PALAU

Franklin R. Evans

Norcross, GA

Franklin R. Evans is the founder and managing partner of Evans Injury Attorneys. Frank has spent over two decades representing client in personal injury. He is licensed in both the States of Georgia and Ohio, as well as the Republic of Palau. It should be noted that he appeared in Court in all said jurisdictions on countless occasions. Frank earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Miami University and his law degree from the University of Cincinnati. He was first admitted to practice law in Ohio in 1999 and spent the first five years of his career representing injured clients. In 2005, Frank was admitted to practice law in Georgia where he worked at two of the largest personal injury firms in Atlanta. After a hiatus as Assistant Attorney General for the Republic of Palau, Frank returned to Georgia and began litigating personal injury claims for other firms. It was during this time that Evans Injury Attorneys was born. Frank has not only impeccable legal skills in both the pre-litigation, as well as, the litigation stages of personal injury claims, he takes great pride in representing his clients to the best of his ability. He truly lives be the motto that injuries can happen to anyone at anytime and those that have the skills to help the injured should strive to do the best of their abilities in doing so. That being said, don’t be surprised if you call the firm and he may be the one ACTUALLY ANSWERING THE CALL at any given time.

Antonio L. Cortés

Lafayette, CA

Antonio L. Cortés has over thirty years of civil and business litigation experience, and has litigated numerous real estate disputes in California, Palau, and Guam. His extensive experience in real estate involves cases concerning title, deed validity, ejectment, partition, lease rights, cancellation of instruments, claims for public lands, easement and access rights, boundaries, mechanics liens, mortgage fraud, commercial leases, equitable liens, mortgage foreclosure, purchase agreements, nuisance, flood liability, and toxic mold liability. Mr. Cortés has also litigated intellectual property rights, corporate issues such as dissolution and shareholder rights, securities fraud, and employment issues such as unlawful termination and wage and hour disputes. Additionally, Mr. Cortés has litigated cases involving public fiduciary duty, nonfeasance, freedom of information, defense contracting, private entity claims, constitutional interpretation, separation of powers, interstate boundaries, international treaties, intergovernmental transactions, government negligence, and sovereign immunity. He has tried over thirty cases, and has obtained large jury verdicts, including a multi-million dollar punitive damage award.