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

LAS VEGAS – Founding partners James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice announced today that the firm earned six Tier 1 rankings in Las Vegas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” for 2017.

The firm’s top-level designations are in the areas of Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Construction Litigation, First Amendment Litigation, and Real Estate Litigation. The firm was also ranked in Tier 2 for Land Use & Zoning Litigation. Pisanelli Bice has long been a fixture in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers rankings. The firm earned five Tier 1 awards in both 2015 and 2016.

Pisanelli Bice was named to the top tier based on a comprehensive evaluation process that includes client and peer evaluations of the firm’s responsiveness, client needs assessment, integrity, competitiveness, civility and cost-effectiveness, as well as a review of additional information provided by law firms themselves as part of the submission and application process. To be eligible, firms must have at least one attorney in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America©, which is one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.

“Recognition by our clients and colleagues is especially gratifying as it reinforces Pisanelli Bice’s approach to personal service and comprehensive representation,” said Debra Spinelli, the firm’s managing partner. “We believe our decision to remain a small, boutique firm concentrating on litigation enables us to focus our resources on delivering customized legal solutions for our clients.”

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James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of the litigation firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC, were recently selected by their legal peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2017, a nationwide peer-review publication.

Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli was also selected for the fourth consecutive year by her peers for inclusion in the publication.

Best Lawyers listed Pisanelli in the category for commercial litigation, a primary focus of the law firm. The publication also listed him in four additional legal categories, including bet-the-company litigation, construction law, litigation – construction and litigation – real estate.

The publication listed Bice for the third consecutive year in the appellate practice category. The publication also listed Bice in four other legal categories, including commercial litigation, litigation – first amendment, litigation – land use and zoning and litigation – mergers and acquisitions.

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LAS VEGAS (June 28, 2016) – Four attorneys from the Las Vegas boutique litigation firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC have been named to the prestigious Mountain States Super Lawyers lists, the firm’s founding partners announced today.

Firm founders James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice and Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli were selected to Super Lawyers’ “Top” lists, which recognize outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas.

Pisanelli and Bice both were once again honored as two of the elite Top 100 lawyers in the region that includes Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Pisanelli has earned Top 100 Super Lawyers distinction every year since 2013. The 2016 listing marks Bice’s third consecutive year on the Top 100. Both have been designated Super Lawyer – an honor accorded to fewer than 5 percent of all attorneys in the region – for 10 straight years.

Spinelli was selected one of the service’s Top 50 women lawyers in the region. She is a Super Lawyer for the fourth consecutive year.

In addition, Ava M. Schaefer earned Super Lawyers’ “Rising Star” status.

Fewer than 5 percent of Nevada’s attorneys receive Super Lawyers designations after undergoing a comprehensive, multi-step nomination and evaluation process. This 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.

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 superlawyers.com.

About Pisanelli Bice
Pisanelli Bice is a Las Vegas-based law firm focused primarily on commercial litigation. The firm, founded by attorneys James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, represents clients ranging from single-entity developers and entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies, municipalities, public agencies and some of Nevada’s largest gaming companies. For more information, please visit pisanellibice.com or on Twitter @pisanellibice.

LAS VEGAS (Aug. 18, 2016) – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of the litigation firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC, were recently selected by their legal peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America© 2017, a prestigious nationwide peer-review publication. Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli was also selected for the fourth consecutive year by her peers for inclusion in the publication.

Best Lawyers© listed Pisanelli in the category for commercial litigation, a primary focus of the law firm. The publication also listed him in four additional legal categories, including: bet-the-company litigation, construction law, litigation – construction, and litigation – real estate.

The publication listed Bice for the third consecutive year in the appellate practice category, recognizing Bice’s expertise and success in the appellate arena. The publication also listed Bice in four other legal categories, including: commercial litigation, litigation – first amendment, litigation – land use and zoning, and litigation – mergers and acquisitions.

Bice was also named Best Lawyers© Las Vegas “Lawyer of the Year” in the Litigation – Land Use and Zoning category. The publication recognizes a single lawyer as the “Lawyer of the Year” in each practice area and designated metropolitan area.

The law firm received additional recognition in the publication with Spinelli listed in the commercial litigation category.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers© has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. It is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 50,000 leading attorneys cast more than 7 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers© “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

The lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in America© do not have a say in deciding which practice areas they are included in. They are voted into practice areas entirely as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. The subspecialties listed after their names are based on information from a variety of sources.

About Best Lawyers in America
The Best Lawyers in America© is a nationwide peer-review publication. A single lawyer is recognized as the Lawyer of the Year in each practice area and designated metropolitan area. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

LAS VEGAS (June 6, 2016) – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced today that the boutique law firm has been named among the country’s best litigation firms in rankings compiled by the prestigious service Chambers and Partners.

Pisanelli Bice is one of only three Nevada firms honored in Band 1 of the Chambers USA 2016 guide for General Commercial Litigation. Chambers and Partners ranks attorneys and firms based on interviews with their clients and legal colleagues. The guide’s researchers report that Pisanelli Bice provides “quality representation in a range of commercial litigation for local gaming and hotel resorts, governmental bodies and construction companies,” and is “highly experienced at both trial and appellate level in issues arising out of corporate and real estate transactions including (mergers and acquisitions) and major property developments.”

The firm, which has represented Caesars Entertainment, Bally Technologies, MGM Resorts, City National Bank and Wynn Resorts, among other high-profile clients, rose from Band 2 in 2015 to Band 1 distinction this year based on Chambers’ in-depth analysis of its handling of pre-trial negotiations, documentation and preparation for trial, summary judgment motions, trial, appeals and commercial enforcement proceedings in state, circuit and federal courts.

“We are thrilled and honored to be recognized among the best commercial litigators in the country,” Pisanelli said. “We pride ourselves on personal, comprehensive representation, and the Chambers ranking validates what our clients already know – that our intense focus on commercial litigation and our conscious decision to maintain a small, professional team enables us to concentrate all our expertise and resources on meeting our clients’ specific needs.”

Chambers spotlighted both founders as outstanding litigators.

“They’re a force to be reckoned with,” one client reported.

The guide’s rankings and commentary, which are accessible at www.chambersandpartners.com/guide/usa/5, note that Pisanelli’s “wealth of experience across a number of areas, often representing clients in commercial litigation in the gaming, healthcare and construction industries” makes him “a really brilliant lawyer who is a master in the courtroom.”

Bice, Chambers’ sources say, is “highly skilled [and] widely respected by peers for his work in both trial and appellate matters. He is notably experienced in complex gaming disputes, as well as defamation and First Amendment litigation.”

About Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners has published guides to the legal profession since 1990. With a team of over 150 full-time researchers at its London head office, the company identifies and rank the world`s best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth, objective research.