Jesse P. Evans III
Jesse Evans practices in the Birmingham and Montgomery offices of the firm. He has represented clients in a wide variety of real estate development, land use, eminent domain, title insurance and real estate litigation matters for over thirty years. His practice encompasses the representation of real estate developers in litigation and non-litigation matters, the representation of title insurers in coverage issues and litigated disputes and the representation of landowners in eminent domain proceedings, among a variety of other real-estate related matters. Mr. Evans has served as lead counsel in over two hundred jury trials and a greater number of bench trials as well as over one hundred appeals in the state and federal courts.
Mr. Evans is the author of Alabama Property Rights and Remedies (4th ed.), one of the leading works on real property law in Alabama. He has also served as a Professor of Law at Birmingham School of Law and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. His courses taught include Land Use, Real Estate Development and Eminent Domain. Mr. Evans is active in the Greater Birmingham Association of Homebuilders, currently serving as the Association's General Counsel, and the Homebuilders Association of Alabama. He is also a member of the Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS), a part of the National Association of Homebuilders. He is currently a member of the Real Estate Study Committee of the Alabama Law Institute.
Mr. Evans is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law, Land Use and Zoning Law and Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (since 1995), as well as in Alabama Super Lawyers for 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in the catagory of Real Estate, Eminent Domain, and Land Use/Zoning. In 2011, Mr. Evans was named by Alabama Super Lawyers to "Alabama Top 50", a listing of the lawyers who received the highest point totals in the nomination, research and review process. Mr. Evans was also recognized in the Birmingham Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" polls, and in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use. He was named Birmingham Litigation-Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
Admitted to practice:
Alabama
Alabama State Court
U.S. Court of Claims
Federal Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
Athens College (B.S., 1974)
Birmingham School of Law (J.D., 1979)
Alabama Property Rights and Remedies (4th ed. Lexis-Nexis 2010)
Mr. Evans is a frequent speaker at various professional seminars for both lawyers and real estate, construction and land use professionals.
