sentences:  She was a litigation partner in 
  the Santa Rosa law firm of O’Brien, Watters, & Davis, and then an attorney with the Santa Rosa law firm Lanahan & Reilley, LLP.She was admitted to practice in various federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.Evans began her political career in 1996, when she was elected to the Santa Rosa City Council.