Twenty-Six Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. Attorneys Included in Best Lawyers® in America 2026 Lists

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8.21.25

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. is proud to announce that 26 of its attorneys have been included in Best Lawyers® in America 2026 lists: twenty-three attorneys have been included in The Best Lawyers in America® list and three attorneys have been included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list, 2026 editions. According to Best Lawyers, recognition is based on peer review and their process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.

In addition, the following attorneys have been included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers® list as the publication’s “Lawyer of the Year” for the Hackensack region in the practice area set forth below. According to Best Lawyers, this honor is awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with the highest overall feedback from their peers.

• Deanna L. Koestel - Construction Law (Chair, Construction Law, Partner, Commercial Litigation, and Executive Committee Member)
• Aidan P. O’Connor - Criminal Defense: White-Collar (Co-Chair, Criminal Defense and Governmental and Internal Investigations practices)

The 23 Pashman Stein attorneys included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America list and their recognized practice areas are:

• Bruce J. Ackerman (Corporate Law) (Co-Chair, Corporate & Business Law)
• Raymond M. Brown (Cannabis Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar) (Partner)
• Jhanice V. Domingo (Family Law, Family Law Arbitration, and Family Law Mediation) (Chair, Family Law)
• Leah M. Eisenberg (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) (Partner, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
• CJ Griffin (Appellate Practice, Civil Rights Law, and Media Law) (Partner and Director of the Stein Public Interest Center)
• Daniel R. Guadalupe (Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction) (Partner)
• Joseph A. Hayden, Jr. (Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar) (Co-Chair, Criminal Defense and Governmental and Internal Investigations)
• Henry J. Jaffe (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) (Partner, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
• Ellen L. Koblitz, P.J.A.D. (Ret.) (Appellate Practice, Family Law, Family Law Arbitration) (Special Counsel, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Advocacy, Criminal Defense, and Family Law)
• Deanna L. Koestel (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction) (Chair, Construction Law, Partner, Commercial Litigation, and Executive Committee Member)
• Scott R. Lippert (Real Estate Law) (Co-Chair, Commercial Real Estate)
• Sean Mack (Commercial Litigation) (Co-Chair of Cannabis & Hemp Law, Co-Chair of Litigation, and Member, Executive Committee)
• Aidan P. O'Connor (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) (Co-Chair, Criminal Defense and Governmental and Internal Investigations practices)
• Louis Pashman (Real Estate Law) (Of Counsel)
• Richard W. Riley (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy) (Counsel, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
• Bruce S. Rosen (Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, First Amendment Law, and Litigation – First Amendment) (Partner)
• Ronny Jo Siegal, J.S.C. (Ret.) (Family Law and Family Law Litigation) (Special Counsel, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law)
• Alan Silber (Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar) (Of Counsel)
• David E. Sklar (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) (Associate, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
• Michael S. Stein (Appellate Practice, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law and Commercial Litigation) (Firm Chair and Managing Partner)
• David B. Stratton (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) (Senior Counsel, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights)
• Justin P. Walder (Appellate Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law) (Partner, Criminal Defense and Litigation)
• John W. Weiss (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation - Bankruptcy) (Chair, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights and Member, Executive Committee).

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America list includes attorneys who are earlier in their careers and have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The three attorneys included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2026 list and their recognized practice areas are:

• Darcy Baboulis-Gyscek (Commercial Litigation) (Counsel, Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, and Criminal Defense)
• Dillon McGuire (Criminal Defense: General Practice and Commercial Litigation) (Partner, Criminal Defense, Governmental & Internal Investigations, Securities Regulatory Enforcement & Litigation, and Litigation)
• Marc M. Yenicag (Commercial Litigation) (Counsel, Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, and Criminal Defense)

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The Best Lawyers in America list and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America lists are issued by BL Rankings, LLC. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawyers.com/About/MethodologyBasic.aspx