Ashley Simonsen
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
As a partner in Covington’s Class Action practice in Los Angeles, Ashley Simonsen has successfully represented clients in the financial services, consumer brands, technology, and sports industries – including Facebook, Navient, the Los Angeles Dodgers, JPMorgan Chase, and Tootsie Roll – through all stages of litigation, including trial, with a strong track record of success on early dispositive motions. Simonsen has become one of the nation’s leading experts on “true lender” issues and the related “valid when made” doctrine, having won a complete defense victory for a bank in what is believed to be the first time a bank has ever defeated “true lender” claims following an evidentiary hearing. In addition to successfully defending several of the firm’s financial services clients against putative “true lender” class actions, Simonsen is also a sought-after speaker and writer on these issues.
