New Jersey law firm Pashman Stein Walder Hayden has begun executing on what it says are long-held plans to launch a bankruptcy and restructuring practice, with the hire of a partner from the New York office of an Am Law 100 firm.

Chairing the new bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights practice at Hackensack-based Pashman Stein is John Weiss, a longtime partner at the New York office of Alston & Bird. Weiss joined as of Feb. 23 and practices from Pashman Stein’s Holmdel office.