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Atty. Evan Hughes, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA


Summary

Celebrated Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer Evan Hughes is nationally recognized not only as the premier criminal defense attorney in the Philadelphia area, but also as one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the United States. He has received dozens of accolades and honors from fellow attorneys as well as awards from Super Lawyers and AVVO. Recently, Evan Hughes has been listed in the top 100 criminal defense lawyers by Newsweek. Evan Hughes enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a skilled trial lawyer and relentless advocate for his clients. Never shying away from tough and unpopular cases, Evan Hughes has obtained not-guilty verdicts in several high-profile cases including Commonwealth v. Hall and United States v. Awopetu. Evan Hughes is a graduate of Drexel University where he majored in Finance and International Business. Following his undergraduate studies, Hughes worked at Deutsche Banc before attending Widener University School of Law. During law school, Hughes clerked for the Honorable Carol Engle Temin in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and spent his last year of law school trying cases for the Philadelphia County District Attorney?s office. Resulting from his strong analytical background, Hughes specializes in serious and complex criminal defense work, he has vast experience in cases of professional crime; murder and manslaughter; armed robbery; cases of a sexual nature; as well as cases involving police corruption, blackmail, kidnapping, and serious drug-related crime. As a natural complement to his criminal defense practice, Evan Hughes, a criminal lawyer in Philadelphia, maintains a significant personal injury and civil rights practice that is focused primarily on catastrophic injury and police misconduct. Evan Hughes has obtained individual verdicts and settlements for his clients in excess of $5,000,000. View More ?

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Education

Widener University
J.D. (2004) | Law
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Experience

16 years of experience

Address

The Hughes Firm
1845 Walnut Street
#932
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215) 454-6680
Fax: (215) 454-6681