Ashley M.Schumacher

As Associate General Counsel, Ashley Schumacher serves as a lawyer for Jenner & Block, counseling firm management and lawyers on ethics compliance, risk management, claims litigation, and other issues. She regularly advises the firm on conflicts of interest resolution, firm policies and procedures, client and firm contracts, and engagement intake issues. 

Ashley is also a highly accomplished litigator focused on complex commercial litigation. She deftly handles all phases of cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States and resolves matters in alternative dispute resolution forums. She represents clients in government investigations and enforcement actions. 

In her private practice, businesses large and small turn to Ashley to assert and defend claims involving commercial contracts, business torts, antitrust and competition, and employment relationship-related claims. She handles single-plaintiff, multiparty, and class action cases at trial and on appeal. Clients also rely on Ashley to advise them on business relationships, complex financial transactions, antitrust topics, and regulatory issues. She conducts internal investigations to uncover issues before they become problems.