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 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.
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 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.
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.
Chambers USA
• The firm won an award for general commercial litigation.
• Todd Bice — general litigation, business litigation, legislative and governmental affairs
• James Pisanelli — business litigation, construction litigation: business
• Ava Schaefer — business litigation (Rising Star)
• Debra Spinelli — business litigation, appellate
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