An arrest does NOT guarantee a conviction. We may be able to get the charges reduced or dismissed without a trial. Visit our page on Nevada criminal defense laws to learn more.
Nevada Criminal Defense
An arrest does NOT guarantee a conviction. We may be able to get the charges reduced or dismissed without a trial. Visit our page on Nevada criminal defense laws to learn more.
Nevada DUI
Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Nevada DUI Laws to learn more.
Nevada Family Law
Few legal matters have the potential to alter an individual's life more than a legal dispute between family members. Visit our page on Nevada family law to learn more.
Nevada Immigration
Immigrating to the U.S. is a gauntlet of forms, rules and interviews. But our attorneys are committed to making the process as quick and easy for you as possible. Visit our page on Nevada immigration laws to learn more.
Nevada Personal Injury
If you have been injured in an accident, we will fight to recover the biggest settlement possible in your case. Visit our page on Nevada personal injury laws to learn more.
Please note: Our firm only handles criminal and DUI cases, and only in California. We do not handle any of the following cases:
And we do not handle any cases outside of California.
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With twenty-three years in the courtroom, Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer Michael Becker will work aggressively to get your case dismissed or reduced to a lesser offense. And if your case cannot be resolved through negotiations, he has more than one hundred jury trials under his belt…
Among these are acquittals or dismissals for such charges as:
Even the Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers (NAPSO) relies on Michael Becker to defend its police officers when one of them gets charged with a crime. (Learn more about Las Vegas Defense Group’s representation of NAPSO.)
National and local television shows and newspapers frequently report on Michael Becker’s legal victories and rely on him as a legal commentator. With more than a quarter-century’s worth of experience, he is highly sought-after to give his legal opinions.
Just some of Michael Becker’s recent media mentions include the following:
Just in the past few years, Michael Becker was named to the following prestigious “best of” attorney shortlists:
Michael earned his law degree in 1992 from the University of Miami School of Law where, as a student, he interned for the American Civil Liberties Union. He also holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science from the University of Southern California, which he graduated from in 1989.
Michael is a member of the bars in Nevada, California, Colorado and Florida. He is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Michael also serves as lead Criminal Defense counsel for the statewide Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers (NAPSO). In addition, he has received advanced training on how to fight sexual assault cases (Savannah, GA, Oct. 2013).
On April 19, 2023 Michael Becker argued for our client before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the matter of United States v. BM.
Michael has handled literally thousands of cases in his career, almost always winning favorable resolutions including lessened charges, reduced penalties, or having the case dropped altogether. The following represent a sampling of Michael’s recent notable outcomes in Nevada and California:
Date: February, 2020
Description: Client charged with DUI with a BAC of .16. Client is a union employee in Las Vegas who drives a commercial vehicle on the job and faced the loss of his well-paying job and health insurance for his cancer-stricken daughter if convicted of DUI.
Outcome: DUI REDUCED TO WET RECKLESS.
Date: October, 2019
Description: DUI dismissed after convincing prosecutor that drugs in client’s system were injected as a sedative by paramedics responding to scene of accident.
Outcome: DUI DISMISSED.
Date: October, 2019
Description: Attorney General agreed to set aside 2-year driver’s license suspension in exchange for dismissal of petition for writ of mandamus.
Outcome: DRIVER’S LICENSE SAVED.
Date: October 21, 2019
Description: Client granted diversion under PC 1001.36 on DUI with BAC of .21%.
Outcome: DUI DEFENDANT GRANTED DIVERSION.
Date: December 19, 2018
Description: Michael Becker traveled to Los Angeles to defend a fellow attorney who entered a no contest plea to drug possession with a firearm. On appeal, Michael Becker argued that the police search which unearthed evidence of the firearm and drugs violated the Fourth Amendment. The appellate court agreed and remanded the case back to the trial court so our client can withdraw the no contest plea. The trial court will be left with too little evidence to convict our client of drug possession with a firearm.
Outcome: DENIAL OF “MOTION TO SUPPRESS” REVERSED, FELONY DRUG POSSESSION WITH A FIREARM CONVICTION TOSSED ON APPEAL.
Date: October 30, 2018
Description: Michael scheduled a trial after the prosecutor refused to negotiate down our client’s battery domestic violence charge. When the purported victim failed to appear at trial, the charge was dismissed.
