Stacey Evans
Stacey Godfrey Evans practices complex business litigation, including extensive experience with False Claims Act and defamation claims.
She represented whistleblowers in a Medicare fraud case against a major dialysis clinic chain that settled for $495 million ($324 million of which was returned to the U.S. Treasury). This was the largest non-intervened whistleblower Medicare fraud case in history.
Stacey spent eight years as a securities and complex litigation attorney at Powell Goldstein, LLP, which is today known as Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. There, she represented community bank boards of directors and other executives in litigation and internal investigations.
She combines her unmatched work ethic with the savvy of a big firm defense attorney and the heart and practical touch of a plaintiff’s attorney.
Stacey is currently a State Representative and proudly represents House District 57, which includes portions of Atlanta. She was elected to serve this district in 2020. This is Stacey’s second stint in the Georgia General Assembly. Stacey previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2010-2017, representing the Smyrna and Marietta areas of Cobb County. She currently serves on the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Retirement committees.
She is a “Double Dawg” having earned her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. Stacey is very active in the community, having served on numerous community boards. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for G-CAPP (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential) and the UGA School of Law Board of Visitors and is a Master in the Lumpkin Inn of Court.
Stacey has also earned several honors for leadership and community service. For example, Stacey has been named to Georgia Trend’s “40 Under 40” list and the Fulton County Daily Report’s list of “40 Under 40 Rising Stars in the Legal Community.” She was also recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in its article, “Up and Comers/Under 40 and Rising: 50 of Atlanta’s Most Promising Young Stars;” she was the youngest person in this group of distinguished Georgians. Additionally, Stacey was named to the Class of 2008 of Outstanding Atlanta. She has been named to UGA’s “40 under 40” and is a graduate of LEAD Atlanta, the State Bar Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy and the Atlanta Women’s Foundation Destiny Fund. Stacey has been named to Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers Rising Stars list over multiple years.
Representative Matters:
- Represented two whistleblowers in Medicare fraud case against major dialysis clinic chain that successfully settled for $495 million. This was the largest non-intervened whistleblower Medicare fraud case in history.
- Represented Perri “Pebbles” Reid in litigation arising from the VH-1 movie “Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story.”
- Represented hospital executive in litigation arising from news coverage.
- Represented state representative in litigation arising from political advertisements.
- Represented Beth Holloway in litigation against the National Enquirer arising from media coverage of the disappearance of her daughter, Natalee Holloway.
- Represented Esquire Deposition Services LLC in multi-state class actions dealing with billing practices.
- Represented Phoebe Putney Health Care System and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital relating to claims by a former staff physician.
- Represented receiver in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
- Represented municipal bond underwriter on fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims brought by bond insurer relating to an over $60 million revenue bond issue.
- Represented corporations in breach of fiduciary duty cases.
- Represented corporations and individuals in internal, SEC, and FDIC investigations.
- Represented court reporting companies in state administrative investigations.
- Represented financial institutions and corporations in garnishment proceedings.
Education:
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University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
J.D., cum laude -
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
B.A., Economics and Political Science
Professional Activities
- Georgia House of Representatives (2011-2017, 2021-present)
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars List (consistently listed since 2010)
- Fulton County Daily Report’s 40 Under 40 Rising Stars List (2015)
- Georgia Trend’s 40 Under 40 List (2015)
- Atlanta Business Chronicle’s List of Up and Comers: Under 40 and Rising: 50 of Atlanta’s Most Promising Young Stars (2004)
- Outstanding Atlanta (2008)
- University of Georgia’s 40 Under 40 List (2012)
- German Marshall Fund, Marshall Memorial Fellow (2017)
- Georgia Bar Association Committee for the Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition (Chair, 2009-10; First Vice Chair, 2008-09; Second Vice Chair, 2007-08; Regional Co-Coordinator, 2004-06)
- Georgia Bar Leadership Academy (2007)
- Bleckley Inn of Court (Barrister, 2008-10)
- Georgia Bar Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- Admitted to practice before Georgia Superior and State Courts, Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
