About Ashley

Ashley Grimes earned her B.A. in Communication and Political Science from Arizona State University in 2009. She went directly to obtain her J.D. from Arizona Summit Law School in 2013. Those years set the structure for a career that moves among regulation and communication. Her educational education included realistic law school training at a school known for health facility work and practice-primarily based learning.

Before law program, Grimes worked in roles outside conventional law practice. She used to be a specialist at Crisis Nursery in 2003. In 2006 she labored as a web manufacturer as an impartial contractor for Google. Those early jobs exposed her to problem solving in nonprofit and technological know-how settings. They additionally gave her knowledge generating content material and managing on-line projects.

Her legal background was hands-on. In 2012 she served as a legal clinician at Arizona Summit Law School. During 2013 she took several roles that placed her interior regulation workplaces and company environments: a legal extern at Taylor and Associates, a regulation clerk at Inter123 Corp., and freelance writing for Yahoo Voices. Those positions overlapped with her very last year of law school and allowed her to check legal studies, client interaction, and written advocacy in real-world settings.

After passing the bar, Grimes based a personal practice. In 2014 she began working as a lawyer in Grimes Law PLLC. She is licensed by the Supreme Court of Arizona and holds a facilitated negotiation certification from Arizona Summit Law School. Those credentials reflect both court preparation and opportunity dispute resolution training.

Colleagues describe Grimes as someone whose background in communication informs her approach to legal work. Her time as a writer and web producer has carried over into client communications and drafting. The clinical and clerkship work at some point of law program contributed to her familiarity with case preparation and procedural work. She has maintained a tradition that operates within Arizona and engages with the state’s legal processes.

Grimes balances legal proceedings-associated tasks with mediated decision techniques, using her mediation training when matters are suitable for that process. She handles client matters in Arizona and offers mediation offerings as part of her practice.

Education

Arizona Summit Law School

J.D. (2013) | Law

2009

Arizona State University

B.A. (2009) | Communication and Political Science

2005

Languages

English (Spoken, Written) French (Written) German (Spoken)

Experience

Lawyer

Grimes Law PLLC
2014

Freelance Writer

Yahoo Voices
2013

Law Clerk

Inter123 Corp.
2013

Legal Extern

Taylor and Associates
2013

Legal Clinician

Arizona Summit Law School
2012

Web Producer - Independent Contractor

Google Inc.
2006

Specialist

Crisis Nursery
2003

Accepted Jurisdictions

Arizona

Certifications & Awards

Arizona State Bar - Licensed Lawyer

Supreme Court of Arizona

Mediation

Arizona Summit Law School