The Voice of a Woman Lawyer: Why It Matters and How to Use It
Event Date
4-18-2016
Repository Citation
Evans, Stacey Godfrey, "The Voice of a Woman Lawyer: Why It Matters and How to Use It" (2016). Edith House Lectures. 40.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_lectures_house/40
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Georgia state Rep. Stacey Godfrey Evans presented “The Voice of a Woman Lawyer: Why it Matters and How to Use it” at the University of Georgia School of Law’s 34th Edith House Lecture on April 18 at 3:30 p.m. in the school’s Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom.
Evans serves parts of Cobb County in the Georgia House of Representatives. First elected in 2010, she has successfully authored and passed legislation to restore cuts to the HOPE Grant program, which has allowed thousands of Georgians to pursue a higher education. In addition to her role as a state representative, she runs her own law firm, S.G. Evans Law, where she represents individuals and businesses in complex litigation.
Prior to starting her own firm, Evans began her legal career by practicing securities litigation at Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, which later became Bryan Cave. She was also a small-business founder and owner as a partner at Wood, Hernacki & Evans, a litigation firm, where she focused on health care fraud and defamation cases.
Outside of her legal work, Evans serves as the chair of the board of directors for the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation and serves on the boards of Communities in Schools of Marietta/Cobb County, the Cobb Library Foundation and the Kennesaw State University Political Science Department Advisory Board.
Evans earned her bachelor’s degree in economics and political science and her law degree, cum laude, from UGA. While at Georgia Law, she was a member of the Georgia Law Review. She recently established the Stacey Godfrey Evans Scholarship, which will benefit first-generation college graduates attending Georgia Law.