Ashley Davis

shley Davis is a partner at MichieHamlett in Charlottesville. She is a legal strategist and litigator who focuses her practice on complex litigation, federal practice, and appellate advocacy.

Ashley is a member of the Boyd-Graves Conference, and she serves on the Virginia Model Jury Instructions Committee. She was named an “Influential Woman of Law” and a “Go To Lawyer for Appellate Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. She is a “Super Lawyer.” She is listed in the Top 50 Richmond Super Lawyers and Top 100 Virginia Super Lawyers, and she has been included in the “Ones to Watch” list in Best Lawyers in America since 2021.

Ashley is an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond’s T. C. Williams School of Law. She serves on the Board of Governors for the VTLA, the Board of the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), the Board of Directors for the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation (GRBF), and she is the former chair of the Richmond Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee.

Ashley obtained her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her B.A. from the College of William and Mary. She is fluent in Spanish, and before attending law school, she lived and worked as an archaeologist in Mexico and the Caribbean.

• J.D. with High Honors (Top 10), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• B.A. magna cum laude, The College of William & Mary (Phi Beta Kappa)

• American Association for Justice
• American Bar Association
• Boyd-Graves Conference
• Richmond Bar Association
• Virginia Bar Association
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

• Supreme Court of the United States
• Supreme Court of Virginia
• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia

• Board Member, Greater Richmond Bar Foundation
• Board Member, PTA
• Former Chair, Richmond Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee

• Speaker, American Association for Justice National Convention, “Using Motions Successfully in Auto Cases,” July 2024
• Speaker, American Association for Justice National Convention, “Advice from a Former Defense Lawyer,” July 2023
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Torts Seminar, “Effective Motions in Limine,” May 2022.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, “Plaintiff’s Offensive Motions and Strategies,” March 2022.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, “Case Law Update,” March 2022.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Paralegal Seminar, “Legal Landscape in the Time of Covid – Part II,” November 2021.
• CLE Presenter, Richmond Bar Association, “Settlement Agreements,” (October 2021)
• CLE Presenter, Richmond Bar Association, “Motions in the Life Cycle of a Civil Case,” (October 2021)
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, “Case Law Update,” March 2021.
• CLE Presenter, Richmond Bar Association, “Virginia Case Law Update,” May 2021.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Paralegal Seminar, “Legal Landscape in the Time of Covid,” November 2020.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Advanced Paralegal Retreat, “More Legal Ethics“ (2021).
• CLE Presenter, National Business Institute (NBI), “Personal Injury 101: Major Elements of Local Procedure,” September 2020.
• CLE Presenter, American Association for Justice (AAJ)‘s Annual Convention, Automobile “30(b)(6) Corporate Representative Depositions,” July 2020.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention, “Case Law Update,” March 2020
• CLE Presenter and Panelist, Strafford, “Food Poisoning and Other Foodborne Harm: Claims and Defenses” (webinar), December 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Paralegal Seminar, “Federal Litigation,” November 2019.
• CLE Presenter and Panel Moderator, Richmond Bar Association’s “Updates from the Supreme Court of Virginia,” October 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Allen & Allen Annual Series, “Legal Ethics,” October 2019.
• Seminar Chair, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Advocacy Seminar, “Appellate Advocacy 101” (webinar), September 2019.
• Seminar Chair, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Advanced Automobile Litigation Retreat, “Litigating Motor Vehicle Cases in the Digital Age,” July 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association (WTLA) Annual Convention, “Corporate Depositions,” June 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Torts Seminar, “Limited Sources of Coverage,” May 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Metropolitan Women’s Bar Association (MRWBA), “Legal Ethics,” February 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyer Association’s Premises Liability Retreat, “Corporate Depositions in Premises Liability Cases,” January 2019.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyer Association’s Annual Paralegal Seminar, “Legal Ethics for Paralegals in Virginia,” November 2018.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyer Association’s Sources of Coverage Seminar, “Personal Auto Liability Coverage,” October 2018.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyer Association’s Annual Advanced Automobile Litigation Retreat, “Discovery and Technology at the Scene of a Collision,” July 2018.
• CLE Presenter, National Business Institute (NBI), “Legal Ethics: Personal Injury Bootcamp,” May 2018.
• CLE Presenter, NALA – The Paralegal Association, “Corporate Depositions – What Legal Professionals Need to Know” (webinar), March 2018.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyer Association’s Annual Convention, “Underinsured Motorist Coverage Review and Checklist,” March 2019.
• Seminar Chair, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Seminar sponsored by the Women’s Caucus, “Making Technology Work for You: Using Trial Presentation Software to Save Money and Take Your Practice to the Next Level,” December 2017.
• CLE Panelist, Georgetown Law’s 14th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, “Diversity and Cooperation in Advocacy,” November 2017.
• CLE Panelist, Georgetown Law’s 14th Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, “Motions Practice? Don’t Just Go Through the Motions,” November 2017.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Paralegal Seminar, “Litigation Toolbox – Legal Research for Motions and Briefs,” November 2017.
• CLE Presenter, American Association for Justice’s Annual Convention, “Corporate Depositions,” July 2017.
• CLE Presenter, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention, “Corporate Depositions in Virginia,” March 2017.

• Sources of Coverage, Editor (2018)
• Sources of Coverage, Editor (2023)
• VTLA Journal: “Training Staff to Safeguard Confidential Client Information” (2014)
• Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Journal of Civil Litigation Vol. 21(1):1-8: “Obtaining Summary Judgment in a Negligence Case in Virginia and the Viability of the Contributory Negligence Doctrine in Virginia”(2009)