Ashlea, Managing Partner of Paul LLP, litigates complex business disputes, including claims for negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and misrepresentation. She also represents clients in a range of litigation matters, including complex, consumer class actions.
Ashlea has represented thousands of clients from the inception of a case through a verdict and litigated nearly 100 mass and class actions. Ashlea has taken 6 cases to trial, including three collective/class actions where she recovered over $5 million collectively for her clients. Her practice is nationwide and traditionally includes multi-party and multi-district litigation.
Ashlea remains involved in the legal community through her work as a former board member for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Current Past President of the Kansas City Bar Association’s Federal Court Advocates Section, and subcommittee chair for American Women Lawyers. In 2014, she was named one of Missouri Lawyers’ Weekly’s “Up and Coming Lawyers,” an award recognizing litigators under age 40 who demonstrate excellence in the legal profession and in their commitment to their communities. Ashlea continues to be selected yearly as a Kansas City Business Journal Rising Star and is a Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer. Additionally, in 2022, she was selected to the Missouri Lawyers’ Weekly’s POWER List of Commercial & Consumer Litigation Attorneys and received their Women’s Justice Litigation Practitioner Award.
Missouri, 2007
Kansas, 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 2007
J.D., Clerk for Judge Julie Robinson, U.S. District, District of Kansas, 2005-2006
Honors: P. Mize Award for Trial Advocacy, Robert F. Bennett Award for Public Service
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2004
B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications and minors in English and German
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key, Journalism and Mass Communication Ambassador, K-State Student Foundation Board Member, University Ambassador