Ashley has been a Fellow of the Foundation since 2002. Her  long record of service to the FBA includes past National President, General Counsel, Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, President of the New Orleans Chapter, Vice-President for the Fifth Circuit, Chair of the Vice Presidents for the Circuits, National Council appointed member, and the Younger Lawyers Division Board of Directors.

She is a shareholder with Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard in its New Orleans office. Her main areas of practice include business litigation, fidelity and surety, and alternative dispute resolution. Ashley was named one of the Top 25 Women Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2018 and 2019, selected as a Louisiana Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, recognized by Best Lawyers 2019 and 2020, and a Recognized Practitioner by Chambers and Partners USA in its Commercial Litigation category. She is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers Inaugural Edition, and in 2011 she was named a Fellow to the Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. Ashley  was chosen to be a member of the New Orleans CityBusiness Women of the Year Class of 2012 and the Leadership in the Law Class of 2016. The New Orleans Chapter of the FBA honored her with the 2018 John R. “Jack” Martzell Professionalism Award.