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Practice Expertise
- Appellate
- Asbestos & Toxic Tort
- Class Action Defense
- Construction Law
Areas of Practice
- Appellate
- Asbestos & Toxic Tort
- Class Action Defense
- Construction Law
- Appellate and Complex Motion Practice
- Consumer Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation - Consumer
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- Product Liability View More
Profile
Ashley R. Fickel represents financial institutions, manufacturers, and a diverse group of businesses in complex legal disputes. Mr. Fickel has significant trial experience, including managing cases ranging from complex business disputes to catastrophic injury cases. He has also served a meaningful role in the development of legal strategy for a number of national and international corporations. Most recently, Mr. Fickel has been engaged in defending businesses, including major financial institutions and manufacturers, from a variety of consumer and privacy based claims. As a result of Mr. Fickel's professional achievements, he has been recognized on several occasions as a California "Rising Star" by Law & Politics in the area of litigation.
Mr. Fickel earned his B.A. in History from Westmont College in 1997 and his J.D. cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2004, where he served as a senior staff member of the Pepperdine Law Review.
Bar Admissions
California
Education
Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
- Dean's List
- Law Review
- Dean's Scholarship Recipient
Areas of Practice
- Appellate
- Asbestos & Toxic Tort
- Class Action Defense
- Construction Law
- Appellate and Complex Motion Practice
- Consumer Financial Services
- Financial Services Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation - Consumer
- Litigation
- Privacy and Data Security
- Product Liability
Professional Career
Named a Rising Star by Law & Politics, 2009-2010
Articles
State of California and City of Los Angeles Offer Businesses Additional Coronavirus Relief as Loans and Highlight Existing Loan Programs for Small Businesses
By Ashley Fickel |April 2020State of California and City of Los Angeles Offer Businesses Additional Coronavirus Relief as Loans and Highlight Existing Loan Programs for Small Businesses
By Ashley Fickel |April 2020Different Viewpoints Represented at the Latest California Attorney General's Office Public Forum on the California Consumer Privacy Act
By Ashley Fickel |January 2019
Blogs
Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments
Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments provides legal insight on topics of special interest to insurance industry professionals. Covering a wide range of industries, Dykema's Insurance Coverage Notes and Developments blog provides brief but substantive alerts, including updates and analysis on significant developments and trends in the insurance industry.
The Firewall
The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
The Open Road: Automotive Law Blog
The Open Road features legal thought leaders from all areas of the transportation economy including corporate transactions, products liability and class actions, insurance regulation, environmental compliance, and supply chain management. As the automotive sector faces new challenges from international actors, technological innovations, and emerging business models, The Open Road will help insiders navigate the legal and regulatory issues facing the new automotive industry landscape.
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