Evan D. Winet

Biography

Evan earned a B.A. from Vassar College, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, and then worked as a college professor for ten years. He received his law degree in 2012 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While in law school, he was a member of the International and Comparative Law Review, the Mediation Clinic, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Team.

Before joining the Firm, Evan practiced as a trust and estate litigation attorney with Evans, Latham & Campisi, PC in San Francisco. In 2012, he worked as a judicial extern to the Honorable Donna M. Ryu, United States District Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. Evan is a member of the Trust and Estates Section of the State Bar of California and the Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is admitted to practice before all federal and state courts within California.

Evan teaches Wills and Trusts at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He co-authors the widely used practice guide on California Trust and Probate Litigation for the Continuing Education for the Bar (CEB) and has co-edited a national resource on trust litigation remedies for the Litigation Sub-Committee of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

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Speaking Engagements and Articles

• Author, After Beckwith: An Update on the Interference With Inheritance Tort In California, California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 2, 2021
• Co-Author, Cal. Trust and Probate Litigation (Cont. Ed. Bar, CEB),2021
• Co-Editor & Co-Author, ACTEC Fiduciary Litigation Committee Fiduciary Remedy and Damages Survey (2018) American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC),2018
• Co-Author with Dominic J. Campisi and Jake Calvert, Undue Influence: The Gap Between Current Law and Scientific Approaches to Decision-Making and Persuasion, 43 ACTEC L.J. 359,2018
• Author and Speaker, Estate Litigation: Challenges to the Validity of Trusts and Estates (Cont.Ed.Bar, CEB),2016

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