Ashley Smith is an experienced labor and employment attorney with a versatile background in both litigation and employment law counseling. Spending her initial years as a litigator in large multi-practice and employment specialty firms, Ashley joined the firm after working many years as an outside employment law advisor in both a solo and outside general counsel practice. Together with the partners of the firm, Ashley assists in representing employers in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including employment litigation defense, wage claims, federal and state agency compliance, training, employment contracts, employee handbooks, and non-disclosure and non-competition agreements and litigation.
Distinctions
- Named a “Rising Star” in the field of labor and employment law in Texas Monthly - July 2004
- Judicial Intern, Justice Craig Enoch, Texas Supreme Court, 1996
- Judicial Intern, Hon. James Nowlin, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1997
- Admitted, U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
- Adjunct Faculty Member at St. Edward’s University and Concordia University, 2004-2008
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, 1997
- Labor and Employment Section, State Bar of Texas
- Labor and Employment Law Section, Austin Bar Association
Community
- National Charity League - Member
- Tarrytown United Methodist Church - Member
- Austin Pi Beta Phi Alumnae - Member
- Long Center - Member
- Partnerships for Children - Supporter
- Central Austin Young Life and West Austin Young Life - Supporter
