Mace Yampolsky & Associates

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Mace Yampolsky and Associates have been providing legal services to those in need in the Las Vegas Area since 1986. We have tried virtually every type of serious criminal matter, having completed over 200 jury trials, which include numerous murder defense cases. We are criminal defense attorneys. We do DUIs and Domestic violence cases on a regular basis. We believe that each case, no matter how big or how small needs to be handled properly. Sometimes good people do stupid things. We have helped people in Henderson, North Las Vegas, Spring Valley, Summerlin, and all through Southern Nevada, winning several acquittals.

Some of our many successes include: obtaining three murder acquittals; a dismissal of a capital murder case on a procedural issue; an acquittal in the nationally recognized "Computer Gang" case; and successfully arguing before the United States Supreme Court in Nevada v. Riggins (1992), a death penalty case. In that case, Riggins' conviction was reversed and remanded for a new trial. Mr. Yampolsky literally saved the life of his client, David Riggins.

We have many clients with drug defense cases, State and Federal, Possession, sales, trafficking, and huge drug conspiracy cases. We also have cases involving the date rape drug. We have many clients in drug courts. We were able to suppress 66 lbs of Marijuana in a federal case with resulted in a dismissal when my client was facing 10 years in prison. We have also helped many people with mental illness, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder. Mr. Yampolsky has also authored a chapter on forced in the ABA’S book Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers," Elizabeth Kelley, ed., to be published by the ABA in 2018" --

We also do both Federal and State cases including white collar crime, all kinds of Fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering Welfare fraud, Medicare fraud etc. We also handle Rico, Theft cases, embezzlements, and many huge federal cases involving many Defendants. We have helped many Veterans suffering for PTSD and other military service related ailments often resolving them as misdemeanors in Veterans court.

We have represented many Doctors and lawyers and other professionals over the years in criminal cases and in front of the medical board and the dental board. Mr. Yampolsky was retained by a doctor that was charged with murder for allegedly preserving medication that led to an overdose. After exhaustive research and obtaining many expert reports that were submitted to the District Attorney’s office, we were able to convince the coroner’s office to change its opinion regarding the cause of death and get the case dismissed with prejudice. We have helped many professionals with all types of legal problems.

We also defend people involved in sex crimes, crimes against children, Sexual assault, lewdness with a minor, statutory rape and statutory sexual seduction, not to mention pandering and sex trafficking cases. We won a 14 count sexual assault on a minor case and the jury acquitted in less than 45 minutes.

Mr. Yampolsky is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating available to any

attorney. This rating is obtained by an independent rating of lawyers and judges who are familiar with his representation of clients’. Less than 7% of all law firms in the United States are accorded this honor. Mr. Yampolsky is also the past President of the Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice.