Evelyn J. Furse, Salt Lake City Corporation

Evelyn J. Furse is a Senior City Attorney with Salt Lake City Corporation doing the City’s civil litigation. She currently serves as President of Women Lawyers of Utah and is on the Ethics & Discipline Committee of the Utah Supreme Court. Before joining the City Attorney’s Office in September 2006, Ms. Furse was a partner with Howrey, LLP, formerly known as Bendinger, Crockett, Peterson, Greenwood & Casey. At Howrey, Ms. Furse practiced complex corporate litigation and managed the paralegal staff for two of her years with the firm. Ms. Furse received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cum laude, with Honors, and Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her J.D. at New York University School of Law where she also graduated cum laude. Following her graduation from NYU, Ms. Furse came to Utah to clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice Christine M. Durham on the Utah Supreme Court and went on to work in Washington, D.C. at Covington & Burling until she could no longer keep herself away from Utah.