Irwin S. Evans received his B.A. in Sociology from California State University of Los Angeles and his J.D. at Loyola University. In law school, he was a finalist in the Moot Court Honors Competition and was awarded the Bancroft-Whitney Award in Corporations. Mr. Evans practices commercial litigation, personal injury defense, and has tried in excess of 170 cases.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Evans was partner at the firms of Atkins & Evans LLP; Cochran, Atkins & Evans; and Lenoir, Young & Evans. He was also Senior Trial Deputy for the City Attorney's Office for the City of Los Angeles. Mr. Evans has served as an evaluator for the Auerback Corporation, evaluating legal service programs for the Western Continental United States and Hawaii. He has also served as a lecturer for the Model Neighborhood Commission on Justice and as the advisor of Minority Businesses for I.M.P.A.C.

Mr. Evans is past president of California Association of Black Lawyers, past chairman of the Personal Injury & Commercial Litigation section of the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section, and former member of the Board of Directors of the National Bar Association. He is a former member of the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, which evaluates persons under consideration by the governor for appointment to the bench in all courts in California. Mr. Evans is currently a member of the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. He has lectured extensively on personal injury litigation and law office management for the California and Nevada Bar Associations.

He received the Loren Miller Award from the California Association of Black Lawyers, inducted into the John M. Langston Bar Association Hall of Fame, received commendations from the Congress of the United States, State of California and the City and County of Los Angeles, the Presidential Award from the National Bar Association, and the Kappa Alpha Psi Community Service award from Kappa Alpha Psi, Los Angeles Alumni Chapter.

Mr. Evans is a member of the Los Angeles County, American Bar, and National Bar Associations, as well as the California Association of Black Lawyers and the Defense Research Institute ( DRI). Mr. Evans is admitted to practice in the State of California, the California Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals 9 th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. LITIGATION