Most recently a Deputy Solicitor General for the state of Florida, Evan focuses on appellate and complex commercial litigation. He has significant trial and appellate experience, in both private practice and government service.

During his time at Florida's Solicitor General's office, Evan represented the state in a wide variety of civil and criminal appeals. He has substantial first-chair experience in both the Florida and federal appellate courts and handled critical motions and hearings in state and federal trial courts. Additionally, he helped prepare a U.S. Supreme Court argument and handled numerous arguments at the Florida Supreme Court and in the intermediate appellate courts.

Prior to the Florida Solicitor General's office, Evan spent several years working at Boies Schiller Flexner as an associate on notable appeals and trial-level cases, where he handled all matters of pre-trial litigation, including drafting dispositive motions, preparing for and taking depositions, and preparing for trial court and appellate court oral arguments.

Earlier in his career, Evan served as a law clerk to the Hon. Stephen A. Higginson of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and to the Hon. Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

The Admissibility of Foreign Coerced Confessions in United States Courts: A Comparative Analysis, 52 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 851 (2014)

  • Columbia Law School, J.D.; James Kent Scholar; David M. Berger Memorial Prize; Archi O. Dawson Prize
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A., with highest distinction, Political Science

Bars

  • Florida
  • New York

Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2025)

Lawdragon 500 X - The Next Generation (2023, 2024)

Bar induction speaker, 1st DCA February 2018

Deputy Solicitor General, Florida Solicitor General's Office

  • Hon. Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit
  • Hon. Nicholas G. Garaufis, U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York