Evan Hughes
Celebrated Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer Evan Hughes is nationally recognized to be one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the United States. He has received dozens of accolades and honors from fellow attorneys as well as awards from sites like Super Lawyers. Evan Hughes enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a skilled trial lawyer and relentless advocate for his clients. Never shying away from tough and unpopular cases, Evan Hughes has obtained not-guilty verdicts in several high-profile cases including Commonwealth v. Hall and United States v. Awopetu.
Evan Hughes is a graduate of Drexel University where he majored in Finance and International Business. Following his undergraduate studies, Hughes worked at Deutsche Banc before attending Widener University School of Law. During law school, Hughes clerked for the Honorable Carol Engle Temin in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas and spent his last year of law school trying cases for the Philadelphia County District Attorney’s office.
Resulting from his strong analytical background, Hughes specializes in serious and complex criminal defense work, he has vast experience in cases of professional crime; murder and manslaughter; armed robbery; cases of a sexual nature; as well as cases involving police corruption, blackmail, kidnapping, and serious drug-related crime.
As a natural complement to his criminal defense practice, Evan Hughes, a criminal lawyer in Philadelphia, maintains a significant personal injury and civil rights practice that is focused primarily on catastrophic injury and police misconduct. Evan Hughes has obtained individual verdicts and settlements for his clients in excess of $5,000,000.
Evan Hughes is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, The Middle District of Pennsylvania, The District of New Jersey, and the District of North Dakota. If your case is in another jurisdiction, Evan Hughes may be able to represent you while working in concert with local counsel at no additional cost to the client.
Many of his cases have received substantial national press coverage:
LAUNCESTON CRIME WAVE MEANS MORE “BOOTS ON THE GROUND” NEEDED, SAYS POLICE UNION
April 2019 | ABC News
SUSPECT IN MURDER OF POLICE INSPECTOR’S SON SAYS HE WAS “BEATEN WITH ASSAULT RIFLES” DURING ARREST
April 2019 | KYW
JUDGE CLEARS WOMAN CHARGES WITH ASSAULT AFTER CLAIMING LYFT DRIVER TRIED TO KIDNAP HER
April 2019 | PhillyVoice
FORMER COP IN COURT ON SEX CHARGES
March 2019 | WNEP
FORMER W-B COP WILL HEAD TO TRIAL ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES
March 2019 | Fox 56
COULD CHARGES BE DROPPED AGAINST WOMAN WHO CLAIMED LYFT DRIVER TRIED TO KIDNAP HER?
February 2019 | PhillyVoice
SUSPENDED WB COP’S HEARING PUSHED BACK, HIRES PHILLY ATTORNEY
February 2019 | Times Leader
PHILLY WOMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER CLAIMING LYFT DRIVER TRIED TO KIDNAP HER
January 2019 | PhillyVoice
HOW MINOR PROBATION VIOLATIONS CAN LEAD TO MAJOR JAIL TIME
June 2017 | The Atlantic
THREE HELD FOR TRIAL IN MURDER OVER THEFT DURING TRYST
December 2016 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
EX-MORAVIAN STUDENT BLAMES CRIME ON ‘HANGING WITH THE WRONG CROWD’
October 2016 | Lehigh Valley Live
JURY TO WEIGH TEMPLE STUDENT’S DEATH: MURDER OR SUICIDE?
September 2016 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
FIRED DETECTIVE, CRAIGSLIST-MURDER SUSPECT TESTIFY AT TRIAL
July 2015 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
ZAWARSKI REAL ESTATE AGENT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO TAX EVASION CHARGES, ATTORNEY SAYS
August 2014 | Lehigh Valley Live
ZAWARSKI REAL ESTATE AGENT EVADED TAXES IN EXCESS OF $130,000 FOR YEARS, FEDS SAY
June 2014 | Lehigh Valley Live
MURDER DEFENDANT ADMITS PUNCHING TODDLER
March 2014 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
DEFENDANT’S MOTHER TESTIFIES IN TRIAL ON DEATH OF 3-YEAR OLD
March 2014 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
TRIAL BEGINS IN BEATING DEATH OF BOY, 3
March 2014 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
MAN BEATEN BY POLICE CLEARED OF WRONGDOING
February 2013 | NBC Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ASKIA SABUR ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES
February 2013 | Workers World
WITH FINAL TESTIMONY AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS COMPLETED, ASKIA SABUR AWAITS VERDICT
February 2013 | The Philly Declaration
EVEN A TOP COP CONCEDES A RIGHT TO VIDEO ARRESTS – BUT THE STREET TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY
September 2011 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
FAMILY ACCUSES POLICE OF BRUTALITY DURING SEARCH
October 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
VIDEOTAPED BEATING BY PHILADELPHIA POLICE STIRS STORM OF PROTEST
September 2010 | Minority News
HEARING POSTPONED IN W. PHILA. VIOLENT ARREST CASE
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA POLICE INVESTIGATING ALLEGED BEATING OF SUSPECT IN ARREST
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
PROBE LAUNCHED IN VIOLENT W. PHILA. ARREST
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
CROWD PROTESTS POLICE ACTION IN W. PHILA.
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
SHE CLAIMS COPS GOT ROUGH WITH HER
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
RESIDENTS: PHILLY COP IN VIDEO HAS ‘RUTHLESS’ REPUTATION
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
DOES YOUTUBE VIDEO SHOW POLICE BRUTALITY?
September 2010 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILLY POLICE BEATING LANDS MAN IN THE HOSPITAL
September 2010 | The Grio
PHILLY COPS BEAT A MAN FOR 2 MINS
September 2010 | Boom Philly
PHILLY POLICE BEATING STIRS STORM OF PROTEST
September 2010 | San Francisco Bay View
PHILLY POLICE CRACK MAN’S SKULL OPEN PULL GUNS ON WITNESSES
September 2010 | News One
PHILADELPHIA POLICE TO FIRE 4, DISCIPLINE 4, AND RETRAIN ENTIRE FORCE OVER VIDEOTAPED BEATING
May 2008 | Fox News