Hugh Arthur Evans (July 25, 1922 - )

Associate Justice, December 1974 - July 1990

Born July 25, 1922, in Ogden, Utah, Hugh Evans attended Hartnell College, Salinas, and Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (JD, 1952). During the war years, 1942-45, he served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Prior to studying law, Evans worked as an engineer and surveyor. He was admitted to the California Bar on February 11, 1953, and began his legal career at the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, as a research attorney for Justice Paul Peek, 1953-54; he then worked as Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento County, 1954-55. From 1956 to 1974, he worked in private law practice in Sacramento County, and in July 1974 was appointed Judge of the Superior Court, Sacramento County. Evans returned to the Court of Appeal in December 1974 as an associate justice. He retired in 1990, but is still active in the legal community as a private judge.