Ashley represents clients in employment, labor and business-tort litigation. She also assists employers with legal compliance and issues related to employment contracts.
Ashley’s practice focuses on employment law and litigation, as well as business torts and contract issues stemming from employment and shareholder relationships. She has experience representing both businesses and individuals and has litigated a wide variety of workplace issues, including wage and hour disputes; harassment, discrimination and whistleblower issues; misappropriation of confidential information; and breaches of employment-related contracts and fiduciary duties. She has advocated for her clients in state and federal court, in front of administrative agencies and at alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Prior to joining Fredrikson & Byron, Ashley practiced law at a boutique employment law firm in Minneapolis. While obtaining her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, she represented tenants in the Hennepin County Housing Court as a certified student attorney. She has also worked as a legal intern at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Ann D. Montgomery of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.