Las Vegas Defense Attorney

Steven B. Wolfson
Working Hard to Defend You

Steven B. Wolfson, a native of Southern California, earned his law degree from California Western School of Law in San Diego, in 1980.  He has been a licensed attorney since 1981, and has practiced his entire career in the area of criminal law.

Steve began his career as a law clerk in the District Attorney’s Office, and quickly moved up to Deputy District Attorney at the Clark County District Attorney’s Office.  He eventually transferred his experience to the United States Attorney’s Office as a Federal Prosecutor.  For more than six years, Steve prosecuted both state and federal cases.

In 1987, Steve left government work and began his career in private practice as a criminal defense attorney.  He has handled many of Southern Nevada’s most high profile cases, including the defense of police officers charged with felony offenses.  One of the most chronicled cases involved police officers charged with the death of a person while in custody.  Steve was successful at obtaining an acquittal for his client.

Steve’s trial experience includes over 70 felony jury trials, 250 plus preliminary hearings, 200 plus misdemeanor trials, and hundreds of miscellaneous evidentiary and pre-trial hearings.

Steve has always been active in his profession.  He has served on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada, and on the Judicial Ethics and Campaign Election Practices Committee.  Steve was Chairman of the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board and served as a member for seven years prior to that.  He also chaired the Nevada Ethics 2000 Committee, a blue ribbon committee established by the Nevada Supreme Court, to review and bring up-to-date all Supreme Court Rules involving attorney conduct.

He has served as a Pro Tempore Justice of the Peace in the North Las Vegas Justice Court, as well as the Las Vegas Municipal Courts.  He was also an Inquest Hearing Officer for the Clark County Coroner’s Office.  Steve is currently a member of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Asian Chamber of Commerce.

Steve Wolfson is also a Las Vegas City Councilman, a part-time position.  In a historic special election in June 2004, Steve was elected to the Las Vegas City Council. He represents Ward 2, which encompasses the westernmost portions of the city, including parts of Summerlin. On April 20, 2005, after running unopposed, he was sworn in for his first full term, which ends in June 2009.  Steve has been married for 22 years to District Court Judge Jackie Glass.  They have 2 daughters, Rachel and Rebecca.  Below, Steve and Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former criminal defense attorney himself, attend a City function.

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