HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS

 

Attorney Pelczarski has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, the oldest lawyer publication based on peer review ratings, in the area of commercial litigation every year since 2005.  In 2013, Best Lawyers named her Rhode Island “Lawyer-of-the-Year” in Litigation-Land Use Law.  She was named by Best Lawyers as the 2014 "Lawyer-of-the-Year" in Litigation—Labor and Employment.  More recently she was recognized again as Best Lawyer in Land Use Law for 2015. She has also been recognized by Best Lawyers for Litigation–Trusts and Estates.

• 2013 Rhode Island "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation-Land Use Law
• 2014 Rhode Island "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation-Labor and Employment
• 2015 Rhode Island "Lawyer of the Year" in Litigation-Land Use Law

 

Benchmark Litigation's Top 250 Women in Ligation in the United States, 2013, 2014, 2015.

 

From 2004 to 2013, Attorney Pelczarski was recognized as a ”Leader In Field” for the category of General Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Guide for Business. Chambers also specifically recognized her for her “strong appellate practice.”

 

She has been named a “Super Lawyer” in general litigation in Rhode Island and New England each year since the inception of the award in 2007.

 

Also, in 2013, she has been recognized in:

Best Rhode Island Lawyers, American Registry;

Showmark, Top Attorneys in New England;

Who’s Who in American Law  (selected in 2000 for lifetime membership).

 

In 2011, she was honored by “Providence Place Gives” for her philanthropic work in Rhode Island.

 

In November 2003, Providence Monthly Magazine recognized her as a “lawyer and  community activist” and one of twenty people on their way up “to watch.”

 

In 1999, she was awarded the Public Service Achievement Award by the Rhode Island Chapter of Common Cause for her appellate briefs on constitutional separation of powers issues.

 

In 1997, she was inducted as a member of the Rhode Island Bar Foundation, where she is now a lifetime member.

 

In 1978, she won a national competition to receive an American Express Four Year National  Merit Special Scholarship.