Background
- Evan is a litigator with over 20 years of civil trial experience in insurance defense litigation
- He has extensive experience with asbestos/toxic tort and products liability cases
Areas of Experience and Focus
- Insurance Law
- Personal injury defense litigation
- Commercial litigation
- Successfully defended clients in federal and state court in products liability, premises liability, employer intentional tort, and automobile and truck accident cases
- Significant toxic tort defense experience, particularly in the area of asbestos
Achievements/Honors
- Obtained favorable verdict in major products liability/construction defect trial
- Obtained favorable verdict for county defendant in a major highway defect auto accident trial
- Reported Decisions include Bartel v. John Crane Inc., 316 F.Supp.2d 603 (N.D. Ohio, 2004), aff’d, Lindstrom v. A-C Product Liability Trust, 424 F.3d 488 (6th Cir. 2005); Torba v. J.M. Smucker Co., 888 F.Supp. 851 (1995); Barbeck v. Twinsburg Twp., 69 Ohio App.3d 837 (1990); Sentinel Sec. Systems v. Medkeff, 36 Ohio App.3d 86 (1987)
Professional Involvement
- Ohio State Bar Association
- Akron Bar Association
- Akron Bar Association Foundation (Fellow)
- Publications and Presentations
- Speaker at November 2005 Ohio Metropolitan Bar Association Consortium Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Ohio employer intentional tort law
- Presented annual seminars for major insurance company staff on current developments in Ohio law
