Ashley, a registered patent attorney, practices primarily in the area of patent litigation. She also has experience in drafting freedom-to-operate and other such legal opinions.  Ashley’s practice is rounded out with the litigation of product liability matters and a range of complex commercial proceedings including business torts and contract disputes.

As a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Patricia A. Gaughan in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Ashley advised the Court on the full range of pending civil matters including patent infringement litigation, trade secret disputes, actions to enforce non-compete agreements and cases involving breaches of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers and UCC matters.

Before attending law school, Ashley worked for a number of years in both the chemical and software industries.

Cornell University (B.A., 1996)

Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 2004) Legal Research and Writing Fellow; Law and Policy in International Business Journal

• Patent Litigation
• Product Liability Litigation
• Complex Business and Commercial Litigation

• Participated in defense of biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients against patent infringement claims, including fact discovery and depositions, claim construction, expert discovery, damages, dispositive motions, pre-trial motions, trial, and post-trial practice.
• Prepared expert witness for testimony at deposition and trial in 10-figure patent invalidity suit.
• Managed dozens of pharmaceutical product liability matters for Fortune 500 client from answering complaints and taking of fact witness depositions to drafting of dispositive motions.
• Successfully settled three related contract disputes on behalf of a Fortune 500 client.

Publications
Co-Author, “One Year after eBay: Injunctions in Patent Cases,” Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Suffolk University Law School (April 2007)

Co-Author, “Written Description and Enablement: One Requirement or Two?” Federal Circuit Bar Journal, vol. 15, issue 1 (2005)

Co-Author, “Hatch-Waxman: Will the Playing Field be Leveled?” Update Magazine, Food and Drug Law Institute (September/October 2002)

Presentations
Invited Panelist, “Alternative Careers in Chemistry,” American Chemical Society National Meeting (March 2006)