Demarris Evans

Demarris R. Evans received a B.A. in English from  U.C. Berkeley in 1991. She received a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1994.  She worked as a Research Attorney for the Santa Clara County Superior Court Civil Law and Motion Judges for a couple of years.  She then worked for the Orange County Public Defender's Office from 1997 to 1999 where she handled juvenile trials, misdemeanor jury trials and felony preliminary hearings.  She joined the San Francisco Public Defender's Office in 1999.  Since working in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office she has been assigned to the felony jury trial rotation, the juvenile trial rotation, the Clean Slate Unit and the Felony Probation Unit.

In addition to her criminal defense practice, Demarris has been on the Faculty of the University of Phoenix as an instructor in the Criminal Justice Department.  She has been on the Attorney Panel of the Sixth District Appellate Program.

Demarris' experience in the San Francisco Public Defender's Office Clean Slate Unit ignited a passion to help reduce criminal recidivism through re-entry and specialty court programs.