Ashley McLachlan, Associate at our Orange County law office
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Ashley McLachlan

Associate
Biography

Ashley McLachlan is an associate in the firm’s labor and employment law group, located in Orange County, California. Ashley focuses her practice on employment litigation and employment related advice and counsel.

Ashley provides advice and counsel to employers on various personnel matters including wage and hour issues, discrimination/harassment prevention, and employee leaves of absences. Ashley has assisted businesses of varying sizes develop employee handbooks, severance agreements, employment contracts, offer letters, confidentiality agreements, and tailored personnel policies.

Ashley has experience assisting clients navigate through employment-related pre-litigation disputes and demands, and active litigation. Her litigation practice focuses on representing employers in state and federal court and arbitration, defending against claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate disabilities, medical leave claims, and other employment claims arising under federal and California law, including California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Ashley defends employers in wage and hour actions (individual, PAGA, and class action). She has assisted in representing employers in disputes brought by state and federal agencies, including the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the California Labor Commissioner (DLSE).

Ashley also advises businesses on federal and state public accommodation access laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (Title III), California Unruh Civil Rights Act, and California’s Disabled Persons Act.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • California


Court Admissions

  • United States District Court, Central District of California
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of California
  • United States District Court, Northern District of California


Education

  • Loyola Law School (J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif)
    • A.B.A Moot Court Team, Oralist
      • San Francisco Regional Champions, Best Advocate, Best Brief
      • National Awards for Second-Best Brief
    • Federal Bar Association Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Team, Oralist
    • Loyola of Los Angeles, International & Comparative Law Review
      • Chief Research Editor
  • University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., Anthropology with honors, magna cum laude)
    • Dean’s Honor List
    • UCLA Kappa Alpha Pi, Fundraising Chair and Historian
    • Academic Scholarship Recognition Award
Experience

Previous Professional Experience

  • United States District Court, Central District of California, Law Clerk (2022)
  • Honorable Milan D. Smith, Jr., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judicial Extern (2020)
  • Snell & Wilmer
    • Associate (2021-2022)
    • Summer Associate (2019)
  • Honorable Andrew J. Guilford, Federal District Court Central District of California, Judicial Extern (2018)
  • Kathleen D. Crane, A Law Corporation, Legal Assistant (2013-2017)
  • Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Intern (2013)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Loyola Law School Women’s Law Association, Member (2017-2020)

Community Involvement

  • Loyola Law School Orange County Alumni Counsel, Member (2021-2023)

Representative Presentations and Publications