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Justin T. Evans

Biography
Credentials
Experience

Biography

Justin Evans concentrates his practice on the defense of physicians, hospitals, and allied healthcare providers in professional negligence lawsuits.  He has extensive trial experience as first and second chair, as well as experience resolving cases through dispositive motion practice and alternative dispute resolution.

Mr. Evans joined the firm in 2024 after practicing at defense firms in Chicago and Detroit.  At his prior firms, he practiced in a wide variety of areas, including medical malpractice, long-term care, Federal Employers’ Liability Act railroad litigation, products liability, premises liability, electric and gas liability, and transportation liability.  He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois, State of Michigan, and the United States District Courts in the Northern District of Illinois and Eastern District of Michigan.

Mr. Evans is a 2012 graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where he graduated cum laude.  In law school, he was a title editor on the Law Review, a member of the Dean’s Honor Society, and a recipient of the Judge Denise Langford Morris Dean’s Scholarship.  He is a 2009 graduate of Kalamazoo College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and was a four-year letter winner on the men’s soccer team and two-year captain.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, cum laude, 2012
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College, 2009

Affiliations

  • State of Michigan, 2012
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2012
  • State of Illinois, 2015
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2015
  • United States District Court, Central District of Illinois, 2024

Experience

DBMS Obtains a Defense Verdict in DuPage County

November 12, 2024 Client:

Medical Group and Physician

Outcome:

Defense Verdict.

A DuPage County jury returned a defense verdict in favor of an internist and his medical group represented by Mark Burden and Justin Evans.  The patient complained of a headache ...

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