attorney

Evan W. Elam

Evan Elam is an attorney in the firm’s Atlanta office whose practice focuses on professional liability defense for attorneys, accountants, and their firms. Evan also has experience defending medical malpractice cases and commercial litigation cases defending small businesses. He has experience working in both state and federal court, as well as helping firms respond to third party subpoenas.

Recent Assignments

Shannon Sprinkle, Joe Kingma, Jeff Hoffmeyer and Evan Elam secured summary judgment for the U.S. partner of a global accounting firm accused of defamation and tortious interference with contract arising out of an audit engagement.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Education

J.D.,

2022

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Org / Honor

Journal of Constitutional Law, Associate Editor (2020-21)

Civil Practice Clinic (2021)

Wharton Certificate in Management (2021)

Center on Professionalism Certificate in Technology

Democracy Law Project; Immigrant Rights Project

B.A., Politics,

2018

summa cum laude

The University of the South

Org / Honor

Phi Beta Kappa; Arthur B. Dugan Memorial Prize for Achievements in Politics; Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society; Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society; Lancaster Scholarship for Achievements in Politics

Creative Writing Certificate; Moot Court Team; Housing Sewanee service project

Presidential Fellowship, Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress, Washington, D.C.

Published in Fellow’s Review, 2019

More Than Stites & Harbison

During law school, Evan was a summer law intern with the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas (July – August 2021). He was also a summer associate with Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell (May – July 2021). Prior to law school, Evan was a marketing intern for KMS Technologies/Katalon Studio in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam (Nov. 2018 – January 2019) and interned for the Honorable Gregory F. Van Tatenhove in the Eastern District of Kentucky (Summer 2018).

Contact Resources

Evan Elam's LinkedIn Profile