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November 16, 2009 - Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Lionel Sawyer & Collins’ Samuel S. Lionel as the “Las Vegas Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year” for 2010.
Mr. Lionel is a founding member and current President of the Firm, a member of the Executive Committee, and is also Chairman of the Litigation Department. One of the most respected and well-known trial attorneys in Nevada, his depth of experience and long record of success at trial continues to serve the Firm's clients.
A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Lionel is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Corporate Law. He was also named to "The Top 75" by Mountain States Super Lawyers and has an AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell directory.
Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Samuel S. Lionel on being selected as the ‘Las Vegas Best Lawyers Corporate Lawyer of the Year’ for 2010.”
About Best Lawyers “Lawyers of the Year”
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
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