Associate

Practice:
Ms. Evans practices in the areas of insurance defense, construction defect, legal malpractice defense, employment law, general civil litigation, and appellate work.

Education:
Rutgers University School of Law – Newark, J.D., Newark, New Jersey, 2007

Honors: Business Editor, Women’s Rights Law Reporter

Alfred University, B.A. in Art and Culture, Alfred, New York, 2002

Honors: cum laude

Background:
Ms. Evans was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining Reed McClure, Ms. Evans served as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Jaime D. Happas, a designated mass tort judge in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Many of the mass torts before the court were complex products liability cases arising from injuries allegedly caused by pharmaceutical products. Often the mass torts had parallel litigation before the Federal multi-district litigation and other state courts. A representative opinion is Bailey v. Wyeth, Inc., 2008 WL 5196846 (N.J. Super. Law Div. July 11, 2008).

In addition to her experience with complex civil litigation, Ms. Evans has experience with dispute resolution. During law school Ms. Evans served as a mediator for the Special Civil Division of Superior Court in Essex County, New Jersey. She also interned at the dispute resolution division of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

She is admitted to practice in the State of Washington.

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