Ashley Davis

Ashley Davis is an Attorney in the Richmond, VA office of Allen & Allen. Ashley plays an integral role in the large and complex personal injury cases of the firm by identifying, analyzing and addressing legal issues that affect our clients' cases. Before joining Allen & Allen, Ashley spent ten years representing defendants and insurance companies in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, automobile and trucking accidents, brain injury, premises liability and toxic exposures. Her background as a defense lawyer gives her valuable insight into how insurance companies and their litigators handle personal injury claims. This understanding is an asset to Allen & Allen clients who benefit from her working knowledge of the defense.

Ashley is an adjunct professor who teaches trial advocacy at the University of Richmond's T. C. Williams School of Law. She has given lectures on a variety of litigation topics including the Medicare Secondary Payor Act, litigation in Virginia state courts, effective techniques for handling out-of-state litigation and the Freedom of Information Act. She has been asked to speak by the Women’s Caucus of The Virginia Trial Lawyers’ Association, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the Institute for Paralegal Education and the National Business Institute. Ashley graduated with High Honors in the top 10 of her law school class from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from the College of William and Mary and was advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Ashley is fluent in Spanish. Before pursuing law school, Ashley lived and worked as an archaeologist in Mexico and the Caribbean.

The College of William and Mary

B.A.

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Activities: Phi Beta Kappa

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Advanced to candidacy for Ph.D. | Anthropology

University of North Carolina School of Law

J.D. (2004) | Law

2001 - 2004

Honors: With High Honors (Top 10)

Shareholder

Allen, Allen, Allen, and Allen, P.C.

2022 - Current

Attorney

Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, P.C.

2014 - Current

Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Lawyering Skills III

T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond

2008 - Current

Attorney – Complex Products Liability and Mass Tort Litigation Department

McGuireWoods LLP

2004 - 2014

Training Staff to Safeguard Confidential Client Information

The Journal, The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

2014

Obtaining Summary Judgment in a Negligence Case in Virginia and the Viability of the Contributory Negligence Doctrine in Virginia

Journal of Civil Litigation, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Vol. 21(1):1-8

2009

The Paralegal's Guide to Handling Out-of-State Litigation, CLE

National Business Institute

Trial Preparation from Start to Finish for Paralegals, Institute of Paralegal Education CLE

National Business Institute

Civil Court Judicial Forum, Advanced Discovery and Trial Practice

Medicare Set-Asides in Personal Injury Litigation, CLE Presenter, Virginia CLE, National Business Institute

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Client Intake and Representation Agreements: Ethical Pitfalls, Red Flags, and the Keys to a Successful Interview, CLE Presenter, Women's Caucus

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Super Lawyer (2019)

Virginia Super Lawyers

Chair

Richmond Bar Association Pro Bono Committee

Virginia State Bar  # 68078

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Virginia Bar Association

Member

Current

The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Member

Current

Virginia Women's Attorneys Association

Member

Current

Virginia

Since 2004

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 2010

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