Anton Vialtsin, Esq., E.I.

Founder & Lead Attorney, LAWSTACHE™ Law Firm · San Diego

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Anton Vialtsin is the founder and lead attorney at LAWSTACHE, providing aggressive and personalized legal representation. He focuses on protecting clients’ rights in federal and state criminal cases. Success never happens by chance. Anton Vialtsin’s clients quickly realize that it’s his hard work and dedication that make the difference.

About Anton

His approach. Anton investigates the evidence against his client thoroughly and brings in experienced experts to challenge the prosecution’s theory of the case. He leads every defense, and in complex cases he assembles a team of experienced lawyers and experts to fight the charges.

Federal court. Anton has handled more than 400 federal criminal cases, from the first client interview through trial. The Southern District of California is a border district and one of the busiest federal courts in the country. Many of his cases involve drug importation and distribution charges that carry ten-year mandatory minimum sentences (21 USC §§ 952, 960, 963), alien transportation and harboring (8 USC § 1324), passport misuse and illegal re-entry (8 USC § 1326). He has defended alien-transportation cases that resulted in a death, where the death penalty was possible, a conspiracy to kill in a foreign country (18 USC § 956), and complex wire and mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft of public property cases. He knows the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the federal rules in depth, and he is a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel in the Southern and Central Districts of California.

California state court. Alongside his federal practice, Anton defends people in San Diego Superior Court in misdemeanor and serious felony cases, from DUI to gang-related violent assaults and attempted murder. A member of the NORML Legal Committee, he is often chosen for felony drug cases in California and Nevada.

Before law: engineering. Before becoming a lawyer, Anton earned a civil engineering degree and a Nevada engineering license, which is the “E.I.” after his name. He worked for the Las Vegas Valley Water District on water plan development and hydraulic network analysis. The analytical skills engineering demands are just as important in law, and Anton often takes a common-sense, “engineering” approach to solving criminal cases.

Business litigation. Anton has opened and managed several businesses himself. He takes a limited number of business litigation cases, usually complex disputes involving large sums, like the $30 million Alfa-Bank case described below.

“You’ve got a good attorney that pulled a rabbit out of the hat for you.”A San Diego judge, to one of Anton’s clients

Notable Results & Experience

• Through motion practice, he recently negotiated a one-year jail term on an attempted murder charge. (People of California v. K.M.)
• Mr. Vialtsin defended the chief marketing officer of a bank facing a twenty-two-count fraud indictment with losses of nearly one million dollars. The government’s offer and the probation department’s recommendation were for over eight years in prison. Anton Vialtsin prepared a convincing sentencing memorandum outlining alternative dispositions to the Court, which later imposed a probationary sentence without any custody. (People of California v. K.P.)
• Federal Felony Case DISMISSED, July 22, 2025. JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL in Criminal Case as to “R.C.” Count 1, knowingly and intentionally importing approximately 71.47 lbs. of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21 USC Sec. 952 and 960. Attorney Anton Vialtsin, managing partner of San Diego Criminal Defense Attorneys at LAWSTACHE™ LAW FIRM, argued factual innocence. [Federal Court, Southern District of California]. (United States of America v. R.C.)
• Successfully obtained dismissal in federal drug distribution case involving 34.5 pounds of methamphetamine (United States of America v. J.A.)
• Mr. Vialtsin assisted attorney Jeremy Delicino in Salt Lake City in preparing for a death penalty trial. That case resulted in the first acquittal in a police shooting in the state of Utah since 1973;

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Practice Areas

Find Anton online

• YouTube
• Google Reviews
• Avvo
• Justia
• Cornell LII
• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify

Location

Visit our office at: 185 West F Street, Suite 100-D, San Diego, CA 92101