Daniel R. Guadalupe Named “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – Construction in the 2025 Best Lawyers® List
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. is pleased to announce that Daniel R. Guadalupe has been included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers® list as the publication’s “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation - Construction for the Hackensack region. Only one lawyer in each specialty and location is included as a “Lawyer of the Year,” which is based on the highest overall peer-feedback for that area and region.
About Daniel R. Guadalupe
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. He is often called on to arbitrate complex commercial matters in the United States and internationally.
Dan represents clients in commercial litigation and provides “outside” general counsel assistance with a specialty in business strategy, manufacturing and distribution, business disputes of all types, construction, shareholder and LLC member disputes, professional liability, franchise law, arbitrations and mediations, and international matters. Dan is a former President of the New Jersey Hispanic Bar Association and former General Counsel to two consecutive presidents of the Hispanic National Bar Association. He is a former member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the U.S. District Court and served on two U.S. Magistrate selection committees.
Dan is counsel to business owners, manufacturers, major pharmaceutical companies, a national dairy products manufacturer, and a global chocolate products manufacturer. He also has been counsel to the Newark Housing Authority, the City of Perth Amboy, and the Perth Amboy Business Improvement District. He has handled and supervised litigation and transactional matters in Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico.
Dan is on the exclusive roster of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association. He formerly served as an International Chamber of Commerce Arbitrator and as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law.
Early on in his career, Dan wrote the winning trial and appellate briefs for former Governor Tom Kean in an election dispute and received a letter of commendation from the Governor after the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts’ decisions. In 2011, Governor Christie appointed Dan to serve on the Governor’s advisory and policy center for Hispanic affairs in New Jersey.
In addition, Dan served on the Board of Trustees for GlassRoots, Inc., a Newark non-profit that provides opportunities and a nurturing environment for underserved, at-risk youth, ages 10-18, to achieve self-esteem through creative expression, while also learning basic business skills and valuable life lessons. He was also a Board Trustee of CentraState Healthcare System
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