to litigation involving matters related to small and mid-size businesses before all l…
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  • Naomi Becker Collier

    Counsel
    Naomi Becker Collier’s practice is concentrated in the area of trust and estates with an emphasis on addressing the specific ne…
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  • Erik M. Corlett

    Partner
    Erik M. Corlett is a Partner with the firm’s Litigation practice. Mr. Corlett represents clients in complex litigation matters …
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  • Barry H. Evenchick

    Partner
    Barry Evenchick focuses his practice in litigation in particular in the areas of trial and appellate litigation, criminal law, …
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  • Victoria Friedrich

    Associate
    Victoria Friedrich is an associate in the firm’s Trusts & Estates practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, Vict…
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  • Matthew E. Frisch

    Associate
    Matthew E. Frisch is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice. Mr. Frisch concentrates his practice on complex litigation ma…
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  • Joseph L. Goldman

    Partner
    Joseph Goldman is head of the Trust & Estates practice at the firm. He concentrates his practice on sophisticated trust and es…
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  • Maxiel L. Gomez

    Partner
    Ms. Gomez is a litigator with a focus on employment and immigration law. Ms. Gomez has extensive experience representing clien…
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  • CJ Griffin

    Partner
    CJ Griffin focuses her practice primarily on Media Law, Access to Public Records, and Appellate Advocacy. Prior to joining Pash…
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  • Joseph A. Hayden, Jr.

    Partner
    Joseph A. Hayden, Jr.'s legal career spans over four decades. Joe began his legal career as a law clerk to the Chief Justice of…
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  • Tracy Julian

    Partner
    Ms. Julian is a partner in the firm’s Family Law and Commercial Litigation groups and serves as Chair of the Family Law Group. …
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  • J. John Kim

    Partner
    Mr. Kim engages in a broad-based complex commercial litigation practice with experience in contract disputes, commercial torts,…
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  • Zachary Levy

    Associate
    Zachary Levy is an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group. While at Widener University School of Law, Zach was a mem…
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  • Jennifer A. Lifschitz

    Counsel
    Jen Lifschitz focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions. She represents a variety of clients in connection w…
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  • Scott R. Lippert

    Partner
    Scott Lippert heads the firm’s real estate department. Mr. Lippert joined the firm as a shareholder in 2003. He focuses his pra…
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  • Robyn K. Lym

    Associate
    Robyn Lym is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, Ms. Lym was a litig…
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  • Sean Mack

    Partner
    Sean Mack is the Co-Chair of the firm's Litigation Practice. Sean’s practice focusses on complex disputes involving unfair bus…
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  • Timothy P. Malone

    Associate
    Timothy Malone is an associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Tim worked as a Deputy Attorn…
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  • Valerie Jules McCarthy

    Associate
    Valerie Jules McCarthy is an Associate in the firm’s Family Law practice. Ms. McCarthy’s practice is primarily devoted to famil…
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  • Dillon J. McGuire

    Associate
    Dillon McGuire is an associate in the firm’s Criminal Defense and Governmental and Internal Investigations practice. Dillon ea…
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  • Aidan P. O'Connor

    Partner
    Aidan P. O'Connor is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and the Co-Chair of its Criminal Defense Practice Group, conc…
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  • Howard Pashman

    Associate
    Howard Pashman is an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, Howard practic…
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  • Louis Pashman

    Of Counsel
    Louis Pashman has extensive experience in corporate law, commercial transactions, estate planning, family law, and appellate ma…
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  • James A. Plaisted

    Partner
    James A. Plaisted has decades of experience as a criminal defense attorney, civil litigator, and prosecutor. He has argued succ…
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  • Roger Plawker

    Partner
    Roger Plawker practices in the areas of business litigation, attorney ethics, criminal defense, intellectual property litigatio…
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  • Samuel J. Samaro

    Partner
    My background is in employment litigation and counseling and I still devote about half of my time to that work. I have 30 years…
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  • Ranit Shiff

    Counsel
    Ranit Shiff is a lawyer in the firm’s Litigation Practice. Ranit has represented clients at all stages of civil litigation from…
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  • Ronny Jo Siegal

    Partner
    The Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal joined Pashman Stein after serving for more than eight years as a Judge of the Superior Court, Ch…
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  • Alan Silber

    Of Counsel
    Alan Silber has litigated cases in numerous federal and state courts across the United States. He has tried a variety of major …
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  • John H. Skarbnik

    Of Counsel
    Born and raised in New Jersey, John was inspired to practice law by his father and two uncles, all of whom were attorneys. He s…
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  • Dennis T. Smith

    Partner
    Dennis Smith, a founding member of the firm, Chairs the firm’s policyholder practice. Pashman Stein has obtained coverage for …
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  • Matthew A. Smuro

    Counsel
    Matthew Smuro is an attorney at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, and concentrates his practice on Family and Matrimonial Law. Mr. S…
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  • Gary S. Stein

    Special Counsel
    Justice Stein joined Pashman Stein after serving for more than 17 years on the New Jersey State Supreme Court. As a Justice, he…
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  • Michael S. Stein

    Managing Partner
    Michael Stein is the firm’s Chair and Managing Partner. He specializes in general commercial litigation, chancery litigation, l…
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  • Robert P. Stein

    Special Counsel
    Robert Stein is a Special Counsel in the firm’s Litigation Practice. He handles complex litigation matters with a focus on inte…
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  • Linda Torosian

    Associate
    Linda Torosian is an Associate in the firm’s Family Law practice. Ms. Torosian’s practice is primarily devoted to family law. …
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  • Jeffrey A. Walder

    Of Counsel
    Jeffrey Walder concentrates his practice in the areas of environmental litigation and compliance and commercial litigation. His…
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  • Justin P. Walder

    Partner
    Justin P. Walder is the co-chair of the firm's Litigation practice. He has amassed a wealth of legal knowledge from a variety o…
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  • Steven G. Walder

    Partner
    Steven focuses his practice in the areas of business litigation, criminal defense, attorney ethics, corporate law, insurance la…
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  • Brendan M. Walsh

    Partner
    Brendan Walsh focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and appellate advocacy. His experience extends across all stage…
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  • David White

    Of Counsel
    David White is a litigator with extensive experience in a broad range of business law issues before the state and federal court…
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  • Brian J. Yarzab

    Associate
    Brian provides counsel and representation to applicants in zoning and land use matters before municipal and regional boards. He…
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  • Marc M. Yenicag

    Associate
    Marc Yenicag is an associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. Marc earned his J.D., cum laude, from Rutgers University School…
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  • Yelena Yukhvid

    Associate
    Yelena Yukhvid is an associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. Prior to joining Pashman Stein, Ms. Yukhvid clerked for the H…
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  • Michael J. Zoller

    Associate
    Michael J. Zoller is an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation Practice. Mr. Zoller has been with Pashman Stein since graduating la…
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