Evans Group Law: A Flagstaff Boutique Built by Attorneys Who Used to Defend the Other Side

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Editorial note on identity: this profile concerns Erin Evans and Evans Group Law (evansgarrey.com), a plaintiff-side catastrophic-injury firm with offices in Flagstaff and Phoenix. It is unrelated to “John Evans Injury Law” of Scottsdale, a separately operated practice that FindLaw’s own directory identifies as personal injury defense work. The two are distinct attorneys and distinct firms sharing only a common surname.

At a Glance — Evans Group Law

Origin

Erin Evans founded the boutique firm now operating as Evans Group Law, which describes itself as focused specifically on “catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases” rather than the full range of minor-to-major injury matters a general practice would take. The firm’s site states its attorneys “have been on both sides of this fight” — language indicating prior insurance-defense experience now applied to plaintiff-side representation, a pattern this publication has documented at several other Arizona firms. Evans sits on the board of directors of the Arizona Association for Justice, the state’s plaintiff trial-lawyer association.

Practice Areas

The firm limits its docket to catastrophic injury and wrongful death: automotive, motorcycle, and truck collisions; bicycle and pedestrian crashes; and premises liability claims including slip and fall. It explicitly frames its intake around “boutique” case selection rather than high-volume general accident work.

Track Record

The firm’s published materials describe representative client scenarios in general terms — a rear-end collision, a hit-and-run, a fall resulting in injury, a defective product causing paralysis — but do not attach dollar figures or case-specific verdict and settlement data on the pages reviewed. We are noting this as an unverified gap rather than estimating figures on the firm’s behalf.

Client Voice

A client testimonial published on the firm’s site states, “Evans Group is the ONLY place to consider for your injury law needs,” citing availability “whenever I have needed to talk to them.” This is a firm-published, attributed review rather than one independently sourced from a third-party platform such as Google or Avvo.

Community

Board service with the Arizona Association for Justice represents documented professional community involvement. We did not identify additional independently verified civic or pro bono activity specific to the firm at the time of writing.

Recognition

No Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization certification was identified for Erin Evans. AzAJ board membership is noted here as a genuine plaintiff-bar leadership credential, distinct from marketing-program awards.

Arizona Legal Backdrop

Arizona personal injury claims are generally subject to a two-year statute of limitations under A.R.S. § 12-542, expressly cited on the firm’s own site as well. Claims against a public entity require a notice of claim within 180 days (A.R.S. § 12-821.01) and suit within one year (A.R.S. § 12-821). Arizona applies pure comparative negligence under A.R.S. § 12-2505, and tolling for minors or individuals with certain incapacities is addressed under A.R.S. § 12-502. This is general information, not legal advice.

The Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Evans Group Law’s structural bet is narrowness: by limiting intake to catastrophic injury and wrongful death rather than the full spectrum of accident claims, a small boutique can commit real attorney time to fewer, larger cases — and its Flagstaff base gives it a genuine presence in a market most Phoenix-headquartered firms serve only through satellite marketing. The trade-off is the same one every boutique carries: a firm this size cannot absorb a high volume of smaller claims, and prospective clients with more modest injuries may be better served elsewhere. Worth asking directly what “catastrophic” means as an intake threshold for this firm specifically, since that word is doing real screening work in how cases are accepted.

Methodology & Sourcing

Sourced from the firm’s website (evansgarrey.com), FindLaw’s separate listing for the unrelated “John Evans” Scottsdale practice (consulted specifically to resolve the identity-confusion risk between the two), and the Arizona Association for Justice’s published board of directors roster. No court-record verdict search was performed. Awesome Attorneys did not contact the firm directly in the preparation of this profile.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, reviewed, or approved by Evans Group Law prior to publication.