Pisanelli Bice PLLC, a Las Vegas-based law firm, announced today that four of the firm’s leading attorneys will be honored with prestigious Best Lawyers Awards from Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review in the global legal community. Recognizing their high-caliber professional abilities within the legal field and based upon a comprehensive peer review among top legal professionals, the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® will feature firm Cofounder and Partner James J. Pisanelli, firm Cofounder and Partner Todd L. Bice, Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli, and Of Counsel M. Magali Mercera.
Celebrating Bice’s exceptional litigation skills, Best Lawyers will further recognize him in the 2025 edition of the Lawyer of the Year Awards.
In addition, Best Lawyers will feature firm associate Emily A. Buchwald in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
“This prominent recognition from Best Lawyers illustrates how several key members of our firm now lead the nation in a myriad of practice areas, a status earned through the determined application of insurmountable legal expertise, a highly strategic approach to complex litigation and a stalwart dedication to our clients’ success,” Spinelli said. “Our driven team of professionals takes immense pride in being honored alongside our respected legal colleagues, who clearly voiced their confidence in our top-level legal acumen through this rigorous peer-review process.”
Pisanelli’s Best Lawyers Award honors his outstanding contributions with bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, construction law, construction litigation and real-estate litigation.
Bice’s Best Lawyers Award recognizes his excellence in appellate practice, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, first-amendment litigation, land-use and zoning litigation, and mergers-and-acquisitions litigation.
Bice’s Lawyer of the Year Award further honors his land-use and zoning litigation.
Spinelli’s Best Lawyers Award celebrates her esteemed accomplishments with bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation and health-care litigation.
Mercera’s Best Lawyers Award honors her valuable efforts in commercial litigation.
Buchwald’s inclusion in Ones to Watch recognizes her top-quality work with civil rights law and commercial litigation.