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Evan Hughes and the firm have often been in the national media spotlight due to the high-profile cases they undertake. Evan Hughes has obtained many not-guilty verdicts in several prominent cases.

We invite you to contact the attorneys at Hughes Law if you are an individual or organization faced with a civil dispute or criminal prosecution. Call for a confidential case evaluation: 215-454-6680.


Many of our cases have received substantial national press coverage:

‘SHE HAD TO PROTECT HERSELF’: WOMAN SUSPECTED OF SOUTH PHILADELPHIA DRAG RACE HIT-AND-RUN FLED SCENE AFTER RECEIVING THREATS, LAWYER SAYS
July 2019 | CBS Philly

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

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

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