Posted by: evanjdavis | January 26, 2026

Evan Davis Recognized by Legal 500 City Elite: White Collar Crime

We are proud to announce that Evan Davis, a former white-collar federal prosecutor and current Principal of our firm, has been named to the inaugural list of Legal 500 City Elite’s top white-collar lawyers in Los Angeles. “US Elite emphasizes lawyers who are handling work at the top of the legal market in their respective cities.”

Legal 500 selects its elite lawyers after interviewing top practitioners, receiving peer feedback, and gathering evidence of key matters worked on by the ranked attorneys during the past year. 

Legal 500 is a London-based ratings company that focuses on how clients perceive their lawyers, including by measuring client satisfaction.  

Link to the Rankings

Evan Davis has been a Principal at Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. since November 2016. Mr. Davis handles federal and state criminal and civil tax investigations/exams, white-collar defense, cryptocurrency clients, and civil and criminal appellate matters including having litigated the In re Grand Jury attorney-client privilege matter before the US Supreme Court in 2023. 

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. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Counsel.

For more information, please contact Evan Davis at davis@taxlitigator.com


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