Evan J. Davis
Principal
Evan Davis is a renowned trial and appellate attorney who represents individuals and businesses in civil and criminal tax and white-collar matters, in both federal and state courts, as well as in audits before federal and state agencies. He was a federal prosecutor and civil tax attorney with the US Department of Justice and US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years, and won numerous awards before joining his current firm, a highly respected tax controversy law firm in California. In 2023, Mr. Davis represented a law firm before the US Supreme Court in a cryptocurrency/criminal tax/attorney-client privilege matter, In re Grand Jury. Mr. Davis is a magna cum laude and Order of the Coif graduate of the Cornell Law School. After law school, he was a civil litigator with the Washington State Attorney General's Office and then a commodities regulator with the CFTC, before joining the Department of Justice Tax Division as a trial attorney. Mr. Davis has been a principal with his firm since joining the firm in October 2016. Mr. Davis is a frequent lecturer to lawyers and CPAs at domestic and international conferences and, among his many publications, co-authored a treatise on criminal tax law. During his time at the Department of Justice, he trained lawyers and IRS agents on various issues.
