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Jul. 3, 2025

Bench Wisdom

Retired judge John Evans brings calm, candor, and creative solutions to the mediation table.

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Bench Wisdom

Career Highlights: Joined Judicate West in October 2023; appointed to the Riverside County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008, retired 2023; sole practitioner, Indian Wells, 2004-08; partner, Evans & Plott, Indian Wells, 2002-04; sole practitioner, Redlands, 1996-02; partner, associate, MacLachlan, Burford & Arias, San Bernardino, 1985-96; associate, Furness, Flory & Middlebrook, San Bernardino, 1981-85; associate, Hardin & Miller, Riverside, 1979-81.

Law School: Citrus Belt Law School, now California Southern Law School, 1979

Judicate West
Personal injury, probate, insurance, employment, construction defect

Retired judge John G. Evans has spent more than four decades solving all kinds of problems.

"It's a funny thing being an attorney," Evans said with a chuckle. "No one comes to your office and gives you money because everything's going good."

After 29 years as a civil litigator and another 15 as a Riverside County Superior Court judge, Evans joined Judicate West in the early fall of 2023, where he's been working as a mediator and... (continued)

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