Ashley is a partner in the Product Liability Group whose practice focuses primarily on defending companies in product liability actions and complex litigation throughout Florida’s state and federal courts, with an emphasis on smoking-and-health cases. Ashley is an experienced litigator and is well-versed in written and oral advocacy for her clients, with a focus on developing meaningful and solutions-oriented case strategy. Ashley’s years of litigation experience extend beyond product liability into commercial litigation and business disputes. She represents corporate clients in both defense and prosecution of complex business litigation matters, including business tort defense, contractual disputes, financial recovery actions, and defense of consumer protection litigation, such as claims made under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Florida Consumer Collections Practices Act (FCCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA,) and the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA).
Ashley manages litigation at all stages, including pre-litigation investigation, fact and expert discovery, motion practice, and oral and written courtroom advocacy, mediation and settlement negotiations and appellate briefing in a manner designed to produce winning results for her clients. Ashley prides herself on developing long-term strategy with a critical eye on how each aspect of a case will impact the client goals and overall strategy, including strategy for trial, post-trial and appeals.
Ashley is also actively involved in pro bono work as an attorney ad litem for Crossroads for Florida Kids. As an associate, she served as the Treasurer for Shook’s Junior Women’s Management Council and as the Diversity and Inclusion Advocate for Shook’s Tampa office. She is also an active participant in the Tampa office’s sponsorship of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Association for Corporate Counsel. Before joining Shook, Ashley’s practice focused on real property litigation, insurance defense litigation, and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy.
Presentations
Presenter, Florida's Tort Reforms - What's All the Buzz About?, Association of Corporate Counsel Tampa Bay CLE, May 18, 2023.
Publications
Putting Pandora Back In The Box: The Florida Telephone Solicitation Act, Vol. 98, No. 5, Florida Bar Journal, September/October 2024.
Chapter 8 - Discovery of Experts, Business Litigation in Florida (11th ed.), The Florida Bar, 2022.
Florida Changes its Summary Judgment Rule, and an Old Tool in the Litigator’s Kit Just Got Sharpened, Association of Corporate Counsel Tampa Bay, June 4, 2021.
Withholding Documents on the Basis of an Objection: What to Know About Rule 34(B)(2)(C), Practice Points, Pretrial Practice & Discovery Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, March 30, 2020.
Requests for Production Instructions and Definitions: How to Make Them Work for You, Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee, Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, March 21, 2016 (with Bart R. Valdes).