Krishna Prasad defends clients across Northern Nevada at every stage of the criminal process, from the moment of arrest through trial, sentencing, and beyond. Wherever your case goes, Krishna goes with it.
Krishna’s practice covers the full range of criminal matters in Nevada’s state and federal courts. He is licensed before the Nevada State Bar, the U.S. District Court of Nevada, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Colorado State Bar. Wherever your case goes, he has the credentials to follow it.
When the government charges you with a crime, the full weight of the state is aimed at one outcome: a conviction. Krishna matches that intensity with relentless pre-trial preparation, aggressive constitutional litigation, and courtroom advocacy that the other side doesn’t forget.
A conviction follows you long after the sentence ends. Background checks surface it for jobs, housing, and professional licenses every time. Nevada law gives most people the right to seal that record. A sealed record is treated as though it does not exist for most purposes. Krishna handles these petitions and gets them done right.
A protection order can upend your life overnight. You can be removed from your home, cut off from your children, and stripped of your right to possess firearms before you have said a single word to a judge. Krishna represents clients on both sides of these proceedings.
Krishna did not start his career at a firm. He started it with pro bono clients who had nothing — no money, no connections, no safety net. Those cases, fought against overwhelming odds with no institutional support, shaped every instinct he brings into a courtroom today. He went on to the Washoe County Public Defender’s office, where he handled serious felonies with the same commitment he gave to misdemeanors. His reputation is built on preparation, not bluster. It is built on finding the constitutional violation no one else looked for, and on being the last person in the room willing to back down.