Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, Evan attended Indiana University at the Kelley School of business. Always knowing entrepreneurship was in his future, he majored in business management and human resources.
 
After leaving Indiana University, he left Indiana and moved to Illinois, attending Southern Illinois University, School of Law where he focused in business, transaction and trial law. While in law school, Evan partnered with one of his professors and started and acquired businesses throughout the Midwest.
 
Upon graduation, Evan opened up the original Howard Law based out of St. Louis, Missouri focusing on business, corporate, transactional and trial issues. He assisted many small business owners in all their needs from incorporation to acquisition - even acquiring more businesses of his own. Eventually, Howard Law would acquire and merge additional firms becoming Howard Haake providing legal services in business law, criminal law, family law, real estate law, trust and estate law and more.

Evan has a vast knowledge and understanding of all small business needs, whether its the best structure for your business, management of everyday business needs and issues or if its time for succession planning through an acquisition. Not only has Evan been on the legal representation side of the table, but he has actively bought, sold and management multiple businesses personally. This provides an additional level of expertise to truly understand and relate to you as a business owner.
 
Evan now lives outside of Belmont, North Carolina with his wife and son.