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Honors & Awards

Chambers USA

Chambers USA 2021 guide has recognized the firm as one of the top law firms in New Jersey in the fields of General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. In addition, five firm partners were included in the rankings for 2021.

Regional Powerhouse

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden named a 2018 Regional Powerhouse by Law360 in recognition of the firm’s accomplishments over the past year in regulatory and litigation matters.

Appellate Litigation Department of the Year - Four Years in a Row

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden’s Appellate Litigation Practice Group was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal in 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 as the Appellate Litigation Department of the Year.

Litigation Department of the Year Award - Finalist

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.

Best Law Firms

The Firm was named among New Jersey's Best Law Firms for Commercial Litigation (Tier 1), Corporate Law (Tier 1), Criminal Defense: General Practice (Tier 1), Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Tier 1), Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law (Tier 1), Appellate Practice (Tier 2), Real Estate Law (Tier 3), according to the 2021 “Best Law Firms” rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. Published by U.S. News & World Report November 2020. This represents the sixth consecutive year the firm receives a ranking by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.

Law Firm of the Year - Finalist

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden was selected as a finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2021 Law Firm of the Year Award

Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden received the 2020 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the New Jersey State Bar Association, which award was in part based on the work done by the firm through the Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

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Pashman Stein Receives Final Approval of $25 Million Settlement on Behalf of Class of Inmates and their Family Members
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden partners James A. Plaisted and Justin P. Walder, along with co-counsel James Cecchi and Lindsey Taylor of Carella Byrne, are pleased to announce that the U.S. District Court of New Jersey has approved a final settlement of up to $25 million in favor of a statewide class of inmates and their families in an action against Global Tel Link Corp.…
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Meet Our Attorneys

  • Bruce J. Ackerman

    Partner
    Bruce Ackerman chairs the Firm’s Corporate/Commercial practice and has more than 30 years of experience advising clients on a w…
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  • Samantha T. Alexander

    Associate
    Samantha T. Alexander is an associate in the firm’s Corporate & Business Law practice and Commercial Real Estate practice…
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  • Denise Alvarez

    Counsel
    Denise Alvarez is Counsel in the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group where her practice focuses on various forms of com…
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  • Dawn Attwood

    Partner
    Dawn 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
    Jason Attwood's practice focuses on civil litigation, representing both private and public entity clients.…
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  • Darcy Baboulis-Gyscek

    Associate
    Darcy Baboulis-Gyscek is an associate in the Firm's litigation practice and joins Pashman Stein Walder Hayden following her cle…
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  • Monica Babula

    Associate
    Monica Babula is an associate in the Firm’s Trusts & Estates, and Elder Law practices.…
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  • Andrew Bayer

    Partner
    Andrew Bayer’s practice is devoted to municipal law, commercial and employment defense litigation, and land use law with a spec…
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  • Jennifer A. Borg

    Of Counsel
    Jennifer Borg is the former general counsel, vice president and corporate secretary of North Jersey Media Group Inc.…
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  • James W. Boyan III

    Partner
    Jim Boyan is an experienced employment lawyer and a seasoned litigator. He provides practical advice to clients on various fede…
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  • Raymond M. Brown

    Partner
    Raymond M. Brown has decades of experience as a highly respected civil and criminal litigator.…
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  • Lisa M. Buckley

    Partner
    Lisa M. Buckley serves as Chair of the Intellectual Property practice and a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice.…
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  • Janie Byalik

    Partner
    Janie Byalik is a litigation attorney with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden and has practiced with the Firm since 2009. Janie’s prac…
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  • Kelly Carey

    Of Counsel
    Kelly Carey’s practice focuses on land use and zoning, redevelopment and municipal matters.…
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  • Milton Chambers

    Of Counsel
    Milt Chambers has over 40 years of experience providing legal services in the New York area.…
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  • Oren M. Chaplin

    Partner
    Oren M. Chaplin is a corporate and business law attorney who acts as outside general counsel to businesses and business owners …
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  • Doris Cheung

    Counsel
    Doris Cheung is Counsel in the firm’s Litigation and Appellate Advocacy practices.…
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  • David N. Cinotti

    Partner
    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

    Partner
    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. Erik represents clients in complex litigation matters pertain…
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  • Joseph A. D'Avanzo

    Partner
    Joseph A. D’Avanzo is the managing partner of the Firm’s New York office. Joe has a broad-based practice that includes complex …
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  • Barry H. Evenchick

    Partner
    Barry Evenchick focuses his practice in litigation, particularly 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.…
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  • Matthew E. Frisch

    Counsel
    Matthew E. Frisch is a member of the Firm’s Litigation practice. Matt concentrates his practice on complex litigation matters p…
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  • Joseph L. Goldman

    Partner
    Joseph Goldman is head of the Trusts & Estates practice at the Firm. He concentrates his practice on sophisticated trust and es…
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  • CJ Griffin

    Partner
    CJ Griffin’s legal practice focuses on media law, appellate advocacy, employment, criminal defense and cannabis law.…
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  • Daniel R. Guadalupe

    Partner
    Daniel R. Guadalupe serves as a trusted advisor to many domestic and international businesses on a wide range of matters with c…
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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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  • Gregg H. Hilzer

    Partner
    Gregg H. Hilzer is a partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden who focuses his practice on cannabis law, white-collar criminal inv…
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  • Frank Huttle III

