Sam Evans is a retired personal injury attorney who has lived in Glencoe for 37 years. He and his wife, Jamie, have a blended family of four children and eight grandchildren.
Q: What do you miss about work?
A: Nothing.
Q: If you could do it all over again, would you become a lawyer again?
A: Yes…Somebody has to protect somebody’s rights. Being a personal injury lawyer, I didn’t handle that, but I would probably want to handle that.
Q: Who was your favorite TV lawyer and why?
A: Alicia Florrick from “The Good Wife.” She’s a nice-looking woman and wins all her cases.
Q: What is a favorite hobby of yours?
A: It used to be golf when I could OK. Now it is just following the stock market. For fun, my wife and I go to plays. We go to Writers Theatre.
Q: What is your favorite part of Writers Theatre?
A: Since they put me down on the first floor, that has been my favorite part. Before, I had tickets that were way up and it was difficult to hear.
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Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelancer for Pioneer Press.




