John Arrascada is licensed to practice law in Nevada and practices at The Law Office of John Arrascada.
John attended Boston College for undergraduate education and graduated summa cum laude in 1988. From there, he went on to study law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he received his JD in 1992 and was a member of the Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic where as a student he prosecuted and defended clients in courts in Maryland. In 1995, John attended and graduated from the National Criminal Defense College.
In 1992, Mr. Arrascada began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Peter I. Breen of the Second Judicial District for Nevada. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Procter R. Hug Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1993-1994. After his time clerking, he went on to serve as a Deputy Public Defender for Washoe County, Nevada, for five years before going into private practice. His experience as a law clerk, public defender and in private practice has prepared John to represent various cases in both criminal and civil courts. He practices in State and Federal Court, the Nevada Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
John’s primary focus is criminal defense and civil litigation. He has tried 35 jury trials to verdict and has reached life-changing resolutions for hundreds of clients including acquittals in murder cases, child abuse and neglect cases and in DUIs and Domestic Battery cases . He successfully represented the State Controller of Nevada in the historic first impeachment proceeding in Nevada.
