Legal Seminar, Denver, CO

Ashley M. Simonsen Associate

Covington & Burling LLP 1999 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067-4643 +1 424 332 4782 asimonsen@cov.com

Practices Litigation and Investigations Class Actions

Ashley Simonsen is a litigator whose practice focuses on defending complex class actions and antitrust litigation in state and federal court. Ms. Simonsen has experience representing clients in the financial services, consumer brands, and sports industries. Before practicing law, Ms. Simonsen was an associate at Lehman Brothers in New York where she advised banks on balance sheet management and interest rate hedging strategies. Representative Matters Representation of loan servicing company in defense of putative “true lender” class actions challenging interest rates and late fee charges, including under the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL). Won motions to dismiss two cases and defeated certification of interest rate classes in another. Representation of a Korean life sciences company and a Korean manufacturer of household products in defense of product liability action. Won two motions to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction. Representation of professional sports franchise defending two putative class actions challenging ticketing policies. Secured dismissal of both cases at the pleading stage. Representation of snack food manufacturer in defense of putative class action challenging alleged nonfunctional slack-fill in snack boxes under UCL, California False Advertising Law (FAL), and California Consumer Legal

Commercial Litigation Regulatory and Public Policy Antitrust/Competition Antitrust Litigation Industries

Financial Services Consumer Brands Sports

Education

Stanford Law School, J.D., 2010 Stanford Law and Policy Review Amherst College, B.A., 2004 summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Judicial Clerkship Hon. Barrington D.

Parker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2011 - 2012