Evan was raised in Brandon, Mississippi and has worked hard since a young age. In his adult life, Evan has managed election and re-election campaigns, worked in the Hinds County District Attorney's office as a law student, worked in the Mississippi House of Representatives and started a synthetic turf installation company, to name a few.  Evan started his law career at Porter & Malouf, PA in Jackson Mississippi and worked there before co-founding LANGSTON & WEEMS PLLC.  During the litigation following the Deepwater Horizon (BP) Oil Spill, Evan helped represent thousands of businesses and individuals who were harmed.  These efforts resulted in well over One Hundred Million Dollars in recovery.  Evan has also been named as an expert witness in various Federal Courts throughout the Southeast on the subject of BP claims procedure and quantum. 

Today, Evan represents people who get severely injured through no fault of their own.  He also represents plaintiff businesses in suits against other businesses.  Evan is married to the beautiful Dr. Rikki Weems - they have two toddlers, Charles and Eloise and a rescue dog named Ryder.  When he is not working, Evan is an avid golfer, foodie and lover of all things New Orleans.  He resides with his family in historic downtown Covington, LA.    

EDUCATION

Pearl High School, Pearl Mississippi (2004)

COSI Institute, San Jose, Costa Rica (2007)

Millsaps College B.A., Jackson, Mississippi (2008)

Certificate of Civil Law, Mississippi College, Jackson, Mississippi (2012)

Mississippi College School of Law, J.D. (2012)

HONORS AND AWARDS

AV Preeminent © Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

Named Top 40 Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers

Named Rising Star in Mid-South US Region by SuperLawyers

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Board Member, Louisiana Coastal Relief and Recovery (501(c)3 non-profit)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Mississippi Association for Justice (Board of Governors)

Louisiana Association for Justice

Mississippi Bar Association

Louisiana State Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS

Mississippi

Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi