Ashton Jenne
Associate
Liberty Center
151 Meeting Street
Suite 600
Charleston, SC 29401
151 Meeting Street
Suite 600
Charleston, SC 29401
ashton.jenne@nelsonmullins.com
Ashton focuses her practice on commercial, appellate, and consumer litigation but also assists with a wide variety of other litigation matters.
Ashton focuses her practice on commercial, appellate, and consumer litigation but also assists with a wide variety of other litigation matters.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Previous Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Charleston, SC
- Summer Associate, a national firm
- Operations Specialist, Logistics, Patriot Family Homes
Publications
- The Paradox of Continuing Risk (with Professor Jonathan Cardi and Chance Villareal), forthcoming in the American University Law Review 2025
- Recognized by Nora Freeman Engstrom in The Continued Neglect of Continuing Risk, JOTWELL (June 23, 2025) (reviewing Jonathan Cardi, Ashton Jenne, & Chance Villarreal, The Paradox of Continuing Risk, available at SSRN (May 5, 2025)), https://torts.jotwell.com/the-continued-neglect-of-continuing-risk/.
Education
-
Wake Forest University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Editor, Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law
- President, Wake Forest Law Trial Bar
- Washington and Lee University, BA, Anthropology and Biology, magna cum laude
Admissions
- South Carolina
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.
Previous Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Charleston, SC
- Summer Associate, a national firm
- Operations Specialist, Logistics, Patriot Family Homes
Publications
- The Paradox of Continuing Risk (with Professor Jonathan Cardi and Chance Villareal), forthcoming in the American University Law Review 2025
- Recognized by Nora Freeman Engstrom in The Continued Neglect of Continuing Risk, JOTWELL (June 23, 2025) (reviewing Jonathan Cardi, Ashton Jenne, & Chance Villarreal, The Paradox of Continuing Risk, available at SSRN (May 5, 2025)), https://torts.jotwell.com/the-continued-neglect-of-continuing-risk/.
Ashton focuses her practice on commercial, appellate, and consumer litigation but also assists with a wide variety of other litigation matters.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Previous Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Summer Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Charleston, SC
- Summer Associate, a national firm
- Operations Specialist, Logistics, Patriot Family Homes
Publications
- The Paradox of Continuing Risk (with Professor Jonathan Cardi and Chance Villareal), forthcoming in the American University Law Review 2025
- Recognized by Nora Freeman Engstrom in The Continued Neglect of Continuing Risk, JOTWELL (June 23, 2025) (reviewing Jonathan Cardi, Ashton Jenne, & Chance Villarreal, The Paradox of Continuing Risk, available at SSRN (May 5, 2025)), https://torts.jotwell.com/the-continued-neglect-of-continuing-risk/.
Education
-
Wake Forest University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Executive Editor, Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law
- President, Wake Forest Law Trial Bar
- Washington and Lee University, BA, Anthropology and Biology, magna cum laude
Admissions
- South Carolina
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