W. Evan Price

W. Evan Price II has been a successful trial attorney in Columbus, Ohio for nearly twenty years. During that time, he has gained extensive experience trying a variety of cases in the courtroom and in arbitration proceedings.

Evan's career began at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in 1991. While there, Evan served as a special prosecutor in one of Ohio's largest securities fraud cases and played a major role in a five-month jury trial. Evan also gained extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in business and commercial litigation including class actions involving alleged environmental contamination arising from the operation of nuclear facilities.

In 2000, Evan joined the business litigation department of Arter & Hadden's Columbus office. After Arter & Hadden dissolved in 2003, Evan joined with other attorneys in that office to found Bailey Cavalieri, LLC and became a member of the firm in January, 2005.

While a member at Bailey Cavalieri, Evan served as lead counsel for Mount Carmel Health Systems in an arbitration that resulted in an award requiring United Healthcare of Ohio to pay Mount Carmel over $34,000,000. Evan served as co-lead counsel in a federal bench trial that resulted in a defense judgment on a $17,000,000 claim arising from the acquisition of a company in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition, Evan obtained an arbitration award exceeding $700,000 for Ward Engineering arising from the breach of a contract for the development of a medical device.

Evan served as lead appellate counsel in overturning a $750,000 jury verdict arising from a shareholder dispute over the dissolution of a temporary staffing agency in Tiffin, Ohio. During the last ten years, Evan also served as lead trial counsel on many cases for Time Warner Cable. In one notable Time Warner case, Evan won a defense verdict in a wrongful death case following a two week jury trial.

Evan joined James E. Arnold & Associates in August of 2010 and continues to represent companies and individuals in a wide-range of cases involving business and commercial disputes as well as tort litigation.

Education

• University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1991)
• Dartmouth College (B.A., History, 1988)

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

• Ohio, 1991
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1991
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1994
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

• Columbus Bar Association
• Ohio Bar Association

Recognitions/Awards

• Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Criminal Law, Contracts, Creditors Remedies and Bankruptcy

Practice Areas

• Business and Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Litigation, Litigation Arising From Employee Non-Competes, Antitrust and Business Torts Litigation, Internal Corporate Disputes, Estate and Trust Litigation, Shareholder Litigation

Industry Areas

• Healthcare, Medical Products, Telecommunications