Sarah Evans helps employers avert potential problems, and when problems are unavoidable, she helps employers find a favorable resolution.

Ms. Evans does this by first providing employment law advice to local employers to assist their compliance with all applicable statues and regulations. She counsels employers on issues including preventing harassment and hostile work environment claims, wage and hour compliance, and disciplinary actions.

Second, she also accomplishes this in her litigation work, where Ms. Evans defends lawsuits and claims filed by individual employees. She also regularly defends clients in class and representative action cases involving employment and wage issues.

Ms. Evans is deeply committed to community service and nonprofit leadership. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Previously, she played a key leadership role in the merger of Friends of Balboa Park and the Balboa Park Conservancy, helping to create Forever Balboa Park. As the organization’s inaugural Co-Chair, she also led its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Working Group.

Ms. Evans has also held leadership positions with Lawyers Club of San Diego, Border View Family YMCA, and the Crawford High School Law Academy, among other civic and community organizations.

Ms. Evans has been recognized for her professional leadership and contributions to the legal community. She was named California’s 40th Senate District Woman of the Year in 2019 and has received numerous honors from the San Diego Business Journal, including recognition as a Woman of Influence in Law in 2022, 2024, and 2025, and inclusion on the publication’s Leaders of Influence in Law list in 2025. She has also been selected to San Diego Super Lawyers® from 2023 through 2026.