Ashleigh Aitken is Of Counsel at Aitken*Aitken *Cohn, where she specializes in complex business litigation, class actions and major personal injury cases.

Ms. Aitken, a graduate of USC Law School, is a former federal prosecutor, practicing in the Los Angeles and Santa Ana Office of the United States Attorney in the Central District of California. While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Aitken prosecuted cases involving armed bank robbery, narcotics, mail and wire fraud, child pornography and firearms violations. She has tried several criminal cases and argued before the 9th Circuit.

Prior to becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Aitken was a civil litigator with the law firm of Morrison Foerster, LLP, specializing in complex business litigation and class action defense. While there she tried civil cases in both federal and state court. She began her practice at Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP working on environmental and condemnation litigation.

Ms. Aitken is a recognized trial lawyer, has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine, and has been featured in articles in Orange Coast Magazine and Orange County Lawyer.

Memberships

Ms. Aitken has held several leadership roles in major legal organizations, and is an active member of her community, including:

• Orange County Women Lawyers, Past President and Board Member (2002-present);
• Orange County Bar Association, Board Member (2004-2010);
• Anaheim Community Services Board (2004-present);
• Celtic Bar Association, Vice-President and Member (2002-present);
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Member;
• Hispanic Bar Association, former Vice-President and Board Member, Member (2002-present);
• Orange County Bar Foundation, Board Member (2004-2007);
• Member, Central District of California, Pro Bono Panel;
• South Coast Repertory Theatre, Gala Committee Member (2005-present);
• MOMS Club, Anaheim Hills West, Vice-President (2007-present).
• Orange County Bar Association- Secretary (2012)
• Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars (2012)
• National Trials Lawyers- Top 40 Under 40 (2012)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)-Board of Governors at Large (2012)
• Appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the 32nd District Agricultural Association, Orange County Fair Board (2012)

Representative Publications

• Bringing it Home: Some Strategies for a Successful Mediation Negotiation, by Dean J. Zipser and Ashleigh E. Aitken, Orange County Lawyer, November (2006).
• Pre-Trial Motions, California Litigation Review. Co-authored the chapter on pretrial motions in the California State Bar Litigation Section’s yearly update of California law (2005, 2006).

Education

Ms. Aitken is a graduate of Boston College, where she received her B.A. in Secondary Education. She attended law school at University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. She is a local graduate of Rosary High School, in Fullerton, California.

Tel. 866-434-1424

E-mail: ashleigh@aitkenlaw.com