Evan J. Davis is a principal at Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. Before joining the firm in 2016, Evan spent nearly 20 years with the US Department of Justice. He was first a civil trial attorney with DOJ’s Tax Division, then an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the C.D. Cal’s Tax Division handling civil and criminal tax cases and, finally, a criminal AUSA in the USAO’s Major Frauds Section handling white-collar, tax, and other fraud cases through jury trial and appeal. He served as the Bankruptcy Fraud coordinator, Financial Institution Fraud Coordinator, and Securities Fraud coordinator. His awards include the U.S. Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for Evan’s work on the $16 Billion RMBS settlement with Bank of America.
Evan represents individuals and closely held entities in criminal tax investigations and prosecutions/appeals, foreign bank reporting, civil tax controversy and litigation, sensitive-issue or complex civil tax examinations and administrative tax appeals, and federal and state white-collar criminal investigations including money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, public corruption, FARA, campaign finance, antitrust, and health care fraud. Since entering private practice, he has handled many civil and criminal cryptocurrency matters. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Counsel. Evan is a magna cum laude graduate of Cornell Law School.
On January 9, 2023, the US Supreme Court heard argument in his In Re Grand Jury case but issued a “Denied as Improvidently Granted” order on January 23, 2023.