About
Ashton Edwards is a member of Gwin, Steinmetz & Baird, PLLC in Louisville. Her individual profile lists Long-Term Care as her practice area and states that she joined the firm’s long-term care defense team in 2025. Her work therefore centers on the defense of long-term care matters within a firm that handles health care and nursing-home litigation, rather than a broad individual health-care-law practice.
Ashton earned a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Kentucky in 2020 and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky at J. David Rosenberg College of Law in 2025. While in law school, she served as a staff editor on the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law and participated on the Trial Advocacy Board, gaining experience in legal research, writing, and advocacy.
Ashton received the Judge Jennifer B. Coffman Judicial Internship Award and the National Bar Association Corporate Law Section’s 2024 Gateway to Success Award while completing her legal education. Her academic activities included journal work and trial advocacy, and her transition into practice placed her directly on a defense team handling claims involving long-term care providers and related liability issues.
Ashton Edwards was admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association after graduation and joined Gwin, Steinmetz & Baird in 2025. Her current lawyer profile supports a focused long-term care defense practice in Louisville. Her law-school experience in advocacy and legal writing, combined with her work on the firm’s long-term care team, provides a foundation for defending health-care-related liability matters involving care facilities and providers.
Law Office Affiliations
- Attorney, Gwin, Steinmetz & Baird, PLLC
- Member, Kentucky Bar Association
Licensed State
- Kentucky
Education
- University of Kentucky
Juris Doctor (JD) - University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology
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