    Partner
    Frank Huttle joins Pashman Stein Walder Hayden with 35 years of varied and sophisticated financial and legal experience in busi…
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  • Tracy Julian

    Partner
    Tracy serves as chair of the firm’s Family Law practice group and is a partner in the Family Law and Litigation practices.…
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  • J. John Kim

    Partner
    John Kim engages in a broad-based complex commercial litigation practice with experience in contract disputes, commercial torts…
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  • Ellen L. Koblitz

    Special Counsel
    The Honorable Ellen L. Koblitz (Ret.) is special counsel in the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice and Appellate Adv…
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  • Deanna L. Koestel

    Partner
    Deanna L. Koestel concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, construction law, and general business law matters in New…
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  • Justin P. Kolbenschlag

    Partner
    As partner in the firm’s Litigation, Employment Law, Criminal Defense and Governmental and Internal Investigations, and Cannabi…
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  • Joshua P. Law

    Associate
    Joshua P. Law is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation and Appellate Advocacy practices.…
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  • Zachary Levy

    Associate
    Zachary Levy joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden in 2014 as an associate in the Firm’s Litigation practice. Zach represents indi…
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  • Jennifer A. Lifschitz

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

    Partner
    Scott Lippert is chair of the Firm’s Commercial Real Estate practice. Scott joined the Firm as a shareholder in 2003. He focuse…
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  • Sean Mack

    Partner
    Sean Mack is the co-chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice and chair of the Cannabis and Hemp practice.…
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  • Timothy P. Malone

    Partner
    Timothy Malone is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation practice.…
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  • Frank P. Marino

    Of Counsel
    Frank Marino concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, business succession pl…
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  • Amanda J. Massey

    Associate
    Amanda J. Massey (née Muhaw) is an Associate in the firm’s Family Law practice.…
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  • Valerie Jules McCarthy

    Counsel
    Valerie Jules McCarthy is Counsel in the Firm’s Family Law practice.…
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  • Keith D. McDonald

    Partner
    Keith D. McDonald concentrates his practice on commercial litigation, labor and employment law, and higher education law.…
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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.…
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  • Aidan P. O'Connor

    Partner
    Aidan P. O’Connor is the co-chair of the Firm’s Criminal Defense Practice Group and a member of its Litigation Department, conc…
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  • Howard Pashman

    Associate
    Howard Pashman is an associate in the Firm’s litigation practice.…
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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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  • Chirali V. Patel

    Associate
    Chirali V. Patel is an associate in the firm’s Cannabis & Hemp Law and Litigation practices.…
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  • Stuart Peim

    Of Counsel
    The Honorable Stuart Peim (Ret.) joined the firm as Of Counsel in 2020 after spending 19 years as Superior Court Judge in Union…
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  • James A. Plaisted

    Partner
    James A. Plaisted has decades of experience as a criminal defense attorney, civil litigator and prosecutor.…
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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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  • Svetlana (Lana) Ros

    Partner
    Lana Ros is the chair of the Firm’s Health Care Practice.…
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  • Samuel J. Samaro

    Partner
    Samuel Samaro's background is in employment litigation and counseling, and he still devotes about half of his time to that work…
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  • Ranit Shiff

    Counsel
    Ranit Shiff is a lawyer in the Firm’s Litigation practice.…
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  • Ronny Jo Siegal

    Partner
    The Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden after serving for more than eight years as a judge of the Supe…
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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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  • Rachel E. Simon

    Associate
    Rachel E. Simon concentrates her practice on complex litigation matters on behalf of individuals, businesses, and entities in b…
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  • Dennis T. Smith

    Partner
    Dennis Smith, a founding member of the Firm, chairs the Firm’s Policyholder practice.…
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  • Matthew A. Smuro

    Partner
    Matthew Smuro is an attorney at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, and concentrates his practice on family and matrimonial law.…
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  • Gary S. Stein

    Special Counsel
    Justice Gary Stein joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden after serving for more than 17 years on the New Jersey State Supreme Cour…
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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 int…
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  • James R. Strull

    Of Counsel
    Jim Strull has practiced law in New Jersey since 1974 and in New York since 1981. He has concentrated his practice in the areas…
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  • Linda Torosian

    Associate
    Linda Torosian is an associate in the Firm’s Family Law practice. Her educational background and professional training led her …
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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.…
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  • Justin P. Walder

    Partner
    Justin P. Walder is the co-chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice. He is the 2018 recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Founda…
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  • Steven G. Walder

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

    Partner
    Brendan Walsh focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.…
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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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  • Jane F. Wolk

    Of Counsel
    Jane F. Wolk is Of Counsel in the Firm's Trusts & Estates and Elder Law practice. Her practice includes all aspects of probate …
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  • Brian J. Yarzab

    Counsel
    Brian Yarzab provides counsel and representation to applicants in zoning and land use matters before municipal and regional boa…
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  • Marc M. Yenicag

    Associate
    Marc Yenicag is an associate in the firm’s Litigation and Cannabis & Hemp Law practices.…
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  • Yelena Yukhvid

    Associate
    Yelena Yukhvid is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation practice.…
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  • Michael J. Zoller

    Counsel
    Michael J. Zoller is counsel in the Firm’s Litigation practice.…
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