Ashley Finger represents clients in high-stakes patent litigation.

Ashley draws on a sophisticated understanding of the technology underlying her clients’ businesses to represent both plaintiffs and defendants in actions pending before federal district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the International Trade Commission, and the Federal Circuit. She regularly advises on matters covering a range of technologies, including:

  • Semiconductors
  • Medical devices
  • Telecommunications
  • Consumer electronics

Ashley has a wide range of experience at each stage of litigation, including pre-suit investigations, motions practice, fact and expert discovery, taking and defending depositions, arguing in court, pre-trial and post-trial briefing, and appeals.

Ashley served as a law clerk to Judge Raymond T. Chen of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also was seconded to a global retailer and distributor and served on the firm’s Associates Committee.

Before attending law school, Ashley obtained a Fulbright Grant to pursue physics research at the University of Luxembourg Laboratory for Photovoltaics. 

Ashley’s recent experience includes representing:

  • CertainTeed LLC (a Saint Gobain subsidiary) in a three-patent direct competitor case filed by CertainTeed against GAF Energy, leading the successful defense against a preliminary injunction motion filed by GAF Energy on three counterclaim patents and eventual settlement on favorable terms (CertainTeed LLC v. GAF Energy; W.D. Tex.)
  • Shoei in a declaratory judgment proceeding involving quantum dot technology, resulting in eventual settlement on favorable terms following extensive motions practice (Shoei Chemical v. Nanoco; E.D. Va.)
  • J&J Vision in multiple litigations, including a multinational patent and copyright case involving cataract laser surgery products
  • CertainTeed in a patent case in filed by Pacific Coast related to gypsum wallboard and viscoelastic glue products; invalidated one patent based on indefiniteness, which judgment was affirmed on appeal, and obtained a stipulated dismissal with prejudice for the second patent (Pacific Coast Bldg. Prods. v. CertainTeed Gypsum; Fed. Cir.; N.D. Cal.; W.D. Ark.)

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2018
  • BS in Physics, Davidson College, 2014
    magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma