Ashley M. Kaplan

Ashley M. Kaplan is an Associate in Partridge Snow & Hahn’s Litigation & Disputes Practice Group in Providence, Rhode Island. She works with clients and colleagues on complex commercial disputes and assists with legal research and analysis, discovery, motion practice, and case preparation. Her role places her in the core stages of business litigation, where careful legal writing, factual development, procedural organization, and preparation for hearings or trial support the firm’s representation of clients facing commercial conflicts.

Ashley earned a J.D. summa cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law, graduating first in her class. She received CALI Awards for the highest grade in nine courses and held research, teaching, and clinical positions during law school. She also earned a B.A. summa cum laude in History from Providence College, with a minor in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology. Her academic record reflects sustained work in research, analysis, writing, and interdisciplinary study.

Ashley served as a Trial Court Law Clerk to Rhode Island Superior Court Associate Justice Richard A. Licht before joining PSH. In that role, she researched and drafted memoranda on complex business matters and tax appeals and supported the court during judicial conferences, hearings, and trials. She also gained corporate legal experience as an extern with Boskalis, where she researched issues involving the offshore wind industry and gained exposure to legal, compliance, and insurance functions.

Ashley M. Kaplan is admitted in Massachusetts, with Rhode Island admission listed as pending on her current firm page. Her early practice combines judicial clerkship experience, commercial litigation work, and exposure to corporate and offshore-wind legal issues. She supports litigation teams through research, analysis, discovery, motion practice, and case preparation, drawing on a strong academic foundation and direct experience observing the way complex business and tax disputes are evaluated and managed in Rhode Island Superior Court.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Partridge Snow & Hahn
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Licensed State

• Massachusetts

Education

• Roger Williams University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Summa Cum Laude)
• Providence College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History (Summa Cum Laude)

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