Ashley is a principal at Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black (WRVB) and has a multifaceted practice, concentrated in medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense, professional licensing, and professional liability defense.
Ashley has developed a complex skillset over the course of her career. She has extensive experience defending doctors, nurses, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other health care entities/professionals in medical malpractice litigation in state and federal courts and also in regulatory board investigations and disciplinary matters. Ashley also routinely represents transportation providers (buses, taxis, and both emergency and non-emergency carriers), architects, engineers, and accountants in a variety of contexts. Ashley has litigated personal injury lawsuits and professional negligence claims throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. She has also cultivated a unique depth of expertise representing A/E professionals and accountants before professional boards, advising clients with obtaining and maintaining professional licenses, and assisting businesses and professionals with regulatory compliance.
Ashley earned her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Richmond School of Law, where she received the Orrell-Brown Award for Clinical Excellence, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for receiving the highest grade in multiple subjects, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. While a student, Ashley was a member of the McNeill Law Society (an honorary academic society reserved for law students who are ranked in the top 10% of their law school class), the Moot Court Board, the Women’s Law Student Association, and the Virginia Bar Association. She served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the McNeill Law Society, the Symposium Chair for the University of Richmond Law School Council of the Virginia Bar Association, and an Associate and Manuscripts Editor with the University of Richmond’s Journal of Global Law and Business.
Ashley earned her B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia where she double majored in Political Theory and Psychology. She was the president of the Virginia Themis Society, a member of the Psi-Chi National Honor Society in Psychology, and received the Psychology Research Excellence Award for her research related to the study of political psychology.
Attorney Perspectives
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Bad Company Corrupts Good Licenses
February 26, 2019 -
General Contractors: Important Licensing Considerations
September 26, 2018 -
CORPORATE ENTITIES FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS: ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL
March 27, 2018
Recognition
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70 WRVB Attorneys Named to 2022 “Legal Elite”
November 29, 2022 -
Three WRVB Women Attorneys Assume Leadership Roles with the VADA
October 20, 2022 -
Vandeventer Black’s Moss and Hague Chosen as VADA’s New Vice Chair of Professional Liability and Vice Chair of Appellate Advocacy
November 1, 2021 -
Five Attorneys Named 2021 Virginia Super Lawyers ‘Rising Stars’
May 6, 2021 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Selected as 2020 Legal Elite
November 30, 2020 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named 2020 Virginia Super Lawyers ‘Rising Stars’
May 7, 2020 -
Richmond Attorney Named 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers ‘Rising Stars’
April 29, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named 2019 Virginia Super Lawyers ‘Rising Stars’
April 26, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black’s Ashley G. Moss Promoted to Partner
January 1, 2019 -
Vandeventer Black Attorneys Named 2018 Virginia Super Lawyers ‘Rising Stars’
May 10, 2018 -
Vandeventer Black’s Caramore and Moss Promoted
January 26, 2017