Evan is a former attorney turned documentary filmmaker and First Amendment rights advocate. He is passionate about protecting the free speech rights of filmmakers, journalists, and activists across the country.  

Prior to moving to New York City and starting a film production company, Player Piano, he was an attorney with the California Anti-SLAPP Project, a public interest law firm and policy organization dedicated to fighting SLAPPs in California.

Evan speaks frequently about the First Amendment in the national media and has appeared on such programs as CBS This Morning, ABC Nightly News with Diane Sawyer, and CBS News. He has given public talks on SLAPPs at forums like SXSW and on Capitol Hill, and he has appeared on podcasts such as The Guy Gordon Show and the Columbia University STLR podcast.

Evan has written extensively about SLAPPs, in scholarly journals such as the First Amendment Law Review, and for mainstream audiences on websites like Mic. He has been quoted extensively in newspapers and websites across the globe, including cover stories for the Washington Post, USA Today, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He also serves as faculty for Lawline, providing legal education for attorneys on anti-SLAPP legislation.

He graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the UDC Law Review.