Evan Gelles

Adjunct: General Curriculum
Adjunct Evan Gelles
Staff Attorney, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S.
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D.
Office: 232
Mondale Hall, 229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E: gelle050@umn.edu

Evan Gelles is a Staff Attorney at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. As a housing attorney at Legal Aid, he advocates on behalf of low-income tenants in eviction proceedings, subsidized housing terminations, housing discrimination cases, and health & safety litigation.

Gelles previously served as a Staff Attorney at the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s legal aid office, where he managed a high-volume criminal caseload, as well as represented clients in civil matters in both state and tribal court. He was also a former Staff Attorney and Robina Public Interest Scholars Fellow at the Legal Rights Center, a non-profit law firm specializing in criminal defense and restorative justice practices and advocacy.

Gelles graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School.