Evan M. Tager

Evan was named to The National Law Journal's inaugural list of "Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers," which recognizes the achievements of 50 people who "helped make a difference in the fight for justice" and "show[ed] a deep passion and perseverance in pursuit of their mission, having achieved remarkable successes along the way." The National Law Journal recognized Evan for his transformative work in two areas of law that are of great concern to the business community: punitive damages and the enforceability of arbitration provisions.

The National Law Journal quoted one of Evan's clients as saying that his company retained Evan because "[h]is reputation was that of a master strategist and communicator, with top-tier analytical skills and a unique ability to simplify the complex and make sense of confusion. I learned he is that and more. Evan brings a value set and open-mindedness that allow him to become a trusted business partner and is eager to align his interests with the client's." And Chambers USA reports that clients appreciate Evan's "very rich experience with appellate law," praising him as being "very thoughtful, a great writer and oral advocate, and one of the clearest thinkers in terms of appellate law and strategy."

In its issue on leading appellate lawyers, Legal Times said that "[w]hen a major company needs to find a lawyer in a key case involving class certification, punitive damages, or arbitration, there's a good chance it will hire Evan Tager." "In the past several years," the publication stated, Evan "has become the go-to attorney in a growing number of cases that matter to big businesses across the United States."

Evan has represented either a party or an amicus in every Supreme Court case involving punitive damages in the last three decades. He has saved clients in the aggregate more than $3.5 billion in punitive damages cases in the lower courts.

Evan also has represented clients in complex constitutional litigation throughout his career. In particular, he has represented trucking industry and waste management industry clients in dozens of cases challenging state and local laws under the dormant Commerce Clause. He has argued several such cases in federal appellate courts and federal and state trial courts, as well as one such case in the US Supreme Court.

Clients turn to Evan for representation in important business cases in the United States Supreme Court and in lower courts throughout the country. Over the course of his career, Evan has presented 70 appellate oral arguments. He has argued cases in the US Supreme Court, the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, the DC Court of Appeals, the California Court of Appeal, the Florida District Court of Appeal, the Florida Supreme Court, the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Kentucky Supreme Court, the New York Appellate Division, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and numerous state and federal trial courts.

Evan is a thought leader in several areas that are of interest to the business community. He has published extensively on the subjects of punitive damages, class actions, and expert testimony, among other things, and has participated frequently on panels devoted to punitive damages and class actions. He has been a guest lecturer on punitive damages at Harvard Law School as part of Professor John Goldberg's course "Torts in the Supreme Court."

Previously, Evan served as a law clerk to Judge Mary M. Schroeder in the Ninth Circuit.