Noreen Evans, ’81, is serving her second term in the California Legislature where she represents the 7th Assembly District. As chair of the Assembly Democratic Caucus, Evans works directly with the Assembly Speaker to identify and implement her party’s legislative agenda. She has lived in Sonoma County since 1982 where she worked as an attorney focusing on civil litigation and appeals. Prior to her election to the Assembly, she worked for the Santa Rosa law firm of Lanahan & Reilley, LLP and was formerly a litigation partner in the Santa Rosa firm, O’Brien, Watters, & Davis. Evans also served in local government for 11 years. After earning her J.D. from Pacific McGeorge, School of Law in 1981, Evans studied international business law at the University of Salzburg and worked in Ireland at a Dublin firm of solicitors under sponsorship of the law school’s LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice program.