Ashley F. Heintz

Ashley Heintz concentrates her practice on securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and corporate governance matters. She has significant experience handling securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative cases, SEC investigations and inquiries, and internal investigations relating to shareholder demands, whistleblower complaints, and corporate compliance. She regularly counsels boards of directors and senior management in connection with governmental and internal investigations as well as ESG (environmental, social, and governance), shareholder activism, and other governance-related issues.

Ashley was named one of the top seven securities litigators in the country under 40 years old by Law 360 in 2021. Significant matters in which she has played a major role include defending: Jarden in the highly publicized appraisal dispute in Delaware Chancery Court (In re Appraisal of Jarden Corporation); The Southern Company and certain of its officers in securities litigation; Flowers Foods and certain of its officers and directors in securities and derivative litigation; and Rayonier Inc. in securities litigation.

Ashley serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Women in Securities Litigation Network. Ashley is also active in the Atlanta community, where she is a member of the board of directors of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation and the Zoo Atlanta Leadership Council. Ashley recently served as an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, teaching Securities Litigation & Enforcement. She is a graduate of the LEAD Atlanta Class of 2018.