2023 Attorney Rankings and Awards Recap

News

1.3.24

Forty lawyers at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. received many highly regarded industry rankings and awards in 2023. Chambers USA, the New Jersey Law Journal, New Jersey State Bar Association, Women Lawyers in Bergen, Bergen County Bar Association, New Jersey Super Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America®, InsiderNJ and others have recognized our attorneys for their work in a broad array of practice areas. We are proud to work with such an impressive group of professionals and are grateful for their dedication to our clients and firm.

Bruce J. Ackerman

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Corporate Law
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business/ Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate: Business

Dawn Attwood

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list – Civil Litigation: Defense, General Litigation, Appellate

Darcy Baboulis-Gyscek

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

Joseph C. Barsalona II

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Raymond M. Brown

• Ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: White-Collar Crimes & Government Investigations
• Honoree in the Private Sector category at the Women’s Initiative and Leaders in Law Platinum Gala
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Cannabis Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Criminal Defense: General Practice, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, General Litigation

Oren M. Chaplin

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business/Corporate, Closely Held Business, Mergers & Acquisitions

Doris Cheung

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

David N. Cinotti

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business Litigation, Appellate

Jhanice V. Domingo

• Recipient of the 2023 Diversity in the Profession Award by the Bergen County Bar Association and Women Lawyers in Bergen
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Family Law, Family Law Arbitration
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list – Family Law

Matthew E. Frisch

• Included in the 2023 list of "New Leaders of the Bar" by the New Jersey Law Journal
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list - Business Litigation
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

CJ Griffin

• Included in InsiderNJ’s 2023 “Insider Out 100 LGBTQ Power List”
• Included in Senator Loretta Weinberg’s InsiderNJ “2023 Women’s Power List”
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Media and Advertising, Appellate, Cannabis Law, Civil Rights, Communications
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Media Law
• Included in Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter’s InsiderNJ “2023 Women’s Power List”

Daniel R. Guadalupe

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Construction Litigation: Business, Business Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alana Hans-Cohen

• Received “Excellence in Cannabis Law: Applications Lawyer” Award by NJ.com at the NJ Cannabis Insider 2023 Awards Show
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list – Cannabis Law

Joseph A. Hayden, Jr.

• Ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: White-Collar Crimes & Government Investigations
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Litigation: Defense, Criminal Defense
• Named to InsiderNJ’s 2023 “Insider 100 Policymakers List”
• Named to InsiderNJ’s 2023 “Insider 100: Power List”
• Named to InsiderNJ’s 2023 “Insider 100: Irish Power List”

John Kim

• Included in 2023 List of "Diverse Attorneys of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal

Hon. Ellen K. Koblitz (Ret.)

• Included in 2023 List of "Mentors” by the New Jersey Law Journal

Deanna L. Koestel

• Recognized in the New York Real Estate Journal’s 2023 Women in Construction Spotlight
• Included in 2023 Super Lawyers New York Metro List - Business Litigation; Construction Litigation: Business; and Civil Litigation: Defense
• Included in 2023 Super Lawyers New York Metro: Women’s Edition List
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list – Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, General Litigation
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation – Construction

Yelena Yukhvid Levine

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list – Civil Litigation, Employment Litigation

Zachary Levy

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list - Business Litigation, General Litigation, E-Discovery

Scott R. Lippert

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Real Estate Law

Sean Mack

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Commercial Litigation
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business Litigation, Cannabis Law, Appellate

Timothy P. Malone

• Included in 2023 List of "Unsung Heroes" by the New Jersey Law Journal
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation – Environmental

Amanda J. Massey

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Family Law
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list – Family Law

Dillon J. McGuire

• Recipient of the Distinguished New Lawyer Pro Bono Award by the New Jersey State Bar Association
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list - Criminal Defense, Cannabis Law
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

Aidan P. O’Connor

• Recipient of the 2023 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of NJ and the New Jersey Commission of Professionalism in the Law
• Ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: White-Collar Crimes & Government Investigations
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, General Litigation, Business Litigation

Howard Pashman

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list – Civil Litigation: Defense

Louis Pashman

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Real Estate Law

James A. Plaisted

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff

Roger Plawker

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business Litigation, Administrative Law, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Intellectual Property

Bruce S. Rosen

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Communications, Business Litigation, General Litigation, Constitutional Law
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, First Amendment Law, Litigation – First Amendment

Samuel J. Samaro

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Employment & Labor: Employer, General Litigation]

Hon. Ronny Jo Siegal (Ret.)

• Included in Senator Loretta Weinberg’s InsiderNJ “2023 Women’s Power List”

Alan Silber

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Criminal Defense, Appellate, Constitutional Law

Rachel E. Simon

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list - Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

Matthew Smuro

• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list – Family Law

Michael S. Stein

• Ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: General Commercial
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Commercial Litigation and Appellate Practice
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Business Litigation, Appellate

Justin P. Walder

• Ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: White-Collar Crimes & Government Investigations
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 list - Appellate Practice, Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list - Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation, Administrative Law

Brendan M. Walsh

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 list – Business Litigation, Civil Litigation, Appellate

John W. Weiss

• Included in 2023 Super Lawyers New York Metro List - Bankruptcy: Business; Business Litigation; and Creditor Debtor Rights: Business
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2023 list - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation-Bankruptcy

Marc M. Yenicag

• Included in New Jersey Super Lawyers 2023 Rising Star list – Business Litigation
• Included in Best Lawyers in America 2024 “Ones to Watch” list – Commercial Litigation

Methodologies

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.

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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star 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 is issued by Woodward/White, Inc. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://www.bestlawyers.com/About/MethodologyBasic.aspx.

No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.