Paul Evans

Education

Practice Areas

As the leader of Baker McKenzie’s New York and East Coast Employment & Compensation Practice Group and member of the Steering Committee for the Firm's North American Employment & Compensation Practice, Paul Evans has handled high profile and high stakes workplace litigation, led sensitive investigations and advised C-suite executives on compliance and regulatory issues involving a broad range of employment matters. Paul has a track record of success defending class and collective actions involving discrimination, equal pay, and wage and hour issues. An experienced trial lawyer with a record of defense verdicts and arbitration wins, Paul has defended clients across the country in the entertainment, media, technology, finance, retail and pharmaceutical industries, with clients praising him as a “very strategic and strong advocate.”

Paul is also regularly tapped by clients to provide counsel in high-profile and crisis situations. He has helped clients navigate emerging issues, including the use and governance of artificial intelligence, equal pay oversight, employment testing and validation, succession planning, workforce change initiatives and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Clients have noted that “Paul has a knack for simplifying complex topics, has great instincts and calibrates his advice and approach to the stated client objective."

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

Languages Spoken

English

Expert in these Jurisdictions

USA