Attorney Profiles: Senior Counsel

Senior counsel John T. Evans began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office where he served for five years. During that time he tried a number of high-profile homicide cases to verdict. He has since tried criminal defense matters and has argued appeals in both state and federal courts.

From 1985 to 2019, he was a partner in a boutique firm that represented professionals, corporations and individuals throughout the NY metropolitan area in malpractice and personal injury defense and commercial law matters. While at this firm, he tried a numerous high exposure cases to verdict.

His present legal practice at DSMF focuses on the defense of clients in the medical profession, which includes not only medical malpractice defense litigation but also the representation of physicians in disciplinary matters before the Department of Health and Office of Professional Medical Conduct.

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, B.A. 1970
• Fordham University, New York, NY, J.D. 1973

• New York
• United States District Court: Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM by Martindale-Hubbell®
• Who’s Who in American Law
• Who’s Who in America

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• New York State Bar Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Defense Research Institute
• Federalist Society