EVAN ETTINGHOFF

ASSOCIATE

Evan Ettinghoff, an associate at Minnis & Smallets, represents employees in all aspects of employment cases. He has litigated numerous employment cases involving claims of harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination.

Along with Sonya Smallets, Evan recently represented an employee in a federal jury trial in the Northern District of California and obtained a jury verdict that was one of the highest emotional distress awards in an employment case in the Northern District of California in recent years. Evan won the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer of the Year Award in 2021 for the verdict in this case.

Evan is an active member of the legal community. He currently serves as a Director on the Board of Directors for the Barristers Club of the San Francisco Bar Association. He is also serves as a member of the Executive Committee for the Barristers Labor and Employment Law Section.

Evan earned a B.A. in Legal Studies at UC Berkeley and a law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he served as a published author for the law review. Evan then clerked in the Central District of California for Magistrate Judge Alka Sagar, Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle, and District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall.

Evan was recently selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2022 & 2023.