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.
Stites & Harbison Welcomes Five Attorneys to Kentucky and Georgia Offices
Attorney At Law Magazine, November 28, 2022
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.
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Journal of Constitutional Law, Associate Editor (2020-21)
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Civil Practice Clinic (2021)
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Wharton Certificate in Management (2021)
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Center on Professionalism Certificate in Technology
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Democracy Law Project; Immigrant Rights Project
summa cum laude
The University of the South
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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
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Creative Writing Certificate; Moot Court Team; Housing Sewanee service project
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Presidential Fellowship, Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Published in Fellow's Review, 2019
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).
Georgia Legislature Passes Hotly Debated Tort Reform Measures
Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp made no secret that he would push for ambitious tort reform as part of this year’s state legislative agenda. Two Senate bills successfully made it through the session and await the Governor’s signature. The bills contain measures, which proponents and sponsors suggested were necessary to combat nuclear verdicts, reduce the costs of litigation, and control rising insurance premiums. Shannon Sprinkle and Evan Elam take a look at the bills in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
Ensuring Enforcement of Electronically Executed Arbitration Agreements
Shannon Sprinkle and Evan Elam take a look at the enforceability of electronically executed arbitration agreements in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
Stites & Harbison Welcomes Five Attorneys to Kentucky and Georgia Offices
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC announces the addition of five attorneys to the firm. Bailey Browning and Kyle Schroader join the Lexington, Ky., office, Ana England and Zac Losey join the Louisville, Ky., office and Evan Elam joins the Atlanta office.