Deanna Koestel

Business Description

Founded over 25 years ago as a litigation boutique, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC is a full-service business law firm of over 70 attorneys with a reputation for professional excellence. With three offices throughout New Jersey and New York, attorneys in our Food, Beverage and Hospitality, Construction Law and Shareholder Disputes practice groups are committed to effectively and efficiently pursuing the interests of our clients in the food, beverage and hospitality industry, as well as developing innovative strategies to achieve our clients’ goals. In addition, these groups are able to leverage the abilities of other Pashman Stein Walder Hayden lawyers who specialize in ancillary practice areas to provide clients with comprehensive full-service legal counsel. Recent honors include being named 2021 Law Firm of the Year-Finalist by the New Jersey Law Journal and 2020 Pro Bono Law firm by the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Bio

For nearly 20 years, Deanna has provided legal and business counsel to individuals and businesses of all sizes in the food, beverage, and hospitality industry.  A Partner at the law firm of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C., she started her legal career as a construction and business law litigation attorney, gaining extensive experience in all stages of lawsuits, from pre-trial strategy through trial and appeal.  Drawing upon her experience and insights as a litigator,  Deanna advises clients on ways to minimize risk and reduce the threat of litigation by taking proactive business steps, such as revising companies’ business contracts and vendor and supply agreements and negotiating construction contracts.  As a result, clients often turn to Deanna as their general “outside counsel” to provide guidance and advice on a wide range of legal and business matters.  In addition, as Co-Chair of her law firm’s Construction Law Practice Group, Deanna assists clients in all phases of the construction process, from negotiating construction contracts to litigating claims over breach of contract, warranty action, building defect claims and mechanics lien issues.   She also works with many clients in the food and beverage industry as they seek to expand their business to new locations or renovate their existing space, assisting to make the process as smooth as possible and minimize litigation risks. Deanna also has significant experience in business “divorces” and works with owners of businesses to disentangle their interests when necessary.  She works with her clients to attempt to resolve matters amicably through mediation when that approach fits the client’s goals and objectives. But if an amicable resolution can’t be reached, Deanna aggressively and efficiently develops and pursues litigation to advance her clients’ interests. Bar/Court Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit