Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Tom Evans serves as the General Counsel for Syracuse University. He is responsible for providing legal advice and services to the entire University, including the Board of Trustees, as well as to the University's affiliates and subsidiaries. His responsibilities also include overseeing the legal advice and services provided by other attorneys. He has been a member of the Chancellor's Cabinet since October, 2004.
Mr. Evans has represented Syracuse University as an attorney since 1972, shortly after he joined the University's outside general law firm Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC. In 1986, he became the firm's senior partner in charge of the legal services it provides to the University, a position he continues to hold. In that position, he has served as the University's General Counsel. While with the firm, Mr. Evans has also been the senior member responsible for the legal services the firm provides to Clarkson University and Le Moyne College and has represented other college and university clients for general matters as well as with respect to NCAA compliance and infractions matters.
Shortly after Chancellor Cantor arrived, she appointed Mr. Evans to the Chancellor's Cabinet in October, 2004, and officially designated him as University Legal Counsel. As University Legal Counsel, Mr. Evans provides general legal services to the entire University, as well as its subsidiaries and affiliates, and is responsible for overseeing the legal services provided by other attorneys.
Mr. Evans received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Duke University (Phi Beta Kappa 1965), attended the University of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on a Fulbright Scholarship (1965-66), and received his J.D. from Duke University (1969). He practiced briefly in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before coming to Syracuse and joining Bond, Schoeneck & King (1971). He is a member of the New York and Florida bars and an inactive member of the Michigan Bar. He is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, of the Board of Trustees of S.U. Theatre Corporation (Syracuse Stage), and the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Development Association. He has been selected by his peers for listing in Best Lawyers in America in Education (2006) and Corporate (2000).
