Taryn Nicolaides Evans

Taryn grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. After attending the Air Force Academy and playing division one soccer, she attended the University of Utah and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. She began her legal career as a legal assistant while finishing her undergraduate degree, working mostly on criminal law, family law, and miscellaneous civil litigation matters. After gaining knowledge and encouragement from her mentors, she attended the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. She graduated from law school in 2013, earning her Juris Doctorate with highest honors.

Taryn began one of Utah’s former larger and oldest law firms, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, as a law clerk during the summer before her last year of law school.  Taryn continued to work as a law clerk at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough during her third year of law school.  Following her graduation from law school, Taryn was hired by Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough as an associate attorney.  After working as an associate attorney at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough for approximately 7 years, she was promoted and became a shareholder. Many attorneys at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough mentored Taryn in her first decade of practicing law. Taryn stayed at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough until April 2022.  For the remainder of 2022, Taryn worked as a lawyer at a small family law firm.  In late December 2022 to early January 2023, Taryn was excited to announce her decision to open her current law firm Adair Evans with her partner, Douglas Adair. 

From the start of her legal career, Taryn has always worked on family law related matters.  Initially, while at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, Taryn did split her litigation time between general commercial litigation matters and family law.  Taryn now devotes nearly all of her time and practice to family law—her chosen field and practice which she is passionate about.  Taryn is dedicated to helping people navigate the harsh waters of domestic litigation, seeking to assist clients in getting the best results possible.