Attorneys from the Las Vegas Office of Fisher Phillips Selected for Inclusion in Mountain States Super Lawyers

Fisher Phillips is pleased to announce that two of its Las Vegas attorneys, Managing Partner Mark Ricciardi and Partner Scott Mahoney, were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2017 Mountain States Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers rates extraordinary lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional accomplishments. The multiphase rating process combines independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations, with each candidate evaluated on 12 different indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selections are completed on an annual, state-by-state basis. The final published Super Lawyers list represents the top 5 percent of the lawyers in the state, and no more than 2.5 percent are named to Rising Stars.

As the founding and managing partner of the Las Vegas office, Ricciardi is considered one of the top labor and employment lawyers in Southern Nevada. He has been advising and representing hotels, casinos, financial institutions, manufacturers and government agencies in Las Vegas since 1987. A leading authority in Nevada on wage and hour law, Ricciardi’s practice also focuses on collective bargaining, unfair labor practice charges, union election objections, wrongful termination, retaliation, sexual harassment, sex discrimination, age discrimination and national origin discrimination. He is "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized in Mountain States Super Lawyers since 2007. Ricciardi also has been listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2002 and in The Best Lawyers in America since 1999. In 2012, he was inducted as a Fellow into The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, which is the highest recognition by an attorney's colleagues of sustained outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication and excellence.

Mahoney is an experienced trial lawyer who defends harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and other cases. He also advises employers regarding employee handbooks, policies and procedures, terminations, employment contracts and responses to administrative agency complaints, with special emphasis in the hospitality and gaming industries. Since 2007, Mahoney has been listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers for his work in labor and employment law. He also has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2010 and recognized by Chambers' USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2011.