Ashlee Aguiar

Associate

When the legal arguments are matched, efficiency and creativity win the day – that's where I come in.

Ashlee Aguiar helps companies navigate disputes, both within the company and with third parties. Ashlee focuses not only on solving disputes, but also on how those disputes will impact the company’s bottom line and larger business goals.

Ashlee has experience litigating a broad range of complex litigation matters, including business disputes involving professional negligence, breach of contract, tortious interference, fraud, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of fiduciary duties. Ashlee also has experience defending against defamation suits, including anti-SLAPP motions, and representing clients in appellate matters.

Practice Highlights

Business torts

Represented companies in connection with tortious interference, unfair competition, disparagement, post-employment restrictive covenants, and misappropriation.

First Amendment

Represented religious ministers in successfully defending against fraud and other claims under the Ministerial Exception to the First Amendment.

Insurance

Successfully defended against professional negligence and other tort claims in the insurance broker context.

* Denotes experience completed at a prior firm

Admitted to Practice

Oregon
Washington
New York
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court District of Oregon
U.S. District Court Western District of New York

Education

J.D., St. John's University School of Law
- International Honors Program Scholar
- Student Fellow, St. John’s Center for International and Comparative Law
- Editor-in-Chief, St. John’s Journal of International and Comparative Law and New York International Law Review
- Recipient, American Law Institute-American Bar Association Scholarship and Leadership Award
- Senior Advocate, Moot Court Honor Society
- President, Latin American Law Students Association
- Student Liaison, New York State Bar Association’s International Section
B.A., International Studies, Fordham University
- LaFarge Fellows Scholarship
- Global Outreach Service Scholarship
- Student Organization of Latinos

Memberships & Affiliations

- Member, Oregon Hispanic Bar Association
- Member, Oregon Women Lawyers
- Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
- Member, New York State Bar Association, International Law Section
- Volunteer, Mass Legal Answers Online

Background

- Law Clerk, Summer Associate, and Associate – Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, N.Y.
- Intern, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands

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