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Bruce Ackerman chairs the Firm’s Corporate/Commercial practice and has more than 30 years of experience advising clients on a wide variety of business-related matters.

Dawn Attwood’s practice concentrates primarily on complex civil litigation on behalf of both public- and private-sector clients, with special emphasis on public entity and insurance defense, as well as employment and commercial litigation.

Jason Attwood's practice focuses on civil litigation, representing both private and public entity clients.

Andrew Bayer’s practice is devoted to litigation, municipal law and land use with a specialty in the Mt. Laurel doctrine.

Jim Boyan is an experienced employment lawyer and a seasoned litigator. He provides practical advice to clients on various federal and state employment laws. He has represented clients in state and federal courts and various administrative agencies.

Raymond M. Brown has decades of experience as a highly respected civil and criminal litigator.

Janie Byalik is a litigation attorney with Pashman Stein Walder Hayden and has practiced with the Firm since 2009. Janie’s practice focuses mainly on complex commercial and general civil litigation.

Oren M. Chaplinis is a corporate and business law attorney who acts as outside general counsel to businesses and business owners on legal, compliance, and contracting issues in both regular operations and special/extraordinary transactions and initiatives.

David Cinotti focuses his practice on commercial litigation, international and domestic arbitration, and appellate litigation. He has represented clients in the financial-services, hospitality, e-commerce, real estate and health care industries, among others.

Jay Colao’s practice is primarily devoted to litigation involving matters related to small and mid size businesses before all levels of New Jersey state and federal courts as well as the American Arbitration Association.

Naomi Becker Collier’s practice is concentrated in the area of trust and estates with an emphasis on addressing the specific needs of aging individuals, people with disabilities, and their families.

Erik M. Corlett is a partner with the Firm’s Litigation practice. Erik represents clients in complex litigation matters pertaining to commercial and corporate law, trusts and estates law, and personal injury matters.

Joseph A. D’Avanzo is the managing partner of the Firm’s New York office. Joe has a broad-based practice that includes complex commercial and civil liability litigation in both state and federal courts.

Barry Evenchick focuses his practice in litigation, particularly in the areas of trial and appellate litigation, criminal law, business law, commercial law, employment law, administrative law, real estate, and zoning and planning.

Joseph Goldman is head of the Trusts & Estates practice at the Firm. He concentrates his practice on sophisticated trust and estate planning and administration, business succession planning, and business transactional matters.

CJ Griffin’s legal practice focuses on media law, appellate advocacy, employment, criminal defense and cannabis law.

Daniel R. Guadalupe serves as a trusted advisor to many domestic and international businesses on a wide range of matters with commercial litigation and transactional experience across the world.

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 the New Jersey Supreme Court, and was then appointed deputy attorney general in the Organized Crime and Special Prosecution Section of the Division of Criminal Justice.

Gregg H. Hilzer is a partner at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden who focuses his practice on cannabis law, white-collar criminal investigations, complex commercial and securities litigation, state and federal regulatory inquiries and internal investigations.

Frank Huttle joins Pashman Stein Walder Hayden with 35 years of varied and sophisticated financial and legal experience in business advisory services.

Tracy is a partner in the Firm’s Family Law and Commercial Litigation groups and serves as chair of the Family Law Group. Her family law practice serves clients in a wide range of matters including divorce, equitable distribution, alimony, child support and child custody.

John Kim engages in a broad-based complex commercial litigation practice with experience in contract disputes, commercial torts, partnership and shareholder disputes, commercial landlord-tenant and property disputes, estate litigation, products liability, RICO civil litigation, civil conspiracy, fraud, securities litigation, financial services litigation, legal malpractice, regulatory enforcement, and special investigations.

Deanna L. Koestel concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, construction law, and general business law matters in New Jersey and New York. She is co-chair of the firm’s Construction Law practice.

Jen Lifschitz focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions. She represents a variety of clients in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, financings and leasing transactions. Jen also assists clients with general corporate matters.

Scott Lippert is chair of the Firm’s Commercial Real Estate practice. Scott joined the Firm as a shareholder in 2003. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate sales (including tax-deferred exchanges pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code), acquisitions,

Sean Mack is the co-chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice and chair of the Cannabis and Hemp practice.

Timothy Malone is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation practice.

Keith D. McDonald concentrates his practice on commercial litigation, labor and employment law, and higher education law.

Aidan P. O’Connor is the co-chair of the Firm’s Criminal Defense Practice Group and a member of its Litigation Department, concentrating on criminal defense, internal investigations and complex civil litigation, including securities fraud matters.

James A. Plaisted has decades of experience as a criminal defense attorney, civil litigator and prosecutor.

Roger Plawker practices in the areas of business litigation, attorney ethics, criminal defense, intellectual property litigation and licensing, and employment law.

Lana Ros is the chair of the Firm’s Health Care Practice.

Samuel Samaro's background is in employment litigation and counseling, and he still devotes about half of his time to that work.

The Honorable Ronny Jo Siegal joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden after serving for more than eight years as a judge of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, in both Bergen and Passaic counties.

Dennis Smith, a founding member of the Firm, chairs the Firm’s Policyholder practice.

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

Michael Stein is the Firm’s chair and managing partner. He specializes in general commercial litigation, chancery litigation, legal ethics and appellate advocacy.

Justin P. Walder is the co-chair of the Firm’s Litigation practice. He is the 2018 recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation Medal of Honor.

Steven Walder focuses his practice in the areas of business litigation, criminal defense, attorney ethics, corporate law, insurance law and employment law.

Brendan Walsh focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.