Ashley Matthews > McGuireWoods LLP > Charlottesville, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices

652 PETER JEFFERSON PARKWAY
SUITE 350
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22911
VIRGINIA
United States
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Ashley Matthews

Position
Ashley advises retailers and financial institutions on consumer financial services, payments, privacy and security, and governance matters. She counsels organizations with respect to the Truth in Lending Act, Consumer Leasing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as well as equivalent state-level financial services, consumer protection and unfair trade practices laws. Ashley also advises clients on state and federal automatic renewal and home solicitation sale laws.
Ashley advises home warranty companies concerning compliance with federal and state laws and regulatory guidance, including creation of a state-by-state compliance handbook for home warranties and service contracts. She routinely assists clients with licensing and responses to regulatory inquires.
Ashley holds the CIPP/US credential as a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
McGuireWoods LLP provides a comprehensive practice in data and cyber law, including advising on compliance, incident response and class action matters. The firm is well-versed in a wide range of privacy regulatory frameworks at the state, federal and globe level. Leading the team from Virginia are, Andrew Konia, who advises on outsourcing agreements, and Janet Peyton, an expert in information governance support. Ashley Matthews, in Charlottesville, regularly advises retailers and financial institutions on privacy and security issues. In April and August 2024 respectively, New York-based Nancy Ryan and Washington DC-based David Hirsh joined from in-house positions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense