Sue Ann Salmon Evans

Sue Ann Salmon Evans of Long Beach, California, has several decades of experience as an attorney representing numerous clients, including school districts and education professional societies, in litigation at the state and federal levels. An experienced practitioner of education law, she presently leads the Charter Schools Practice Group at Dannis Woliver Kelley's Long Beach office, where she also serves as Managing Shareholder. Additionally, Sue Ann Salmon Evans belongs to the California law firm's practice groups in litigation; business, real estate, and finance; community colleges and higher education institutions; independent schools and nonprofits; special education; and public entities.

The recipient of a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Sue Ann Salmon Evans has focused her legal career largely on serving educational institutions and entities involved in a wide range of issues. Having represented school districts in disputes involving charter school establishment and allocation of resources for close to 20 years, she serves as a leading California attorney on the matter and has worked on several landmark cases that challenged elements of the state's Proposition 39. Sue Ann Salmon Evans also counsels school boards on other issues, such as state-mandated costs, conflicts of interest, public meetings conduct, and requests made under the California Public Records Act.

Licensed with the State Bar of California and a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Sue Ann Salmon Evans also serves on the California School Boards Association's (CSBA) Education Legal Alliance. In this latter role, she advises the organization on educational law and related litigation. Additionally, Sue Ann Salmon Evans speaks regularly at CSBA conferences and she holds statewide seminars for school districts on charter school development and the duties of charter authorizers.