Iona Evans represents institutional investors in complex securities related litigation, shareholder advocacy, corporate governance matters, and mergers and acquisitions litigation.
Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Ms. Evans was a securities litigation attorney with Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, where she evaluated potential litigation regarding securities laws violations. Ms. Evans began her legal career as an associate in the securities and complex litigation group at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP. During her tenure at Wolf Haldenstein, Ms. Evans engaged in motion practice, discovery, trials, appeals, and settlement of cases and arbitrations in federal and state courts, as well as before the American Arbitration Association. She also volunteered as a Guardian Ad Litem for children on behalf of the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program.
Ms. Evans received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, where she served as Executive Editor and Staff Writer of the Boston University International Law Journal, as well as President of the International Law Society. Ms. Evans earned a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire.
She is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association.