Booker T. Evans, Jr.

“Each time I am retained in a case, I consider it an honor that the person or entity retaining me trusts me to speak their truth. I take that duty to heart and give my all fighting for their cause.”

-Booker T. Evans, Jr.

Booker T. Evans, Jr. focuses on white collar crime and commercial litigation. A prominent attorney with more than 35 years in private practice, Booker has extensive experience in criminal defense, product liability, insurance matters, criminal and civil RICO cases, and health law matters. Booker has substantial civil and criminal trial experience, along with post-conviction case experience in the federal court system and is often retained in matters involving the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Prior to entering private practice, he served as a Chief Deputy District Attorney in Las Vegas, Assistant United States Attorney in Nevada and Arizona, and Corporate Counsel for Arizona Public Service Company.

Booker has been named to Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, an Arizona Southwest Super Lawyer, a Top 50 Super Lawyer, a Super Lawyer in White Collar Criminal Defense, a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and a Best Lawyer in America by US News & World Report.

Prior to beginning his career as an attorney, Booker worked as a Counselor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Counselor and Professor at Miami Dade College, and as a Director and Psychologist at the Westside Counseling Center in Las Vegas.

Areas of Expertise

Litigation

Business Torts
Commercial Disputes
Banking Litigation
Insurance
Civil Rights
Products Liability
Real Estate
Healthcare

Political & Election Law

Election Disputes

White Collar Defense/Internal Investigations

Criminal Defense
Corporate Internal Investigations
Criminal and Civil Rico
Sentencing
Post Conviction Relief

Background

Professional Activities

Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Courts
Co-founder, Las Vegas chapter, National Bar Association
Co-Chair, 2015 Arizona State Bar Convention
National Association of Trial Lawyers (Top 100 Criminal)
Northern Arizona University School of Behavioral Sciences, Member, Advancement Committee
Founding member, National Association of Distinguished Counsel

Recognition & Accomplishments

Lifetime Achievement designation, America’s Top 100 Attorneys, 2016
Recipient of Northern Arizona University President’s Distinguished Alumni Award, 2021
Named one of Northern Arizona University’s 100 Outstanding Alumni for its 1999 Centennial Celebration
NAACP Legal Redress Award, Maricopa County Chapter of NAACP, 2004
Champion of Diversity Award, Black Women Lawyers Association of Arizona, 2009
The Best Lawyers in America, general criminal defense, white collar criminal defense, 2010-2021
Named to the Hall of Fame, Northern Arizona University School of Behavioral Sciences, 2011
The National Trial Lawyers, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2014
Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2011
Named one of Southwest Super Lawyers in White Collar Criminal Defense, 2013-2022
Named a Southwest Super Lawyer, Top 50 Arizona, 2014-2022
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2002-2022
Named to Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona, AZ Business magazine, 2015-2019
Named as one of the Nation’s Top Attorneys, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015
Named DiversityFIRST™ Individual Award Winner, Arizona Diversity Council, 2015
Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association Annual Scholarship Gala, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, 2015
Community Luminary, State of Black Arizona, 2016
Legacy of Advocacy Award, Student Bar Association of the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2016
National Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016

Speaking Engagements

“The Myth of Post-Racial America,” Inaugural Ted Johnson Lecture Series, Northern Arizona University’s Ethnic Studies Program, Flagstaff, Arizona, February 6, 2016
“The Do’s and Don’ts of Conducting Internal Investigations,” Ballard Spahr webinar, November 10, 2015

Board Memberships

BLOOM (Domestic Violence Prevention) Board of Directors, Co-Chair 2013-2016
Community Legal Services, Chairman of the Board, 1990-1991
Northern Arizona University Alumni Association, President, 1991-1992
Northern Arizona University Foundation, Board Member, 1993-1996 and 2021-Present
First Tee Learning Center, Phoenix, Executive Committee 2007-2015
Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Past President
President, Desert Mashie Golf Club and Foundation, 2021- Present
Valley Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Board Member, 1996-2002
National Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association, Board Member, 1993-2005
Arizona State University Law School Law Society, Board Member 1988-1993
Barrow Neurological Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2008-2020
Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2006-2010

Education

Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D. 1978)
Northern Arizona University (B.A. 1969)
Northern Arizona University (M.A. 1970)

Admissions

Arizona, 1985
Nevada, 1978
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1985
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2015
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, 1981
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2011
U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 1996
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2007
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1997
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1982