Ashley Gebicke is a litigation associate in the San Diego office and is a member of the firm’s Securities and M&A Litigation Practice.
Ashley represents publicly traded companies and financial institutions and their senior officers and directors in securities litigation, including complex securities class actions, merger disputes, securities fraud actions, de SPAC litigation, and shareholder derivative suits.
Ashley maintains an active pro bono practice representing veterans with disabilities. Before joining Latham, Ashley served as a law clerk to Judge Evan J. Wallach of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Mary Coster Williams of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ashley earned her JD from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she was on the editorial board of the Pepperdine Law Review.
Prior to law school, Ashley was a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy, serving on two guided-missile destroyers deployed to the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Arabian Gulf.
Ashley’s recent representations include advising global companies and their directors and officers in state and federal securities class actions, derivative suits, SEC subpoenas and investigations, and book and record inspections. These companies span numerous industries, including technology, oil and natural gas extraction, consumer electronics, retail goods, and aerospace.
Ashley’s securities litigation experience includes representing:
Two Latham litigation teams recognized for securing a rare preliminary injunction in biosimilar patent litigation for J&J’s Jassen and a first-round dismissal with prejudice of a securities class action on behalf of VinFast.
The National Veterans Legal Services Program and a Latham team secured a precedential Federal Circuit victory on behalf of a combat-wounded veteran.
A Latham Securities and M&A Litigation team secured a dismissal with prejudice of a securities fraud class action against client Ardelyx.