North Wales-based solicitor Mark Evans has been elected to succeed Richard Atkinson as the president of the Law Society of England and Wales, reported the Law Society Gazette .

Evans is only the third Welsh-born president to helm the organization. He will be its 181st president.

He chaired the Law Society’s Wales committee for four years and is a North Wales council member on the Law Society National Board for Wales/Bwrdd Cenedlaethol Cymru. He was elected deputy vice president in October 2023 and then became vice president in October 2024, per LinkedIn.

Evans practised with cross-border firm Allington Hughes for 30 years, where he made equity partner and then became a consultant. He focused on property and private client law, working across North Wales and Chester.

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