Vaughn Neubauer

Vaughn Neubauer is a founding partner of Neubauer, Pelkey, & Goldfinger, LLP who’s been practicing law for over 22 years. His extensive experience as a criminal defense attorney can be attributed to the hundreds of cases he’s tried before a jury. Nine of which were high-profile homicides. Equally important, Vaughn is proud to be one of the very few Wyoming lawyers who is qualified to serve as lead defense counsel in death penalty cases. To this end, he has successfully kept two people off of Wyoming’s death row.

Throughout his career, he has defended the accused on a full spectrum of misdemeanor and felony charges, including; murder, accessory to murder, felony drug, DUI, aggravated assault, sexual assault, strangulation, conspiracy to commit mutilation of a body, weapons charges and many more. Years of fighting out difficult cases against ruthless prosecution have enabled Vaughn to fine-tune his approach to the art of criminal defense. Further honing his skill and allowing him to deliver result-oriented solutions and excellent acquittal rates. Undeniably, Vaughn relishes the opportunity to handle your case from the very beginning. Nevertheless, he stands ready to intervene if the outcome of the verdict is less than favorable. A criminal case lost at trial is not always the end of litigation. Moreover, Vaughn can deftly navigate complicated procedural requirements and complex legal issues regarding appeals, post-conviction relief, and habeas corpus. His meticulous attention to detail as well as his legal proficiency allows him to ensure that no one violated your rights and that your trial was fair.

Vaughn takes an express and impassioned interest in fighting for your rights. His intrigue in law blossomed as a young Army Paratrooper in the 1980s. During this time, Vaughn traveled and observed different cultures and governments. As a result of this, he pursued a BA in history through the University of Wyoming. Later earning his doctorate in law in 2000. He has studied the Holocaust extensively as well as other large-scale human rights atrocities. Vaughn has always held reverence for the past and its implications on today’s democracy and civil liberties. In one of Vaughn’s interviews with the Boomerang, he said, “You give the powers that be unfettered discretion to do to defendants whatever they want to do, and we’ll be back in Pennsylvania in the 17th century. You’ve got to have people constantly challenging people, even the well-intentioned ones. ”