Account Executive Real Estate

ASHLEY E. WILSON

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EXPERIENCE

Shingler Lewis LLC, Atlanta, GA 2012-Present

Associate Attorney. Represent clients in commercial matters including director and officer liability claims,

insurance and depository institution bond coverage disputes, professional malpractice, contract litigation

and bankruptcy injunction modifications, and governmental liability claims including employment

discrimination and wrongful death. Drafted dispositive motions, appellate briefs, and discovery motions,

and oversaw the production of electronically-stored information.

Molden & Holley, LLC, Atlanta, GA 2011-2012

Associate Attorney. Represented clients in disputes involving business torts, employment discrimination

claims, and breach of contract claims. Experience in all phases of litigation including dispositive

motions, taking and defending depositions and assisting lead counsel at trial. Transactional experience

included drafting employment contracts and performing commercial real estate closings.

Georgia Watch, Atlanta, GA 2010-2011

Staff Attorney and Outreach Director. Advanced the consumer policy organization’s legislative priorities

through the development of grassroots relationships and strategic messaging. Oversaw the publication of

an annual survey of Georgia case law that impacted state law consumer protections.

Lister & Holt, McDonough, GA 2009-2010

Attorney. Defended indigent persons charged with criminal offenses in court proceedings including jury

trials (first chair), arraignments, motions to suppress, probation hearings, and preliminary/bond hearings.

McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ /Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA 2008-2009

Project Attorney. Reviewed extensive pretrial discovery documents for privilege, relevance,

responsiveness and confidentiality, and identified additional issues of legal significance for production.

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, New York, NY 2007

Account Executive. Provided strategic communications counsel to publicly-traded companies across a

wide range of industries in special situations, including mergers and acquisitions, unsolicited takeovers,

shareholder activism, proxy contests, strategic divestitures, crisis situations, and investor relations.

EDUCATION

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, Juris Doctor, 2006

University of Richmond Negotiation Competition, First Runner-Up, named to the Negotiation Board

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Regional Competitor

American Bar Association Negotiation Competition, Regional Competitor

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, 2002

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Georgia, January 2007. Admitted to practice before all state courts, the U.S. District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

ACTIVITIES

Member of the Atlanta Bar Association (2013 Bard Show cast member), the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the

Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, and All Saints’ Episcopal Church.

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