A group of Queensridge homeowners with some well-known names has filed a lawsuit over plans to build thousands of condominiums and apartments where the neighboring Badlands Golf Club now sits.
The group, which includes businessman Jack Binion and gaming lawyer Frank Schreck, filed the complaint Tuesday in District Court in Clark County against Las Vegas and several companies associated with the golf course.
According to the lawsuit, the defendants “have openly sought to circumvent the requirements of state law as well as the city code” to deprive interested parties of notice and an opportunity to be heard.
“This conduct is just part of an overarching campaign to interfere with the legal rights of the homeowners — adjoining property owners in the master-planned development commonly known as Queensridge,” the document alleges.
Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic could not be reached for comment Thursday.
EHB Cos., which developed high-end retail center Tivoli Village, confirmed in September that it had purchased the Badlands Golf Course in the west Las Vegas Valley. The course is managed by Par 4 Golf Management Inc., the company that closed the controversial sale of Silverstone Golf Club around that time.
2016 Best Lawyers in America. The list of Best Lawyers in America for 2016 includes the following from Southern Nevada, listed in alphabetical order by firm:
Pisanelli Bice
• Todd Bice, appellate practice, commercial litigation, litigation – First Amendment, litigation – land use and zoning, litigation – mergers and acquisitions
• James Pisanelli, bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, construction law, litigation – construction and litigation – real estate
• Debra Spinelli, commercial litigation
• Jordan Smith, appellate practice
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CARSON CITY — Another chapter in the three-year legal battle between Wynn Resorts and Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada was played out before the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Todd L. Bice, attorney for Wynn, asked the court to throw out a district court ruling that it must turn over 78 records in the pre-trial maneuvering of both sides.
Bice said there was “no factual basis” on the ruling by District Judge Elizabeth Goff Gonzalez that these records must be given to lawyers for Okada. Bice argued that there is no relevance of these records to the existing case in which Okada maintains he was forced out of the company and that his 20 percent stock was purchased at a discount rate.
Bice argued that Okada and his lawyers have a “vivid imagination” in asking for these records that are not tied to the pending suit.
But Stephen Peek, attorney for Okada, told the court the records may show that Okada was forced out of the company to protect Steve Wynn. He argued that Gonzalez has handled the suit for three years and was familiar with which records should be submitted to Okada’s lawyers.
“She (Judge Gonzalez) should not be denied for doing her job,” said Peek.
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LAS VEGAS – James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of the litigation firm Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced the firm has received five Tier 1 rankings in Las Vegas by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in 2016.
Pisanelli Bice received a Tier 1 ranking for practice areas including Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions, and Litigation – Real Estate.
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings, for the sixth consecutive year, are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. Clients and peers were asked to evaluate firms based on the following criteria: responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, integrity and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor.
The 2016 rankings are based on the highest number of participating firms and highest number of client ballots on record. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have a lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S. More than 21,000 attorneys provided almost 700,000 law firm assessments, and more than 8,000 clients provided more than 47,000 evaluations. Awards were given in 74 national practice areas and 122 metropolitan practice areas.
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James J. Pisanelli and Todd L. Bice, founding partners of Pisanelli Bice PLLC, announced that five lawyers from the firm have been recognized on the 2015 list of Mountain States Super Lawyers, a renowned ranking of outstanding attorneys across the region.
Pisanelli and Bice were both among the select attorneys honored on this year’s list of top 100 lawyers in the Mountain States Super Lawyers. Pisanelli and Bice, as well as Managing Partner Debra L. Spinelli and attorney Jarrod L. Rickard, were also each recognized on the 2015 Mountain States Super Lawyers list of attorneys from more than 70 practice areas.
In addition to the aforementioned litigators, Pisanelli Bice attorney Jordan T. Smith was named in the Mountain States Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” category. Smith was recognized as a rising star for the third consecutive year.
