Iowa Board of Regents to part ways with top legal counsel

Evans, the board's second-highest paid employee with a $155,500 annual salary, has been the board's chief negotiator for labor union contracts and advised the regents and schools they govern on numerous legal and human resources matters.

[...] in response to an AP open records request, he released a memo sent on behalf of board executive director Bob Donley that informed top university officials around the state that Evans "will be leaving his position with the Board in the near future."

"During this transition period all legal, human resources or other matters that might fall within the scope of Regent General Counsel responsibility should be directed to" Donley or two board lawyers who worked under Evans, the memo said.