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Tracy J. Evans II, Esq.

PARTNER

Mr. Evans was born and raised in Rockingham County, Virginia, and focuses his practice on family law, adult guardianship, civil litigation, criminal defense, and personal injury law.

Mr. Evans represents individuals in all aspects of family law, including custody, visitation, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution of marital assets, and the drafting of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Mr. Evans assists individuals petitioning the court for guardianship and/or conservatorship of incapacitated adults, and is qualified as a guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults in the 26th Judicial District of Virginia.

Mr. Evans’ civil litigation practice includes assisting individuals with petitions for expungements, petitions for firearm rights restoration, estate litigation, contract disputes, and business litigation.

With regard to his criminal law practice, Mr. Evans defends individuals charged in both state and federal court with serious felonies, including violent crimes such as murder, aggravated malicious wounding, burglary, aggravated sexual offenses, and the transportation and distribution of illegal drugs.

Mr. Evans has successfully represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases for motor vehicle accidents, intentional torts, dog bites, wrongful death and medical malpractice. 

Before founding Evans Law Group PLC, the predecessor to Evans Oliver PLC, Mr. Evans was a partner at Eldridge Elledge Evans & Harding PLC, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. While at his previous firm, Mr. Evans' practice included criminal defense of serious felonies as well as traffic infractions and alcohol violations, civil litigation, wills and trusts, and plaintiff’s personal injury.

Mr. Evans graduated from the George Mason University School of Law. While at law school, Mr. Evans was the Notes Editor for the Federal Circuit Bar Journal, the official publication of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Additionally, Mr. Evans was the Vice President of Law Students for the Second Amendment, a student organization dedicated to the preservation of Second Amendment rights. For his undergraduate education, Mr. Evans attended The College of William & Mary, the nation's second oldest university, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and graduated with a B.S. in Biology. Mr. Evans graduated from Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater, Virginia. He, his wife Laura, and their two daughters reside in Rockingham County.


AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Family Law

  • Civil Litigation

  • Criminal Defense

  • Personal Injury

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Virginia, 2006

  • U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 2007

  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2008

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia, 2007

  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2008

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 2007

EDUCATION

  • George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2006

    • Notes Editor - Federal Circuit Bar Journal

    • Vice President - Law Students for the Second Amendment

  • The College of William & Mary, B.S. (Biology), 1999

PUBLISHED WORKS

  • Age-Related Decline in Reproductive Sensitivity to Inhibition by Short Photoperiod in Peromyscus Leucopus (Co-Author with David R. Broussard, et. al), Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 32-39, February, 2009

  • Miller v. Harrisonburg-Rockingham Social Services District, 2009 WL 743394, March, 2009

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Super Lawyers Virginia Rising Star - 2009, 2012 - 2016

  • National Academy Of Criminal Defense Attorneys Top 10 Under 40 Virginia - 2014

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Virginia State Bar, Member

  • Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Bar Association

    • Treasurer, 2013 - 2014

    • President-Elect, 2014 - 2015

    • President, 2015 - 2016

  • Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (VAELA), Member

  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), Member

  • Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (VACDL), Member

  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Member

  • Western District of Virginia CJA Panel (Harrisonburg Division), Member

  • Association of Young Professionals (AYP), Board of Directors, 2007 - 2011

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

  • Harrisonburg City Republican Committee, Chairman, 2009 - 2013

  • Generations Crossing Adult & Childcare Center, Chairman, 2016 - 2018

  • Spotswood Country Club, Board of Directors, 2018 - 2021

PAST EMPLOYMENT

  • Eldridge Elledge Evans & Harding PLC, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Partner, 2008 - 2012

  • Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Associate, 2006 - 2007