Outcome: BATTERY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE DISMISSED.
Date: April 11, 2018
Description: Our client was facing a possible life sentence for two charges of sexual assault and a charge of kidnapping. After only one and a half months of negotiation, the prosecutor dismissed all charges.
Outcome: SEXUAL ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING CHARGES DISMISSED.
Date: March 27, 2017
Description: Michael Becker traveled to Los Angeles to defend a California client accused of willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder. After the preliminary hearing, the judge gratuitously found that defendant “was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt”. The case was sent for trial to the same judge but was removed to a different courtroom after the defense filed an affidavit of prejudice against the judge. The jury acquitted the client of willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder.
Outcome: JURY ACQUITTED CLIENT OF WILLFUL, DELIBERATE, AND PREMEDITATED ATTEMPTED MURDER. He was convicted of a lesser charge.
Date: March 21, 2017
Description: Our client was convicted in Las Vegas of attempted murder and three other charges. Michael Becker appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court and argued that the trial court judge abused her discretion by allowing the jury to hear unimportant and prejudicial evidence. The Nevada Supreme Court concurred with Michael and reversed the conviction so our client can have a fair trial without prejudicial evidence coming in.
Outcome: ATTEMPTED MURDER, BATTERY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING AND BRIBERY CHARGES REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Date: December 23, 2016
Description: Our client was serving a life sentence after having been convicted at trial on two counts of lewdness with a minor and sexual coercion. These charges stemmed from two alleged incidents that supposedly occurred years apart. Michael Becker argued on appeal that the trial court erred by denying our motion to sever the trials of the two incidents. The Nevada Supreme Court agreed.
Outcome: TWO LEWDNESS WITH A MINOR CHARGES AND SEXUAL COERCION CHARGE REVERSED AND REMANDED. LIFE SENTENCE LIFTED.
Date: October 16, 2015
Description: Our client was facing a life sentence for a charge of sexual assault. Our firm negotiated a deal where he plead to a lesser felony and was sentenced to only six months in jail. Once he completes another two and a half years probation, he may withdraw his plea and instead plead to only a gross misdemeanor.
Outcome: FELONY CONVICTION TO BE REDUCED TO GROSS MISDEMEANOR.
Date: July 23, 2015
Description: Our client was found guilty at trial of sexually assaulting a child under 14 years old (2 counts). On appeal, our firm argued that the verdict was moot because the trial judge did not have the jury pool take an oath prior to jury selection. The Nevada Supreme Court agreed and reversed the convictions so our client could have a fair trial.
Outcome: FELONY CONVICTIONS REVERSED; NEW TRIAL ORDERED.
Date: August 15, 2014
Description: Client was charged with five counts of rape by two separate child accusers where our client faced 175 years to life in Nevada State Prison. During trial, Michael Becker along with attorney Daniel Page questioned the credibility of the accusers as well as the sheriff’s deputy on the case. After the week-long trial, the jury deliberated for only two hours before acquitting the defendant.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON ALL FIVE COUNTS.
Date: May 27, 2014
Description: Clients were charged with a felony charge of “prohibited person in possession of a firearm” and misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and paraphernalia possession. Michael Becker persuaded the D.A. to drop the felony as well as the marijuana charges. Clients just had to pay a small fine.
Outcome: FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES DISMISSED.
Date: November 7, 2013
Description: Client was tried for the Nevada crime of sexual assault and the Nevada crime of lewdness with a minor under fourteen, which both carry possible life sentences. Las Vegas Defense Group argued to the jury that the state’s evidence was inconsistent and that cops conducted an inadequate investigation. The jury came back with a not guilty verdict for lewdness, so our client was acquitted on that charge. And all but one of the jurors came back with a not guilty verdict for sexual assault, so the judge declared a mistrial on that charge. Las Vegas Defense Group, L.L.C., filed a motion with the District Court arguing that double jeopardy prevented the D.A. from retrying the rape charge. When the court rejected the motion, the firm filed a writ with the Nevada Supreme Court, which took our side. The District Court then dismissed the rape charge.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT & CHARGE DISMISSAL.
