100 King St W, Suite 3400, 1 First Canadian Pl, PO Box 130, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 2012 (ON)
Ashley has a multi-faceted commercial practice focused on class action, product liability, consumer protection and privacy litigation. She has worked on several particularly influential cases, including successfully defeating certification of a multiple-model product liability class action, defending a class action involving one of the largest data breaches ever reported, and defending a high-profile class action alleging systemic abuse and negligence. She has extensive experience in the defence of medical device and pharmaceutical class actions. Ashley recently received the IFLR Rising Star Award in the category of Product Liability (2022) and is ranked as "Up and Coming" by Chambers & Partners in the category of Litigation: Products Liability (2021). Before becoming partner, she was ranked by Chambers & Partners as an “Associate to Watch” in the same category (2018 and 2019). In addition to her practice, Ashley is the Co-Chair of the 2023 Cambridge Forum on Canadian Class Actions; is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Defence Research Institute; and is a former member of the Ontario Bar Association's Class Actions Law Section Executive.
