About us
More than half a century of combined Las Vegas courtroom experience
Vegas Golden Law traces its practice back to the Law Offices of John J. Momot in 1974. The name has changed. The standard has not.
1974
Law Offices of John J. Momot, Esq.
John Momot begins practising criminal defense in Las Vegas.
1999
Yi Lin Zheng joins
Hired as a runner while a student at UNLV, rising through receptionist, legal assistant, office manager, law clerk, and associate attorney.
2009
Momot & Zheng
Yi Lin Zheng becomes name partner after a decade with the firm.
2019
Vegas Golden Law
Following John Momot’s death in 2018, Yi Lin Zheng carries on the practice under a new name and expands it to include personal injury.
- Legal experience
- Vegas Golden Law2019 – present
- Momot & Zheng2009 – 2018
- Law Offices of John J. Momot, Esq.1999 – 2009
- Admitted to practice
- Nevada Supreme Court2007
- United States District Court, District of Nevada2007
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit2008
- Education
- J.D., William S. Boyd School of Law (UNLV)2007
Yi Lin Zheng, Esq.
Las Vegas criminal defense and personal injury attorney
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Throughout Clark County’s legal community, Yi Lin Zheng maintains a reputation for reasoned analysis, efficient litigation, hardline negotiation, ruthless advocacy, and professional courtesy. She is devoted to giving each and every one of her clients the finest criminal defense and personal injury representation available. Nevada’s judges know her as a zealous and effective trial attorney, though she also has an excellent record of favorably settling cases without going to trial at all.
Yi Lin Zheng began her legal career as a runner for legendary Las Vegas lawyer John Momot in 1999, when she was a college student at UNLV. Under his mentorship she rose through the ranks to receptionist, legal assistant, office manager, law clerk, associate attorney, and finally law partner in 2009. When John Momot passed away after a decade-long partnership, Yi Lin Zheng carried on the practice, ultimately renaming it Vegas Golden Law and expanding it to include personal injury.
Yi Lin Zheng, a Chinese-American, has the distinction of being one of the few Nevada lawyers fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese as well as English.
- Legal experience
- Vegas Golden Law2022 – present
- Federal Public Defender’s Office, District of Nevada2018 – 2022
- Federal Defender’s Office, Eastern District of California2017 – 2018
- Law Clerk, Hon. Cam Ferenbach, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada2015 – 2017
- Admitted to practice
- California Supreme Court2015
- Nevada Supreme Court2016
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada2018
- Education
- J.D., University of Southern California, Gould School of Law2015
Andrew Wong, Esq.
Las Vegas criminal defense attorney, federal practice
Las Vegas criminal defense attorney Andrew Wong provides the highest-quality legal representation for his clients. Mr. Wong’s practice is focused on federal criminal cases, where he is a zealous, tireless advocate for defendants accused of felony or misdemeanor offenses. Mr. Wong does not have cases, he has clients.
Mr. Wong moved to Las Vegas in 2015 to clerk for a federal magistrate judge. After a brief stay in Fresno, California to serve as an assistant federal public defender, he moved back to Las Vegas in 2018 to continue his work with indigent criminal defendants. As an assistant federal public defender he primarily represented clients charged with gun crimes, drug crimes, supervised release violations, immigration crimes, and federal misdemeanors.
Mr. Wong has successfully litigated dozens of motions to suppress and motions to dismiss in federal court, often resulting in a favorable resolution or outright dismissal. He has extensive experience defending clients charged with offenses on public land, and the ACLU of Southern Nevada invited him to speak on federal public land offenses at a “know your rights” presentation.
In addition to his federal criminal defense practice, Mr. Wong serves on the State Bar of Nevada’s Disciplinary Board for Southern Nevada and its Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. He also advocates for the broader Asian American community as a commissioner on the Clark County Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Commission.
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