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Evans, Jeremy

California Sports Lawyer | Founder & Managing Attorney

Jeremy M. Evans represents entertainment, media, and sports clients in contractual,

intellectual property, and dealmaking matters. His clients range from Fortune 500 companies

to entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, models, directors, television showrunners and film

producers, studios, writers, individuals and businesses in contractual, intellectual property,

formation, production, distribution, negotiation, and dealmaking matters.

Mr. Evans is an award-winning attorney and industry leader based in Los Angeles and

Newport Beach, California. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles

(UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an Emphasis in American Politics (BA

’05), Thomas Jefferson School of Law with a Juris Doctor (JD ’11), Pepperdine University Rick J.

Caruso School of Law with a Master of Laws in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law (LLM

’18), and Pepperdine University George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management

with a Master of Business Administration in Entertainment, Media, and Sports Management

(MBA ’20).

Mr. Evans is host of the California Sports Lawyer® Podcast with Jeremy Evans on the Bleav

Network, which focuses on the latest topics and most interesting legal angles in

entertainment, media, and sports law.

Within the community, Mr. Evans serves as the 2021-2023 President of the California Lawyers

Association, one of the largest voluntary bar associations in the nation with over 100,000

members. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Rose Bowl Legacy

Foundation, a centennial campaign for the Rose Bowl Stadium. He also serves as an advisor

to entrepreneurs in entertainment, media, and sports for the U.S. Small Business

Administration (SBA), and is a member of the faculty of law in the California State University,

Long Beach (CSULB) Graduate Program in Sports Management.

Mr. Evans currently serves as Senior Counsel at Klinedinst PC. Prior to opening California

Sports Lawyer® as the Chief Entrepreneur Officer (CEO), Founder & Managing Attorney,

Evans worked as a Graduate Law Clerk at the Superior Court of California, advising judicial

officers in civil and criminal law and motion matters. Prior to law school, he worked as the

associate director for corporate finance at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP. He has

also worked as a legislative aide and field representative in the California State Legislature

and continues to work on local and national campaigns.