Meyner and Landis in Newark announced that Lin Walker was made a partner in the firm’s immigration law group. She handles employment-based and family-based immigration law, representing diverse corporate and individual clients such as outstanding researchers and individuals in the arts, sciences and business. Prior to joining Meyner and Landis, Walker was associated with several boutique immigration law firms in New York City, where she handled Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researcher/Professor and Multinational Manager, and National Interest Waiver petitions, as well as adjustment of status applications, naturalization applications, and PERM Labor Certifications. Walker received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; an M.S.E.D. (in earth science) from Lehman College, City University of New York; an M.A. (in criminal justice) from Rutgers University; and a B.S. (in natural science and sociology) from New Jersey Saint Peter’s University.

Pashman Stein Appoints Practice Chairs

Pashman Stein Appoints Three to Practice Chairs Naomi Becker Collier[Photo Credit: Bob Wallace.] Pashman Stein Walder Hayden in Hackensack announced the appointment of three practice area group chairs, effective Jan. 1.

Naomi Becker Collier was named co-chair of the trusts and estates and elder law practice. She focuses on trusts and estates, including addressing the specific needs of aging individuals, people with disabilities, and their families. Collier’s elder and disability law practice focuses on estate and lifetime planning, elder law counseling, asset preservation planning, special needs planning, planning for incapacity, trust and estate administration, Medicaid, and guardianships. Her trust and estate practice includes the utilization of tax minimization strategies, drafting and reviewing complex wills, revocable trusts, insurance trusts, dynastic trusts, powers of attorney, and health-care directives. Collins earned her J.D. in 2001 at

Pashman Stein Appoints Three to Practice Chairs Gregg H. Hilzer