Justin P. Walder Ranked by Chambers and Partners in its 2025 USA Guide
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. is proud to announce that Justin P. Walder, partner in the firm’s Criminal Defense and Investigations practice groups, has been ranked by Chambers and Partners in its 2025 USA Guide in New Jersey. This ranking marks 23 years that Walder has been ranked by Chambers and Partners.
“Justin has earned an outstanding reputation for his practice in white-collar criminal defense,” said Joseph A. Hayden, Jr., co-chair of the firm’s Criminal Defense and Investigations practices. “To be Chambers-ranked for 23 years is a testament to his unwavering commitment to excellence and professionalism.”
Walder has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the New Jersey Law Journal’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s 2018 Medal of Honor award, 2014 Daniel J. O’Hern Award, ACDL-NJ’s Hon. Lawrence A. Whipple Memorial Award, Essex County Bar Association’s Trial Attorney of the Year, Rutgers Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award.
Walder has served as New Jersey state deputy attorney general and as assistant Essex County prosecutor in charge of business fraud and economic crimes, and, nearly 30 years ago, he co-founded the firm of Walder Hayden. In addition to his active litigation practice, Walder has served as designated special counsel to the New Jersey Supreme Court and as counsel to the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts. He passes his legal knowledge on to others through service as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University School of Law and as an instructor for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. He has been a master and lecturer for the New Jersey Inns of Court, a faculty member of the New Jersey Judicial College, and an associate editor of the New Jersey Law Journal.
Walder particularly enjoys litigating cases involving novel or complex questions of law, and represented a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court in a successful challenge as to the constitutionality of increases of pension and health care costs for judges and justices of New Jersey. He has been a leading advocate for an independent judiciary.
Walder believes strongly in service to the legal community. He has served in a number of capacities, including, among others, as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Commission on Rules of Professional Conduct; as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Board on Trial Attorney Certification; and as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Fee Arbitration.
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The Chambers USA guide is published by Chambers & Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. The New Jersey Legal Awards are published by the New Jersey Law Journal. A description of the selection methodology can be found at Methodology: New Jersey Legal Awards (NJLA) 2023.
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