The Law Office of Mark W. Evans, Ltd. is a general legal services firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio and serving the legal needs of individuals and businesses in Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
If you need an efficient, creative, and aggressive attorney for your legal needs, Mark W. Evans is ready to help. Mark is committed to providing you or your business with quality legal services at an affordable price. For more information on Mark's legal background and qualifications, click here.
Mark is ready to help with all of your legal needs. If he cannot, he will refer you to a competent attorney who practices in that area of law. Mark emphasizes his practice in general litigation, appeals, estate planning, estate and probate administration, elder fraud, and business creation. Please click here for more information on these areas of law.
Mark offers free one-hour consultations at his office in downtown Cincinnati to discuss your legal issues. The Law Office accepts Visa, Mastercard, and Discover Card for your convenience.
Call 513-579-1200 to schedule an appointment or fill out the contact form
Practice Areas Info
Appeals
If an error occurred in your trial or administrative hearing it is important to act quickly to get the error resolved as there are typically time limits on filing an appeal. Appellate law involves direct appeals of criminal convictions, civil judgments, and administrative hearings that have been resolved at the trial or hearing level. Post-conviction relief is available for criminal defendants convicted as the result of errors or injustices that do not appear in the trial record and therefore cannot be raised on direct appeal. Mark has worked for several appellate court judges over the course of his legal career and participated in the drafting of many appellate court opinions. This experience allows Mark to better prepare a strategy for your appeal and better predict whether an appeals court will agree that an error exists that requires reversal. Depending on your unique legal situation, Mark can generally represent you on an appeal for a flat fee.
General Litigation
Mark has represented individuals and businesses seeking to assert or defend their legal rights in the common pleas and probate courts of Ohio on various civil legal matters. Litigation -- by its nature -- is a costly endeavor. Mark's primary goal in litigating your case is to clearly define your goals. Your goals are Mark's primary focus whether you have been sued or intend to sue another party. After identifying your goals, Mark will devise a sound litigation strategy to achieve those goals in a manner that conforms to your budget. Mark has found that client participation in the litigation process can make or break a case. He therefore expects his clients to take an active role in their case.
Elder Fraud
Through out this country, financial fraud upon the elderly is becoming commonplace. Alzheimer's, dementia, and other diseases creating diminished capacity cause those affected members of our older community to be susceptible to the undue influence of caretakers, family members, neighbors, and even complete strangers. Those with diminished capacity rely on others to help them manage their financial lives. Unfortunately, some choose to take advantage of this situation. On cases of elder fraud, Mark works hand in hand with Craig T. Matthews, an attorney in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Matthews has decades of experience representing the elderly or their families in cases of financial fraud. Together, Mark and Mr. Matthews have successfully represented individuals who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in cases of elder fraud. Contact the Law Office of Mark W. Evans if you suspect that you or a loved one has been a victim of elder fraud.
Estate and Probate Administration
If a loved one has passed on, you may need legal assistance in settling their "estate" in the probate court. An estate consists of all of your loved one's assets as well as their debts. "Administering" an estate in the probate court is a sometimes complex process. It involves making and filing an inventory of the estate, appraising estate assets, selling estate assets, paying debts, and distributing estate assets to beneficiaries. If you have never administered an estate before, you may find it to be a burdensome, time consuming, and confusing process. Mark will help steer you through this process while minimizing the legal costs to you or the Estate.
Simple and Complex Estate Planning
Few realize how important it is to plan for what happens when you pass on. Something as simple as a will can avoid numerous and costly problems that your family could face after your death. Proper estate planning provides for the protection of your legal and monetary interests and can ensure that your loved ones are provided for in a manner that you have devised. Mark is ready to help you if you need assistance with the creation of wills, healthcare advanced directives, powers of attorney, and simple trusts, all for affordable flat fees.
Business Planning
Mark advises clients on creating business entities to safeguard their personal assets. For a flat fee, Mark provides sound legal advice on establishing a new business or transforming your current business. Mark will also provide all necessary documentation to help you set up and run your new or existing business.
Attorney Bio
Mark Evans
Mark Evans, born and raised on the east side of Cincinnati, received a Bachelor of Arts, with Honors, from the University of Cincinnati in 2006. In 2009 he received a Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude (top 3% of his law school class) from the University of Dayton School of Law.
Mark worked full-time at the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts while simultaneously pursuing a degree at the University of Cincinnati. In law school he clerked at Craig T. Matthews & Associates. Under the supervision of attorney Craig Matthews, Mark gained valuable legal experience in business litigation, employment law, estate planning, and probate. Mark also externed for Judge Mary Donovan in Ohio's Second District Court of Appeals. At the Second District Mark read appellate briefs, conducted legal research, and wrote judicial memoranda and draft opinions.
After law school, Mark spent two years as a law clerk for Judge William H. Harsha in Ohio's Fourth District Court of Appeals. During his tenure, Mark participated in the drafting of over 60 appellate opinions involving many of the same areas of law in which he now practices.
In September 2011, Mark opened the Law Office of Mark W. Evans, Ltd. The law office counsels clients on general matters but Mark concentrates his work in general litigation, appeals, estate planning, estate and probate administration, elder fraud, and business creation.
In his free time, Mark enjoys golfing and watching sports. His favorite teams are the Cincinnati Reds and the University of Cincinnati football and basketball teams.
Mark is licensed to practice law in the following jurisdictions:
- The State of Ohio (2009). Sup. Ct. #: 0084953
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky (2010). KY Bar #: 93933
For a copy of Mark's resume click here
Directions
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15 E. 8th Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
To serve clients in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky, the Law Office of Mark W. Evans, Ltd. is centrally located in downtown Cincinnati across from the Cincinnati Public Library, near the corner of E. 8th and Vine Streets.
Metered parking is available on both sides of 8th street and there is pay lot located at the rear of the building at the corner of E. 8th and Vine. The nearest covered parking garage is located in the Garfield Garage one block north on 9th Street. The garage turn in is on 9th, half a block west of Vine Street.
The Law Office shares office space with the law firm of Mckinney & Namei, L.P.A.. When you enter the door at 15 E. 8th Street, please ring the buzzer for Mckinney & Namei, L.P.A., announce yourself at the reception desk immediately to your right, and indicate you are meeting with Mark W. Evans.
From I-71 South:
- Take the Gilbert Ave exit as you enter the downtown Cincinnati area on I-71S
- Stay on Gilbert until it turns into 8th Street in the downtown area.
- Travel four blocks on 8th Street to arrive at 15 E. 8th Street.
- The office is on your left.
From I-471 North:
- After the bridge, take Exit 6B to merge onto E. 6th Street in downtown Cincinnati.
- Travel four blocks on 6th, and then turn right onto Vine Street.
- Travel two blocks and turn right onto 8th Street.
- The office is on your right.
From I-75 S:
- Take Exit 1E for 7th Street as you enter the downtown area on I-75S.
- Travel four blocks on 7th street, and then turn left onto Vine Street.
- Travel one block and turn right onto 8th Street.
- The office is on your right.
From I-75N:
- After the bridge, take Exit 1C to merge onto W. 5th Street.
- Travel four blocks, and then turn left onto Vine Street.
- Travel three blocks and turn right onto 8th Street.
- The office is on your right.
