Evan G.E. VincentShareholder/Director
Evan Vincent specializes in the litigation process. He knows how to use the procedures and rules that govern civil lawsuits to his clients’ advantage, and he has the skills and experience to take a case to trial in front of a judge or a jury. He also knows how to evaluate when it’s appropriate to take a case to trial and when it’s best to resolve the case another way. In representing clients in litigation, Evan works to “see the whole board” when formulating a strategy for resolution, and he recognizes that a client’s optimal outcome often depends on economic and relationship factors that exist separate from the underlying merits of the case.
Evan has worked on the trial team or served as lead counsel in numerous large and complex cases during his career, including matters requiring evidence collection from locations in Europe and Asia. He has tried cases to verdict in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Arkansas and has represented clients on the plaintiff and the defense side in commercial and personal injury matters. He was inducted as a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”) in 2023, and at the time of his induction he also held the distinction of being the youngest member of the Oklahoma ABOTA Chapter.
Evan has always enjoyed and excelled in math, science and other subjects that present an intellectual challenge. While this is what motivated him to earn his degree in Aerospace Engineering, he chose to pursue law based on another of his favorite challenges: public speaking. One of the strongest influences in Evan’s life is his grandfather, Dr. Don Rhinehart, who said that “each of us have some expertise that should be utilized to the fullest to help others.” He works to apply his grandfather’s words directly to his practice, and throughout his career he has used his ability to understand and explain numbers and scientific concepts to assist clients with issues that range from complex engineering questions to aspects of complicated financial transactions and accounting matters.
Evan has taught Civil Pretrial Litigation as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law since 2016. He has been inducted as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, achieved the Advocate designation from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and has an AV peer review rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. He was named a Rising Star by Oklahoma Super Lawyers from 2012 to 2023, listed as an Oklahoma Future Star by Benchmark Litigation since 2018, named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List eight times, has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2019 and has been ranked as Up and Coming by Chambers USA in Litigation: General Commercial since 2024. *
“He is a top litigator. He has a firm grasp on how to analyze facts, organize them and present them to a court. He is excellent on his feet and understands how to advance the goals of the client.”
“Evan is a very competent trial attorney who has a good demeanor and is very thoughtful about his actions.”
*Crowe & Dunlevy has no input in the rating methodologies used by Super Lawyers, Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers, Chambers USA, and LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.
Representative experience includes*:
- Obtained a verdict for his client, the plaintiff, in a breach of contract jury trial in Pennsylvania state court;
- Prevailed on an affirmative defense that significantly reduced the defendant’s liability to the plaintiff in a jury trial in federal court in Arkansas;
- Obtained summary judgment on all claims asserted against a minority owner of an LLC who was alleged to have damaged the business and obtained summary judgment on liability for that minority owner’s counterclaim against the majority owner;
- Successfully defended the chief executive and largest owner of an Oklahoma LLC from allegations of mismanagement and self-dealing;
- Obtained a reversal of the trial court’s verdict and a ruling from the appellate court that the trial court enter judgment in favor of his client in a matter involving collection of the defendant’s personal guaranty of a $5 million dollar debt;
- Served as lead trial counsel for the defense in a federal court jury trial in which the plaintiff alleged intentional interference with prospective economic advantage;
- Served as trial counsel for a creditor in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding and successfully obtained a ruling that denied the debtor’s discharge;
- Successfully represented multiple oil well operators sued for catastrophic injury or wrongful death in which the plaintiff alleged that gases escaping from an oil tank battery caused the injury;
- Obtained a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case in a federal court jury trial involving ownership rights in a $24 million natural gas gathering system;
- Successfully represented the general contractor in a million dollar payment dispute with the owner, bank and 27 subcontractors that arose from the construction of a fraternity house at the University of Oklahoma
Published decisions include:
- Mojsilovic v. Oklahoma ex rel. Board of Regents for University of Oklahoma, 841 F.3d 1129 (10th Cir. 2016)
- Custom Radio Corporation v. Passenger Transportation Specialists, Inc., 241 P.3d 658 (Okla. Ct. Civ. App. 2010)
- High Sierra Energy, L.P. v. Hull, 241 P.3d 1149 (Okla. Ct. Civ. App. 2010)
- High Sierra Energy, L.P. v. Hull, et al., 259 P.3d 902 (Okla. Ct. Civ. App. 2011)
*Past results afford no guarantee of future results. Every case is different and must be judged on its merits.
Temple Law School
Philadelphia, PA
LL.M., Trial Advocacy, 2020
Honors:
With Honors
Faculty Award
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK
J.D., 2008
Honors:
With Highest Honors
Order of the Coif
Oklahoma Law Review; Assistant Managing Editor
Gene & Jo Ann Sharp Award for Outstanding Appointed Editor
Comfort Scholarship
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, 2005
Honors:
Outstanding Senior in Aerospace Engineering
Men's Letzeiser Honor List
AME Worstell Scholarship
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2016
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2012
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2009
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 2009
- Oklahoma, 2008
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 2008
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- American Bar Association
- Oklahoma Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2023
- Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court, Barrister
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel
- Trial Law Institute, Member
- Diversity Law Institute, Member
- Ranked as Up and Coming by Chambers USA in Litigation: General Commercial (2024 - Present)
- Member of the Journal Record’s Achievers Under 40 Class IX
- Member of the Inaugural Class of Ion Oklahoma’s NextGen 30 Under 30
- Member of Leadership Oklahoma City’s LOYAL Class 6
- Named to Benchmark Litigation's 40 & Under Hot List (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Listed in Benchmark Litigation as an Oklahoma Future Star (2018 - Present)
- Named a National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Advocate, 2016
- Named as a Super Lawyers Oklahoma Rising Star in General Litigation, Business Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Construction Litigation: Business (2012 – Present)
- Listed in Best Lawyers in Appellate Practice (2019 - Present)
- Construction Lawyers Society of America, Fellow
- "Work/Life Balance: A Structured but Flexible Approach," The Oklahoma Bar Journal, Vol. 83, No. 8, March 10, 2012
- Adjunct Professor, Civil Pretrial Litigation, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Oklahoma Blood Institute, Board of Directors
