Awards & Recognition

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2023 Law Firm of the Year Award.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. was selected as a finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2024 and  2021 Law Firm of the Year Award.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Appellate Litigation Practice Group was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal in 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 as the Appellate Litigation Department of the Year. No firm received the award for 2023.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Litigation Practice Group was selected as a finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2024 and 2023 General Litigation Department of the Year Award.

Chambers USA 2024 guide has ranked the firm in New Jersey in the fields of General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations. In addition, six firm partners were included in the rankings for 2024.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights Practice Group was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal as winner for its 2024 Dealmakers Award.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Cannabis & Hemp Law Practice Group was selected as a finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal for its 2024 Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Award.

The firm was recommended by Benchmark Litigation - a guide to America's leading litigation firms and attorneys, for its litigation practice.

The firm has earned 16 metropolitan rankings in New Jersey in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” including Appellate Practice (Tier 1); Commercial Litigation (Tier 1); Corporate Governance Law (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); First Amendment Law (Tier 1); Litigation – Construction (Tier 1); Litigation – First Amendment (Tier 1); Real Estate Law (Tier 1); Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 2); Construction Law (Tier 2); Family Law (Tier 2); Litigation Bankruptcy (Tier 2); Corporate Compliance Law (Tier 3). The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms is published by Best Lawyers®. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawfirms.com/methodology. 

Best Lawyers, a guide to legal excellence based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, has included seventeen of the firm's partners for its list for 2024, and has included nine attorneys in its "Ones to Watch" list for 2024.

Thirty attorneys have been included in the 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Twenty attorneys were named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list and another ten were included in the New Jersey's Rising Stars list - attorneys who are 40 years old or younger, or have been in practice for 10 or fewer years.

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. 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 P.C.

The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

The Rising Stars list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

The Best Lawyers list and Ones to Watch list is issued by Woodward/White, Inc. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawyers.com/About/MethodologyBasic.aspx.

The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms is published by BL Rankings, LLC. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawfirms.com/methodology. 

The 2024 edition of Best Law Firms is published by Best Lawyers®. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawfirms.com/methodology. 

Prior to 2023: The Best Law Firms list is published by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawfirms.com/methodology.

The Chambers USA ranking list is published by Chambers & Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://chambers.com/about-us/methodology.

The Benchmark Litigation list is published by the Delinian Group. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://benchmarklitigation.com/Methodology/UnitedStates

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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