Las Vegas Assault and Battery Lawyer

Charges for Assault and Battery (NRS 200.471 and NRS 200.481, respectively) are misdemeanors.  However, it’s important to understand that even a misdemeanor conviction for assault or battery is considered a misdemeanor crime of violence.  Having a misdemeanor crime of violence on your record can prevent you from getting a good job, keeping your existing job, or can prevent you from obtaining or keeping a professional license.  For instance, if you are applying for a contractor’s license, realtor’s license, a license to practice law or medicine, the state board which approves or denies your application may hold that misdemeanor conviction against you.  With so many employers worried about lawsuits, a company might not want to hire you or keep you because it doesn’t want to be sued for recklessly hiring someone who had a conviction for a violent crime such as assault or battery.  An employer may worry that if he or she hires you with a conviction for assault or battery on your record that they will be held liable in a lawsuit if you hit a client, patient, customer, or a colleague.  Whenever I have clients who hire me to represent them against charges of assault or battery, I always fight to get the charges dropped or negotiate an agreement where the charges are dismissed upon paying a fine and/or attending an online impulse control class.  In almost all cases where I’ve represented clients accused of assault or battery I’ve been able to get the charges dropped or work out a dismissal through what is called a “submittal on the record” where I get my clients’ assault or battery charges dismissed upon paying a fine and/or completing an internet impulse control class.  That way there is no conviction on their record.