Paul Evans

Practice Areas

Paul Evans is a partner in the Employment Law Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. For over 25 years, Paul has represented employers at the U.S. state, federal and appellate level in employment matters for clients across a broad range of industries, including entertainment, retail, telecommunications, technology, pharmaceuticals, and insurance. He regularly defends employers who face discrimination class actions, ERISA class actions, employment testing and validation matters, wage and hour class and collective actions, and multi-plaintiff and other complex labor and employment litigation. Paul also represents parties in state and federal courts in time-sensitive employee mobility and trade secret matters. A skilled trial lawyer, Paul has obtained defendants’ verdicts in jury trials and arbitrations across a wide range of employment cases, including discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour cases.

Paul is also a practical advisor, with a strong expertise in crisis counseling. He regularly advises clients on internal investigations, pay equity, government agency actions, background check and Fair Credit Reporting Act issues, artificial intelligence, employment testing and test validation, workforce change initiatives, and succession planning.

Professional Memberships

• Law360 Employment Editorial Advisory Board - Member (2016)

Publications

Publications

• Contributor, The Employer Report

• Co-author, "EEOC Won't Budge on EEO-1 Pay Data Collection," Law360, July 20, 2016 Presentations

• Speaker, "Independent Contractors and Joint Employment: Mitigating Risks for Employers," ACC Greater Philadelphia Employment & Labor Law CLE Institute, March 2017

Presentations

• Speaker, "Independent Contractors and Joint Employment: Mitigating Risks for Employers," ACC Greater Philadelphia Employment & Labor Law CLE Institute, March 2017