Brad Evans Elected President-Elect of NCBA
E. Bradley “Brad” Evans of Ward and Smith, P.A., in Greenville has been elected to serve as president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA). The election took place on Friday, June 26, during the NCBA Annual Meeting in Charlotte.
Evans will serve in 2026-27 as president-elect of the NCBA and the North Carolina Bar Foundation (NCBF) and will chair the Audit & Finance Committees of both organizations. He will be installed next June at the 2027 Annual Meeting as the 133rd president of the NCBA.
Evans’ name was placed in nomination by Immediate Past President Kim Stogner, who served as chair of the NCBA Past Presidents’ Council, which annually nominates the president-elect. Seconding speeches were provided by law partners Alex Dale and Paul Fanning of Ward and Smith, P.A.
Following his election, Evans was ushered to the stage by the NCBA past presidents to deliver his acceptance remarks. He spoke about his gratitude to the NCBA and the opportunities it has provided throughout his career.
“I want to express my sincere gratitude to the NCBA for the opportunities it has given me for involvement and to build connections,” Evans said. “The Bar Association serves a critical role to our profession and the public — now more than ever. I’m honored and privileged to have my name associated with leadership of this great organization.”
Evans is co-managing director of Ward and Smith, P.A., where he has practiced since 2003. He focuses on complex civil litigation across state and federal courts, handling antitrust, business disputes, construction litigation, trusts and estates litigation and corporate and partnership disputes, including those before the North Carolina Business Court. He is also a certified North Carolina Superior Court Mediator. Before joining Ward and Smith, Evans clerked for the Honorable Malcolm J. Howard, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Evans is a 1998 graduate of Wake Forest University, cum laude, and a 2002 graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served on the Wake Forest Law Review.
Evans served on the NCBA Board of Governors and NCBF Board of Directors from 2019-22 and chaired the NCBA Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section in 2015-16. He also has served on the NCBA Nominating Committee. Evans is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the American Board of Trial Advocates, into which he was inducted in 2023. He served as president of the Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court in 2015-2016.
Within his community, Evans has served as a board member and treasurer of the Family Violence Program of Pitt County, as president of the Greenville Rotary Club and as a Leadership Greenville alumnus through the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce. Evans also served on the Board of Trustees of the Nature Conservancy of North Carolina. He lives in Greenville with his wife and family.