Pisanelli Bice is a boutique law firm focused on complex litigation.

Pisanelli Bice was named in Vegas Inc.’s “Legal notes: Local award winners, Aug. 12, 2019”, highlighting a number of their top attorneys for locally won awards.

  • James Pisanelli – business litigation (Top 100)
  • Todd Bice – business litigation (Top 100)
  • Debra Spinelli – business litigation (Top 100, Top 50 Women)
  • Dustun Holmes – business litigation (Rising Star)
  • M. Magali Mercera – business litigation (Rising Star)
  • Kirill Mikhaylov – business litigation (Rising Star)
  • Ava Schaefer – business litigation (Rising Star)

LAS VEGAS – (May 31, 2019) – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced today that seven of the firm’s attorneys were among select lawyers recognized on the Mountain States 2019 Super Lawyers lists. Super Lawyers is a national rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Pisanelli, Bice and managing partner Debra L. Spinelli were honored once again as three of the leading top 100 lawyers in the mountain region, which includes Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Pisanelli has earned Top 100 Super Lawyers distinction every year since 2012, and the 2019 listing marks Bice’s seventh year in a row on the Top 100 list.

Spinelli was selected to the Top 50 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers list again this year. The 2019 listing marks the fourth consecutive year that Spinelli has been selected to the Top 50 Women list.

Attorneys Dustun H. Holmes, Kirill V. Mikhaylov, Ava M. Schaefer, and M. Magali Mercera were named 2019 Mountain States Rising Stars. This is Schaefer’s fourth consecutive year appearing on the list, and it is the third consecutive year that Holmes and Mikhaylov have been named Rising Stars. This is the first year that Mercera is recognized as one of the Mountain States Rising Stars.

Recognition by Super Lawyers is a prestigious and highly sought-after honor with only five percent of Nevada’s attorneys selected as Super Lawyers and 2.5 percent selected as Rising Stars. Attorneys are designated after undergoing a comprehensive nomination and evaluation process. This patented, multifaceted process includes a statewide search, nominations and evaluations of top attorneys based on peer recognition and professional achievement, as well as independent research conducted by Super Lawyers’ parent company, Thomson Reuters, the world’s most respected source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers state and regional listings are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines, leading local and statewide publications, and metropolitan newspaper supplements across the country. Super Lawyers magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit https://www.superlawyers.com.

LAS VEGAS – (June 11, 2018) – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced today that six of the firm’s attorneys were among select lawyers in Nevada who were recognized on the Mountain States 2018 Super Lawyers lists. Super Lawyers is a national rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Partners James Pisanelli and Todd Bice, and managing partner Debra L. Spinelli were honored once again as three of the elite Top 100 lawyers in the mountain region, which includes Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Pisanelli has earned Top 100 Super Lawyers distinction every year since 2013. The 2018 listing marks Bice’s fifth year in a row on the Top 100 list.
Managing partner Debra Spinelli was selected to the Top 50 Women Mountain States Super Lawyers list again this year. The 2018 listing marks the third consecutive year that Spinelli has been selected to the Top 50 Women list.

Both Pisanelli and Bice have been designated Super Lawyers for 12 consecutive years and Spinelli is a Super Lawyer for the sixth consecutive year.

Attorneys Dustun H. Holmes, Kirill V. Mikhaylov, Ava M. Schaefer were named 2018 Mountain States Rising Stars. This is the second consecutive year that Holmes and Mikhaylov have been named Rising Stars, and it is Schaefer’s third consecutive year appearing on the list.

Fewer than 5 percent of Nevada’s attorneys receive Super Lawyers recognition after undergoing a comprehensive, multi-step nomination and evaluation process. This multifaceted process includes a statewide survey of colleagues in the state’s legal profession, peer reviews, consideration of professional achievements, and independent research conducted by Super Lawyers’ parent company, Thomson Reuters, the world’s most respected source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

For more information about Super Lawyers, visit https://www.superlawyers.com.


About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers state and regional listings are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines, leading local and statewide publications and metropolitan newspaper supplements across the country. Super Lawyers magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit https://www.superlawyers.com.

LAS VEGAS – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced today that five attorneys from the firm were recognized on the list of Legal Elite 2018 by Nevada Business Magazine. The 11th annual list highlights the state’s most outstanding attorneys voted on by their peers.

James (Jim) Pisanelli was among select attorneys honored on the Legal Elite list of Southern Nevada’s Top Attorneys, along with Attorneys Dustun Holmes, Magali Mercera, Kirill Mikhaylov and Robert Ryan. Ms. Mercera also was recognized as one of the Best Up and Coming attorneys. This is the second notable recognition for Mercera who, earlier this year, was named one of 2018’s Women to Watch by Vegas Inc. magazine.

Legal Elite is an annual list honoring exceptional attorneys in Nevada. Lawyers are selected for Legal Elite based on peer nominations, and ranked according to where votes originated. This year’s Legal Elite polling included nearly 6,000 nominations. The attorneys featured on Legal Elite 2018 garnered the top voting scores throughout the state.

While there are currently 8,962 attorneys in the state, only 3 percent were featured on this year’s Legal Elite list for Nevada, and only 54 attorneys were included on the Best Up and Coming list. For more information about Legal Elite or Nevada Business Magazine, go to https://www.nevadabusiness.com.

Pisanelli Bice’s M. Magali Mercera was named in Vegas, Inc.‘s 11th Annual: Women to Watch”, which recognizes women whom they believe are going to make a difference in the coming months.




Pisanelli Bice Receives Tier One Rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2020
Pisanelli Bice, PLLC | 400 S. 7th Street | Suite 300 | Las Vegas, NV 89101 | P 702-214-2100 | F 702-214-2101 | info@pisanellibice.com
©2025 Pisanelli Bice PLLC | All Rights Reserved | Disclaimer