Date: May 24, 2013
Description: Our Russian client was accused of raping his translator in a Las Vegas hotel room. Las Vegas Defense Group, L.L.C, argued that his accuser was trying to stay in the United States by altering her immigration status with a U visa (as a victim of crime). The Jury came back hung 11-1 in favor of not guilty, and our firm then resolved the case for credit time served on a minor gross misdemeanor. He served no more jail and was able to go home.
Outcome: HUNG JURY & CHARGE REDUCTION
Date: January 1, 2013
Description: Our client was charged with sexual assault. Las Vegas Defense Group argued to the jury that the alleged victim in the case consented to any sexual activity that took place.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT
Date: March 26, 2012
Description: Client went to trial on charges of the Nevada crime of battery with a deadly weapon and the Nevada crime of battery with substantial bodily harm. Las Vegas Defense Group argued to the jury that our client was not the aggressor in the altercation.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT ON BOTH FELONY COUNTS
Date: November 21, 2011
Description: Client went to trial for allegedly conspiring to commit kidnapping, which carries a possible life sentence. Las Vegas Defense Group argued to the jury that he was too intoxicated to understand the intentions of the alleged co-conspirators.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT
Date: Mar 19, 2010
Description: Client was charged with reckless driving after a plain-clothed officer accused him of running him off the road. At trial the judge found that the officer’s version of events was not credible.
Outcome: NOT GUILTY VERDICT
Date: Mar 02, 2010
Description: Client was charged with DUI.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Mar 01, 2010
Description: Client was charged with Las Vegas crime of battery.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Feb 24, 2010
Description: Client was erroneously identified by two witnesses as a shooter in an armed robbery and charged with attempted murder and robbery. Michael used DNA evidence to demonstrate that our client was not the perpetrator.
Outcome: CHARGES DISMISSED
Date: Feb 21, 2010
Description: Client was charged with battery domestic violence with strangulation.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Jan 12, 2010
Description: Client was charged with the California crime of robbery and initially offered a plea bargain of two years in prison. It was resolved for sixty days and a lesser charge.
Outcome: CHARGE REDUCED TO petty theft with a prior
Date: Dec 28, 2009
Description: Client was charged with statutory sexual seduction.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Dec 21, 2009
Description: Client was charged with Nevada crime of battery domestic violence.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Dec 21, 2009
Description: Client was charged with open or gross lewdness.
Outcome: CHARGE REDUCED TO disturbing the peace
Date: Nov 24, 2009
Description: Client was charged with possession of marijuana.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Date: Nov 19, 2009
Description: Client was charged with Nevada crime of battery domestic violence.
Outcome: CHARGE REDUCED TO Nevada crime of disturbing the peace
Date: Aug 17, 2009
Description: Client was charged with burglary, forgery, and attempt theft. Michael showed that our client was actually a victim in an internet theft ring and was fraudulently induced to cash a $3,500 check.
Outcome: CHARGES DISMISSED
Date: Apr 30, 2009
Description: Client was charged in Pomona with multiple counts including the California crime of attempted murder with gang allegations and facing life in prison. The D.A. offered an 18-year sentence.
Outcome: CASE SETTLED DURING TRIAL for six years in prison on charge of assault with deadly weapon
Date: Oct 28, 2008
Description: Client was charged with multiple counts of child abuse (felony with great bodily injury). The child had multiple broken bones, and the prosecution expert testified that the injuries resulted from abuse.
Outcome: JURY ACQUITTED CLIENT ON ALL COUNTS
Date: Mar 30, 2007
Description: Client was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and faced life in prison.
Outcome: JURY ACQUITTED CLIENT ON ALL COUNTS
Date: Jan 20, 2005
Description: Client was charged in Hollywood with solicitation of prostitution and Trespassing with Intent to Solicit Prostitution.
Outcome: JURY ACQUITTED CLIENT ON ALL COUNTS
Description: Client was charged with Nevada crime of DUI.
Outcome: CHARGED REDUCED to Clark County crime of reckless driving
Description: Client was charged with Nevada crime of solicitation of prostitution.
Outcome: CHARGE DISMISSED
Description: Client was charged with multiple felony counts of the California crime of child abuse and faced 28 years in prison. The DA made no offer prior to trial. He was convicted on one count of misdemeanor child abuse and was released from jail immediately.
Outcome: JURY ACQUITTED CLIENT ON ALL FELONY COUNTS