SUZANNE F. EVANS
Attorney at Law (inactive)
Previously at
3200 Fourth Avenue, Suite 208
San Diego, California 92103
Tel: (619) 683-2546; Fax: (619) 296-9991
e-mail: sevans4@san.rr.com


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

State Bar of California, 1994
San Diego Bar Association (since 1995)
American Bar Association (since 1995)
California Women Lawyer's Club (since 2000)
California Appellate Defense Counsel (since 1995)
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (since 2000)
Lawyer's Club of San Diego (since 1994)



LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

University of San Diego School of Law, 1991-1994

  • Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, May 1994
  • San Diego Law Review
  • American Jurisprudence Award for Administrative Law (1993)
  • Adele Gilman Scholarship (1993)
  • Entering Merit Scholarship (1991)
  • American Jurisprudence Award for Torts (1991)


    PRE-LEGAL EDUCATION

    University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
        Master of Science in Physiology, 1969
    Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
        Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Zoology-Physiology, 1967


    LEGAL EXPERIENCE

    Sole Practitioner, San Diego, California
    Panel Attorney: Appellate attorney in juvenile dependency cases and criminal cases, appointed under the Court of Appeal through the Appellate Defenders, Inc. independent case system (since July 1995)
    Law Offices of Gerard, Selden, Osuch & Johnson, San Diego, California
    Associate: Prepared and defended plaintiff class members in class action law suit at depositions (January 1995 to June 1995)
    San Diego County Department of the Public Defender, Vista, California
    Law Clerk: Assisted in preparation of first degree murder trial. Conducted research, drafted motions, organized discovery, attended conferences and court sessions (November 1992 to March 1993)


    PUBLISHED DECISIONS

    In re Lucero L. (2000) 22 Cal.4th 1227

    In re Mary N. B. (2013) 218 Cal.App.4th 1474
    In re A. G. et al. (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 276
    In re A. L. et al. (2010) 190 Cal.App.4th 75
    In re Maria R. et al. (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 48
    In re Kenneth S., Jr. (2009) 169 Cal.App.4th 1353
    In re Valerie A. (2007) 152 Cal.App.4th 987
    In re H. G. (2006) 146 Cal.App.4th 1
    In re John M. (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 1564
    In re Valerie A. (2006) 139 Cal.App.4th 1519
    In re P.C. et al. (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 279
    In re Claudia S. (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 236
    In re Miguel E. et al. (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 521
    In re Austin P. (2004) 118 Cal.App.4th 1124
    In re Liliana S. et al. (2004) 115 Cal.App.4th 585
    In re Karla C. (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 166
    In re Daniel M. (2003) 110 Cal.App.4th 703
    In re O.S. (2002) 102 Cal.App.4th 1402
    People v. Massicot (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 920
    In re Liam L. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 739
    In re Frank L. (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th 700
    In re Matthew Z. (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 545
    In re Michael G. (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 700

    (Updated 2018)