Jake Evans

April 13, 2020 | Daily Report Online

As lawyers, we must accept that COVID-19 will change the practice of law; it will change how legal services are provided; it will change how legal services are marketed; and it will change how legal services are taught.

By Jake Evans

5 minute read

January 16, 2020 | Daily Report Online

Turnarounds do not happen overnight. But a turnaround is underway, and I am blessed to be a part of it.

By Jake Evans

3 minute read

October 28, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Whether volunteering for a nonprofit, drafting a brief or performing due diligence, be great. Eventually, people will notice.

By Jake Evans

4 minute read

December 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A client's goal varies immensely on their risk preferences, the matter type, the exposure, the precedential value, the business relationship between the parties, and innumerable other factors.

By Jake Evans

5 minute read

August 07, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Many jurisdictions have adopted a unique test called the Apex Doctrine to examine the permissibility of apex depositions.

By Jake Evans, Thompson Hine

5 minute read

January 24, 2017 | Daily Report Online

An Atlanta lawyer who attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump writes that the chill-raising experience "reminds us of the history and greatness on which our nation was built. It reminds us that America is, and will remain, the greatest country on Earth."

By Jake Evans

5 minute read

May 05, 2016 | Daily Report Online

E-discovery is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of civil litigation. This is largely attributable to two principal reasons.

By Jake Evans

4 minute read

January 12, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Collecting, reviewing and producing documents is a costly element of litigation. The precipitous increase in electronically stored information (ESI) has greatly accelerated these costs.

By Jake Evans | Special to the Daily Report

4 minute read

January 12, 2016 | Daily Report Online

Collecting, reviewing and producing documents is a costly element of litigation. The precipitous increase in electronically stored information (ESI) has greatly accelerated these costs.

By Jake Evans | Special to the Daily Report

4 minute read

August 03, 2015 | Daily Report Online

In Georgia, spoliation refers to the destruction or failure to preserve evidence that is relevant to contemplated or pending litigation. A finding of spoliation gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that the subject evidence was harmful to the spoliator. For a party to pursue this remedy, the evidence must be "necessary" to the litigation and the spoliating party must have possessed a duty to preserve the evidence.

By Jake Evans

4 minute read