Evan specializes in employment and labor law matters, including employment discrimination litigation, traditional labor law issues, compliance counseling and preventative training. Representative Experience Represents companies in employment discrimination litigation involving sex, race, age, disability, sexual harassment, FMLA leave issues, wage and hour matters and state law tort claims. Represents clients in labor arbitrations, contract negotiations and advises clients in dealing with existing or potential unions. Counsels clients large and small on various issues of labor and employment law. Provides training and counseling for management employees of companies in complying with federal and state employment laws and regulations. Publications Author of Series of Six Articles on Employment Law appearing in Inside Counsel, November - December, 2011. "What a Difference ADEA Makes: Why Disparate Impact Theory Should Not Apply to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," 74 North Carolina Law Review 267 (1995). "The Cost of Union-Management Cooperation: Criminal Sanctions for Employer Business Entertainment of Union Officials," Labor Law Journal, December 1997, pp. 726-37 (co-authored with Christopher S. Miller, Ph.D.). Other Distinctions Listed as a Georgia Leading Lawyer in Labor & Employment (2011) and as an Up and Coming attorney (2009-2010) by Chambers USA. Selected as a Legal Elite Georgia Top Lawyer: Labor & Employment by Georgia Trend Magazine (2011). Selected as a Georgia Rising Star in Employment Litigation by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010). Work Experience Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2004-present Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1996-2003 Memberships · Chair, Troutman Sanders Atlanta Pro Bono Committee · State Bar Of Georgia (Labor & Employment and Litigation Sections) · American Bar Association (Labor & Employment and Litigation Sections) · Atlanta Bar Association (Labor& Employment Section) · Society of Human Resource Management and SHRM-Atlanta · Board Member, Atlanta Legal Aid Society · Board Member, Georgia Lawyers for Arts |