ADAM RAY YOAST, ESQ.

Bar Admissions & Affiliations

2025-2026 Raising Star, Super Lawyers 

Member, Colorado State Bar

Member, Colorado Federal District Court 

Member, Eastern District of Oklahoma Federal Court

Board Member, Colorado Lawyers Helping Lawyers

Mr. Yoast has dedicated his life to advocating for those who are unable to advocate for themselves. Mr. Yoast prides himself on creating long-lasting, meaningful relationships with those he represents and those in the community as a whole. 

Mr. Yoast is a die-hard trial attorney initially focusing on criminal defense - largely representing indigent court-appointed clients as well as private matters. Mr. Yoast has already tried over thirty jury trials and numerous court trials. Mr. Yoast has also been successful in overturning two convictions at the appellate level for two individual trials he tried to verdict. 

Mr. Yoast also represents many licensed professionals, including attorneys, nurses, real estate agents, etc..., in ethical dilemmas. Mr. Yoast has had tremendous success in having his client achieve their license or maintain their license after a complaint was filed. 

Before branching out on his own, Mr. Yoast was an Associate Attorney with a private firm working on criminal defense and federal civil rights matters. Mr. Yoast started his career here in Colorado with the Colorado State Public Defender Office as a 2L-certified intern in Arapahoe County and a post-graduate deputy public defender in El Paso County. 

Mr. Yoast is a graduate of CUNY School of Law and completed four semesters in the number one-ranked criminal defense clinic in the country. While in the clinic, Mr. Yoast represented individuals seeking clemency in New York. Mr. Yoast excelled in courses on race and the law, government misconduct (Sec. 1983), First Amendment, civil disobedience, bail reform, and death penalty.

In addition to his criminal defense clinic, Mr. Yoast also interned with the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia, Trial Division; American Civil Liberties Union, Campaign for Smart Justice; Brooklyn Defender Services, Mental Health Unit; The Legal Aid Society of NYC, Juvenile Rights Practice, Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit.

Before attending law school, Mr. Yoast received a Master of Science in Ethics and Public Policy: Ethics and Policy of Race Relations where he graduated with a 3.97GPA and was the sole recipient of the department’s Academic Excellence Award. As part of the graduate program, Mr. Yoast also completed a legal internship with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Mr. Yoast also holds a B.A. in Philosophy: Applied Ethics and Law from Sacramento State. He also holds an A.A. degree in Liberal Arts and an A.A. degree in Social Sciences from America River College.

In his free time, Mr. Yoast enjoys hanging out with his goldendoodle Bodacious (firm mascot), playing disc golf, rockhounding and fossil finding, creating art, and tending to his jungle of house plants.