2024 Firm Rankings and Awards Recap

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1.2.25

2024 was an outstanding year for Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C., with the firm and its attorneys receiving many highly regarded industry rankings and awards. Notably, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Commercial Litigation practice was elevated to Band 2 by Chambers USA. In addition, as part of its 2024 New Jersey Awards, the New Jersey Law Journal named the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice as winner of the “Dealmakers Award,” and named the firm’s Appellate Advocacy practice as winner of the “Appellate Department of the Year” award (representing the 6^th time the firm has received this award in the past 7 years; no firm received the award for 2023). The firm was also once again named a finalist for the New Jersey Law Journal’s “Law Firm of the Year” award, having been named the 2023 winner as part of the 2023 New Jersey Legal Awards.

In 2024, the firm and its practices received the following honors:

Chambers USA: General Commercial Litigation Practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. was elevated to Band 2 in Chambers USA 2024 in New Jersey in the field of General Commercial Litigation.

Chambers USA: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. was ranked in Band 2 in Chambers USA 2024 in New Jersey in the field of White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.

New Jersey Law Journal: Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights practice was named winner of the “Dealmakers” award by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of its 2024 New Jersey Legal Awards.

New Jersey Law Journal Legal Awards: Appellate Advocacy practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Appellate practice was named winner of the “Appellate Department of the Year” award by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of its 2024 New Jersey Legal Awards (representing the 6^th time the firm has received this award in the past 7 years; no firm received the award for 2023).

New Jersey Law Journal Legal Awards: Law Firm of the Year-Finalist
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C was named a finalist for the New Jersey Law Journal’s “Law Firm of the Year” award, having been named the 2023 winner as part of the 2023 New Jersey Legal Awards.

New Jersey Law Journal Legal Awards: Commercial Litigation practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Commercial Litigation practice was selected as a finalist for the “Litigation Department of the Year - General” award, for the second year in a row, by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of its 2024 New Jersey Legal Awards.

New Jersey Law Journal Legal Awards: Cannabis & Hemp Law practice
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.’s Cannabis & Hemp Law practice was selected as a finalist for “Cannabis Law Practice of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal as part of its 2024 New Jersey Legal Awards.

Best Law Firms® List
The firm earned 16 metropolitan rankings in New Jersey in the 2025 edition of the Best Law Firms® list published by Best Lawyers®, including eleven Tier 1 rankings. 

• 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)  

Methodologies

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. 

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) 2024.

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