Mr. Walder is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (1977-present). Co-Chair of the NJ Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was the recipient of the Trial Bar Award presented by the Association of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. He is also the recipient of the William J. Brennan Jr. Award presented by the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey and recipient of the Honorable Lawrence A. Whipple Memorial Award by the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. He serves on the Supreme Court Commission on Rules of Professional Conduct. He was a Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Essex County Prosecutor in charge of the Business Fraud Section. He served on the Supreme Court Board of Trial Attorneys Certification and the Supreme Court Committee on Fee Arbitration. He has served on the Lawyers Advisory Committee to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and is a Member, United States District Court's Panel Selection and Management Criminal Justice Act Plan. He has served as Special Counsel to the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts. He has been a lecturer for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers Law School. He serves as a Master and lecturer to various New Jersey Inns of Court. He has been designated by the state and federal courts to serve as Special Agent and Provisional Director in complex corporate and environmental matters. He was designated by the federal court to serve as Special Master in the Prudential Insurance Company of America Sales Practices Class Action. He has served as President of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey and is an Editor of the New Jersey Law Journal. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Justin Walder was recognized as the Top-Ranked Lawyer in New Jersey in the 2009 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, a selection based on peer review and professional achievement.  Mr. Walder was named as one of the Top 10Attorneys in New Jersey Super Lawyer, New Jersey Monthly Magazine in 2008 and 2010 and as one of the Top 100 Attorneys for 2011. He is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. He was designated the 2011 Lawyer of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal. He has been recognized for over two decades in the Best Lawyers. He is recognized in 2013 Best Lawyers in America for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law and designated, based on peer review, as the 2013 Lawyer of the Year in the metropolitan area for White Collar Criminal Defense.

E-MAIL: jpwalder@whbesqs.com

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