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Aidan O'Connor Elected President of ACDL-NJ

Pashman Stein Partner O'Connor Elected President of ACDL-NJ Aidan P. O'Connor[Photo Credit: Bob Wallace.]
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden in Hackensack announced that Aidan P. O'Connor , a partner and co-chair of the firm's criminal defense practice group, has been elected president of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ), beginning April 2021 for a one-year term. O'Connor recently served as the ACDL-NJ's vice president. "Since 1985, the ACDL-NJ has been blessed with leaders who are dedicated to protecting the rights of the accused, as well as being skilled trial lawyers in their own right. Aidan O'Connor certainly carries on this tradition," said Joseph A. Hayden , co-chair of the criminal defense and governmental and internal investigations practice at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, in a statement. O'Connor defends allegations of securities fraud, insurance fraud, health care fraud, tax evasion, bank and mortgage fraud, and public corruption, among others. Pashman Stein managing partner Michael S. Stein said in a statement called O'Connor "a creative advocate who has the trial and negotiating skills that bring resolutions to difficult cases in both civil and criminal contexts, and he is a true leader." The ACDL-NJ has more than 500 members and advocates as amicus curiae in state and federal appellate courts on behalf of the interests of the criminal defense bar and its clients, the release noted. Before entering private practice, O'Connor was an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of New Jersey for 18 years, serving in the Criminal Division, the Organized Crime Strike Force, and as the chief of the Violent Crimes Unit. He was a recipient of the Director's Award for Superior Performance as an assistant U.S. attorney for his successful prosecution of a RICO case involving hundreds of millions of dollars in excise tax fraud and organized crime. O'Connor received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and his B.A. from Columbia University.

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