Ashley is an associate in the Mobile litigation group and resides in the firm's Gulf Shores office. As part of her commercial and business litigation practice, she represents and advises businesses and individuals on issues involving business torts and contractual disputes. Ashley also works with regionally and community-based financial institutions on litigation matters involving banking law.

Ashley's labor and employment practice includes assisting clients in drafting policies, procedures, and handbooks, and she often works with employers on issues involving technology in the workplace, e-discovery, and document/data retention. In addition, Ashley regularly defends employers against charges filed with the EEOC and in federal and state employment litigation. Ashley has a particular interest in cases involving the intersection of business and employment litigation, such as trade secrets, covenants not to compete, and non-solicitation/non-disclosure agreements.

Ashley was named a 2010 "Rising Star" by Alabama Super Lawyers. Ashley was with Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile before the firm joined Phelps Dunbar.

• Emory University, J.D., 2001; Director-in-Chief, Moot Court Society; Most Outstanding Member, Moot Court Society; Faculty Award for Class of 2001's Outstanding Trial Advocate (ITLA Award)
• Auburn University, B.A., 1998

• Member: Alabama State Bar (Graduate, Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum; Co-Chairman, Alabama State Bar Law Day Activities 2009 and 2010), Baldwin Bar Association; American Bar Association; Professional Liability Underwriting Society
• Admitted: 2001, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

• Stockton v. CKPD Development Co., LLC, 936 So.2d 1065 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005)
• Bentley Systems, Inc. v. Intergraph Corp., 922 So.2d 61 (Ala. 2005)
• Memberworks, Inc. v. Yance, 899 So.2d 940 (Ala. 2004)
• McCloud v. Homeside Lending, 309 F.Supp.2d 1335 (N. D. Ala. 2004)
• Lafitte v. Allstate Ins. Co., 2009 WL 931687 (11th Cir. (Ala.) April 08, 2009)