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After his time as district attorney, he became well known for representing labor unions in Brown County in the 1930s. He practiced law with his brother
Francis Evrard in Green Bay, first with Sheridan, Evans and Merrill. They then formed their own firm, which was called Evrard & Evrard, but would
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second president of the Green Bay
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on the west side of Green Bay. He was an alumnus of
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671:"Prominent Lawyer, Ray Evrard, Dies - Part 2"
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714:"The truth and myth about 'The Hungry Five'"
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