The Attorney You Want On Your Side
Krishna Prasad is a criminal defense attorney based in Reno, Nevada, representing clients across all of Northern Nevada. He defends individuals facing the full range of criminal charges, from first-offense DUIs and misdemeanors to the most serious felonies in Nevada’s courts, and he does so with a reputation for prepared, persistent advocacy that stands out in the courtroom.
His approach is focused, disciplined, and difficult to push off course. That description is not an accident. It is the product of a career built entirely on representing people in crisis, navigating impossible odds, and refusing to accept that the government’s version of events is the final word.
Krishna's reputation in the courtroom is not built on bluster. It is built on preparation, on knowing the case better than the prosecutor, on finding the constitutional violation no one else looked for, on being the last person in the room willing to back down.
A Career Built in the Trenches
Krishna did not ease into the practice of law. The moment he was licensed, he went straight to work, not into a firm with resources and support staff, but into pro bono representation for clients in Colorado who had nothing. No money, no connections, no safety net. Just a person in trouble and an attorney who decided that was enough of a reason to fight.
Navigating the Nevada legal system on behalf of clients with no support structure is where Krishna learned what criminal defense actually is. Not the textbook version. The real version, where you find every advantage the law allows because there is no margin for error and the person sitting next to you is counting on you entirely.
That experience shaped everything that came after. When Krishna joined the Washoe County Public Defender’s office, he brought those same instincts to a caseload that covered the full spectrum of criminal charges. He represented clients facing misdemeanors and clients facing serious felonies. He fought for the best outcome in every case, not just the ones that were winnable on paper, but the ones where winning meant something to someone who had run out of options.
That is the attorney who opened Prasad Law. And that is the attorney who will handle your case.
How Krishna Approaches Every Case
Criminal defense, done right, is not reactive. It is not waiting to see what the prosecution presents and then responding to it. Krishna’s approach begins at the beginning, with a thorough review of how the investigation was conducted, how the evidence was gathered, and where the government may have crossed a constitutional line.
The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fifth Amendment’s protection against compelled self-incrimination. The Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of confrontation. The prosecution’s obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence. These are not technicalities. They are the framework within which every criminal case is decided, and Krishna knows how to use them.
Pre-trial is where cases are often won or lost, through suppression motions that eliminate the government’s key evidence, through discovery disputes that force disclosure of what the prosecution would rather keep hidden, through the construction of a defense theory that holds together under cross-examination and survives contact with a jury. Krishna does that work because he knows that what happens before trial shapes everything that happens at it.
When a case goes to trial, Krishna is ready. When negotiation produces the best outcome for a client, he negotiates from a position of strength because prosecutors treat defense attorneys differently when they know the attorney across the table will actually go to trial. And when a client has already been convicted and something went wrong, Krishna pursues every available avenue of post-conviction relief.
A Proven Record All Along the Way
DAY ONE
Immediately upon being licensed, Krishna began representing clients who could not afford an attorney, navigating Colorado's courts with no institutional support. Those cases taught him how to fight against overwhelming odds and how to win.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
Krishna joined the Washoe County Public Defender's office, representing clients facing the full range of criminal charges, from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He fought for the best outcome in every case, always, even when the odds were against him.
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Krishna opened his own practice, bringing the experience of hundreds of cases in Nevada's courts to clients across Northern Nevada. His practice covers criminal defense at every level, from Justice Court misdemeanors to serious felonies in the Second Judicial District Court to federal proceedings before the U.S. District Court of Nevada.
Serving All of Northern Nevada
Krishna represents clients from his Reno office across all of Northern Nevada, including Washoe County, Sparks, Carson City, Winnemucca, and surrounding communities. He is available for immediate consultations and moves quickly because in criminal defense, timing matters from the very first moment of contact with the legal system.
If you have been arrested, charged, or contacted by law enforcement, do not wait. The decisions made in the first hours and days of a criminal case shape everything that follows. Krishna is ready to listen, evaluate your situation honestly, and get to work.