Ashley works to create peace of mind for her clients by minimizing their legal and business risk exposure in operating their companies. With the assistance of her team of associates and partners, she creates individualized solutions and keeps clients informed so that they can make prudent decisions for their businesses.
Named one of the Top 25 Women Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2018 - 2020 and recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© and a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers and Partners USA in its Commercial Litigation category, Ashley advises businesses, financial institutions, and individuals concerning bankruptcies, class actions, contracts, construction, environmental issues, fidelity, surety and financial institution bonds, insurance, professional malpractice, real estate, corporate, and estate matters. She also mediates and arbitrates business disputes. Ashley currently serves as a member of the AAA Construction Panel, AAA Commercial Panel and FINRA Panel as an arbitrator and mediator. After Hurricane Katrina, she served as a member of the Panel of Mediators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Hurricane Mediation Program Administered by American Arbitration Association (AAA) mediating over 350 hurricane wind damage disputes between homeowners and insurance companies.
Ashley serves as a current Vice-Chair of the ABA Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and also served in 2010-2011 as the National President of the Federal Bar Association. She is currently serving as the FBA Delegate to the American Bar Association.
A former entrepreneur, Ashley knows how a business operates from the inside out, having been a business owner since 1988. First as the owner of a publishing company, and then an owner and managing partner of a law firm, she understands the need for efficiency in the management and marketing of a business and how to address the employee and financial aspects of a business.
Ashley works with business owners and entrepreneurs assisting them with every aspect of the business from inception through growth and development to, when necessary, dissolution. She assists her clients in obtaining financing, provides on-going business advice, represents clients during litigation, and counsels them through the dissolution of the business. Ashley also consults with individuals on how to protect their personal assets through estate and trust vehicles.
Among her numerous honors and accolades, Ashley was selected for inclusion in the 2011 Inaugural Edition of the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™, an exclusive honor reserved for less than five percent of female lawyers who are rated AV Preeminent Women™. She has been selected for inclusion in subsequent editions as well. Ashley was also named to the 2016 class of CityBusiness Leadership in Law and to the 2012 class of CityBusiness Women of the Year.
A native of Mobile, Alabama, Ashley received her B.A. from Newcomb College and her J.D. from Tulane University School of Law. Upon graduating from Tulane University School of Law, she clerked in the Eastern District of Louisiana for the late Judge Henry A. Mentz, Jr. and was awarded the Eastern District of Louisiana Distinguished Service Award.
Recognised Practitioner by Chambers and Partners USA in its Commercial Litigation category
Best Lawyers 2019-2020
Louisiana Super Lawyers Top 25 Women 2018-2019
New Orleans CityBusiness 'Leadership in Law' Class 2016
New Orleans Magazine’s Top Lawyers in New Orleans, 2013-2015, 2019
New Orleans CityBusiness Women of the Year Class of 2012
Top Rated Lawyers® Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2012
Fellowship in Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, 2012
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011 Inaugural Edition and subsequent editions 2012-2013
Louisiana Super Lawyers--Business Litigation, 2007-2013, 2015-2016
The Louisiana United States District Court Newsletter, Editor 1987-1999
The Honorable Henry A. Mentz, Jr. (deceased); United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Distinguished Service Award, Judicial Law Clerk and Extern, 1983-1986
Federal Bar Association - National President, 2010-2011; National Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, 2013- 2019
Federal Bar Building Corporation - Director, 2012-2018; Treasurer, 2014 - 2016; Secretary, 2013-2014
Foundation of the Federal Bar Association - Life Fellow, 2002 - present
American Bar Association, Vice-Chair, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Fidelity & Surety Law General Committee for 2012-2017
American Bar Foundation – Life Fellow, 2007 - present
American Inns of Court--Tulane Chapter - Barrister, 1987 - present
Defense Research Institute
The International Society of Primerus Law Firms, 2009 - 2015, Executive Committee of Construction Practice Group 2012 - 2015
Louisiana State Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1997-2016; Vice-Chair, Bankruptcy Law Section, 2007-2016; Chair, Young Lawyers Executive Council, 1994-1995
Louisiana Bar Foundation, Fellow, 1989-present; Director, 1997-2000
Federalist Society- James Madison Club; Louisiana Chapter, Executive Committee Member, 2004-2006
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference - Host Committee Member, 2005
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