H. Eugene Oliver

Board of Directors, Director, First Term, Class of 2026
NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice Board of Trustees, Trustee, Class of 2025

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Eugene Oliver is the Managing Partner of Evans Oliver, PLC in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Eugene focuses his practice on criminal defense in both state and federal courts and dedicates a significant portion of his practice to public defense.

Eugene is a life member of NACDL and has served on the NACDL Board of Directors since 2022. He is currently a co-chair of NACDL’s Public Defense Committee and serves as a vice chair for quarterly meetings with NACDL’s CLE Institute. Eugene has presented at NACDL conferences and routinely participates in a variety of NACDL programs and committees. Eugene has served as a trustee for the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice since 2024, which is the foundation that preserves and promotes the core values of NACDL.

Eugene currently serves on and chairs the Leroy R. Hassell Sr. Indigent Criminal Defense Planning Committee, which plans an annual free seminar for public defenders and court appointed counsel in Virginia sponsored by the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Virginia State Bar.

Eugene is a Past-President of the Virginia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, having served in 2021 and he served on VACDL’s Board of Directors from 2018 to 2022. During his time on the Board of Directors of VACDL, Eugene organized CLEs, taught at CLEs, participated in lobbying on several criminal justice reforms (including successful efforts in abolishing mandatory jury sentencing, probation reform, and eliminating presumptions against bond to name a few), and advocated for a renewed organizational commitment to criminal and social justice.

Eugene lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, traveling, playing basketball, and seeing live music. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college and law school.

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