Mr. James (Jake) Evans

Experience: Complex Commercial Litigation Matters: Lead counsel for a luxury senior living community in defense of an alleged breach of a membership agreement, resulting in a grant of a motion to dismiss in an arbitration proceeding.; Lead counsel in business dispute involve corporate derivative claims, resulting in a grant of a motion to dismiss because the plaintiff failed to provide the requisite derivative demand.; Lead counsel for defendant who was alleged to exploit a decedent into signing the defendant into will, resulting in a complete dismissal of the defendant with prejudice.; Lead counsel for multi-office medical clinic in defense of class action alleging federal privacy violations resulting in successful confidential resolution.; Lead counsel for luxury life-planning development in action alleging unfair trade practices and statutory disclosure violations that was granted its motion to dismiss in entirety and was almost completely affirmed on appeal.; Lead counsel for health care provider sued in class-action for alleged HIPAA violations, resulting in a settlement.; Lead counsel for international aluminum foil manufacturer in defense of various restrictive covenant actions throughout the United States.; Lead counsel for client in defense of defamation and false light invasion of privacy action relating to a nationally-acclaimed film.; Lead counsel for dairy farm to protect economic incentives provided by county board of economic development threatening to wrongfully deny these incentives.; Lead litigation counsel for coffee franchise in defense and prosecution of various litigation matters throughout the United States.; Lead counsel for client that obtained summary judgment dismissal in restrictive covenant case in which the non-compete was declared unenforceable.; Lead counsel for client that obtained summary judgment on affirmative claim declaring that limited liability company members' units must be bought out at a valuation as dictated in the operating agreement.; Defended one of Georgia's largest hospital systems against asymmetric and anticompetitive disclosure claims.; Lead counsel for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in multiple lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Act 77, one of which went before the Supreme Court of the United States.; Lead counsel for client sued for alleged antitrust violations, including under the Robinson-Patman Act and state antitrust laws.; Represented supplier in breach of contract action against Fortune 200 company seeking damages and resulting in multimillion-dollar settlement.; Lead counsel in shareholder suppression action seeking to enforce operating agreement and obtain damages for wrongful freeze out of a principal shareholder and c-level officer that resulted in a multimillion-dollar settlement.; Lead counsel representing principal equity owners that obtained summary judgment dismissal from action seeking damages for monies obtained from the eight-figure sale of a company.; Lead counsel for waste management company for alleged breach of contract, resulting in a dismissal of all claims.; Lead counsel for investor group in complex multiparty action involving breach of contract, unjust enrichment and fraud claims.; Lead counsel for full service calling center in defense of alleged TCPA and customer protection law violations.; Government Contracts Bid Protest Litigation: Lead counsel for three applicants in bid protests involving newly created licenses under Georgia's Hope Act in multi-year bid protest litigation.; Lead counsel for applicant for government certification in bid protest litigation before Connecticut's Board of State Contracting & Standards.; Advise numerous clients on procurements in pre-protests litigation in venues throughout the United States.; Trial Practice Matters: Lead counsel for county commissioner defending ethics complaint before county board of ethics, resulting in a unanimous dismissal of the ethics complaint after an evidentiary hearing.; Lead counsel for numerous candidates and elected officials, including State Senators, State House Representatives, County Commissioners, County Board Members and varying political committees, before Georgia's Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission.; Lead trial counsel for client seeking to preserve its vested property rights by obtaining the needed permits to further its preferred development plans in multi-day trial, ultimately resulting in issuance of the desired permits.; Lead counsel for victorious candidate in successful defense of an election contest action that resulted in complete dismissal of the action.; Lead counsel in defense of county commissioner candidate in eligibility challenge that the candidate did not live in the district, resulting in dismissal of the complaints and an affirmative finding that candidate was eligible after hearing before the county board of elections.; Lead trial counsel for defendants in two-week federal bench trial involving First Amendment and voting rights claims that resulted in a complete defense verdict.; Lead trial counsel for client that overturned two elections in the same race, making Georgia history as the only attorney to achieve such a feat in one-week trial.; Lead trial counsel for client seeking to preserve its vested property rights by pursuing the needed permits to further its preferred development plans in multi-day trial.; Lead counsel for county probate judge contesting election in a one-week trial and pursing through appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia.; Lead counsel in successful defense of State House candidate in eligibility challenge resulting in complete dismissal of the complaint and an affirmative finding that candidate was eligible after all-day trial.; Lead trial counsel for candidate in a successful petition to contest an election, resulting in the county conceding to an invalid election and a new election being ordered by the court.; Maritime Law: Lead counsel for cargo carrier in numerous matters pending before the Federal Maritime Commission.; Advise cargo carriers on structuring operations to reduce demurrage and detention citations.; White Collar & Government Investigations Matters: Lead counsel for prominent attorney facing a bar complaint, resulting in the complete dismissal of the complaint with prejudice.; Lead counsel for City Councilmen in defense of ethics complaint, which was dismissed in its entirety.; Lead counsel for county school board members in defense of multiple complaints filed with Georgia's Ethics Commission, resulting in administrative dismissals of all complaints.; Served as Chairman of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, which was an investigatory and prosecutorial body for campaign finance violations, for three years.; Lead counsel for accounting firm being investigated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that ultimately resulted in a close of the investigation.; Lead counsel for white collar defendant indicted for various federal crimes, including alleged government fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud.; Lead counsel for client investigated for connections to alleged improper sales practices by business-card service providers.; Lead counsel for Fortune 100 company for response to investigation by Federal Trade Commission for alleged unfair trade practices.; Lead counsel for non-profit being investigated by State Attorney General's office for alleged self-dealing and state law violations.; Lead counsel for real estate holding company being investigated for alleged systemic housing and code violations.; Counsel for constitutional officer in response to investigation by the United States Department of Justice for alleged civil rights violations.; Lead counsel in successful defense of State House Representative in House Ethics Investigation resulting in the complete dismissal of the complaint.; Construction Litigation: Lead counsel for national hotel chain in defense of alleged county, city and state code violations throughout the United States.; Lead counsel for owner in construction project that obtained voluntary dismissal in lawsuit involving general contractors and subcontractors.; Lead counsel for civil engineer in defense of malpractice action relating to construction of residential properties.; Lead counsel for developer seeking to partition a property belonging to property owner that attempted block development from going forward.; Lead counsel for client that obtained summary judgment on affirmative claims for religious institution seeking to develop project in a City seeking to block the project.; Products Liability: Lead counsel for a defendant in defense of an allegedly defective piece of manufacturing equipment, resulting in a grant of a motion to dismiss.; Lead counsel for automotive manufacturer in defense of product liability claims, resulting in a grant of a motion to dismiss.; Lead counsel for global car manufacturer in defense of product liability matters throughout the United States.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Evans prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.; Internships: Summer Clerk, Office of District Attorney David McDade, 2010;