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Mr. Winston Evans received a B.E. in Civil
Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1970. He then
attended the Wharton Business School at the University of
Pennsylvania, where he received an M.B.A. in Finance (1971).
He then worked in the fields of investment banking and commercial
banking until he entered Vanderbilt Law School in the Fall
of 1975. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School
in 1978. Since that time, he has actively practiced law
in Nashville.
His practice is primarily in the following areas of law:
commercial and business litigation; securities litigation;
legal- malpractice defense and creditors’ rights.
He has defended law firms and lawyers in more than 220 legal-malpractice
cases. He has represented plaintiffs in pursuing various
tort claims to recover for serious injuries caused by the
negligence or intentional misconduct of third parties. He
has also represented clients in connection with the negotiation
and drafting of contracts and other business transactions.
Mr. Evans is a founding member of Evans, Jones & Reynolds,
P.C. He is the third generation of his family to practice
law in Nashville. He is rated AV by the Martindale-Hubbell
Law Directory. He has also been selected for the 2007 directory
of America’s Best Lawyers and was chosen for the 2003
Best of the Bar listing in The Nashville Business Journal. |
Contact Information
(615) 259-4685
wevans@ejrlaw.com
Memberships
Nashville (Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, 1995), Tennessee Bar Association, and American Bar Association (Member of Section of Litigation and Professional Liability Litigation Committee, Co-Chair of Subcommittee on Attorneys Liability, 2007)
Biography
Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honorary Fraternity. Fellow, Nashville
Bar Foundation.
Community Activities
Forest Hills Planning Commission, Vice Chairman
Reported Cases
First National Bank of Pulaski v. Curry, 301 F.3d 456
(6th Cir. 2002); Miller v. United States, 831 F.Supp.
1347 (M.D. Tenn. 1993); McInnis v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith, Inc.,706 F. Supp. 1355 (M.D. Tenn. 1989);
Nichols v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith,
706 F. Supp. 1309 (M.D. Tenn. 1989); Norman v. Wilks,
179 F.R.D. 640 (M.D. Fla. 1998); Estate of Cranor v. Commissioner,
T.C. Memo 2001-27 (2001); Biscan v. Brown, 160 S.W.3d
462(Tenn. 2004); Clinard v. Blackwood, 46 S.W.3d 177
(Tenn. 2001); Robinson v. Omer, 952 S.W.2d 423 (Tenn.
1997); Nashville Mobilephone Co., Inc., v. Woods, 655
S.W.2d 934 (Tenn. 1983); Cherry v. Williams, 36 S.W.3rd
78 (Tenn.App. 2000); Minton v. Long, 19 S.W.3d 231 (Tenn.App.,
1999); Wilkins v. Dodson, Parker, Shipley, Behm & Seaborg,
995 S.W.2d 575 (Tenn. App. 1998); DePriest v. 1717-19 West
End Assocs., 951 S.W.2d 1997 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997); Clark
v. Wright, 699 S.W.2d 174 (Tenn.App. 1985).
Born
Nashville, Tennessee, November 15, 1948 |
Attorney Profile - Winston S. Evans
