Faculty Profile for Dr. Michelle L Evans
Dr. Michelle L Evans
Associate Professor — Political Science
THH 325
phone: (512) 245-3961
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Dr. Michelle Evans is an Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. She teaches primarily in the M.A. in Legal Studies graduate program, but she also teaches for the Honors College.Trained as a chemist, but inspired by the commercialization movement, she ultimately studied the intersection of science and the law. Dr. Evans earned her J.D. degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law and has nearly 30 years of experience as an intellectual property attorney and mediator. This has given her proficiency in several areas of domestic and international law, including the law of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, food and drugs, securities, antitrust, technology and biotech, business, contracts, and commercial transactions.
Dr. Evans has been called upon to act as an expert witness in legal cases and has been an expert consultant on proposed legislation. She serves on numerous professional committees and contributes her expertise as a reviewer for peer reviewed journals and textbooks. She is licensed to practice law in Texas and admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is also a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
She has individually researched and authored over 100 legal articles that concern business, intellectual property, and technology law issues. She is frequently invited to publish articles as an expert on various legal issues and several of her articles have been cited in state and national law treatises, court documents, and judicial opinions. She is also a coauthor of the Practical and Writing Exercises Workbook to Intellectual Property Law Legal Aspects of Innovation and Competition published by West Academic.
In her spare time, she volunteers both as a scientist and as an attorney for Texas land and environmental conservation efforts. Early on this experience resulted in her authorship of the book Texas Real Estate Contracts, now in its fifth edition, and led to several articles on land related issues.