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Ashley A. Varghese focuses her practice on professional liability matters, representing clients in medical malpractice defense, civil rights litigation, and commercial premises liability matters. She defends healthcare providers against claims of medical negligence, elder abuse, and violations of senior living statutes. Ashley also represents clients in civil rights actions, including claims of deliberate indifference under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Ashley graduated from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a teacher at a charter school in New York City. She then attended Widener University-Delaware Law School and graduated cum laude. During law school, she earned the Dean’s List honors, was a member and president of the Moot Court Honor Society, member of the Transactional Law Honor Society, and president of the Asian Law Students’ Association. As a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, Ashley was selected to participate in interscholastic moot court competitions for oral advocacy, wherein she competed with her teams against law schools across the country. In February 2020, Ashley and her team advanced and placed as Semi-Finalists in Albany Law School’s Gabrielli Moot Court Competition. After graduating law school, she clerked for the Honorable Mary Ann C. O’Brien, J.S.C. of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County.

Outside of work, Ashley teaches and attends adult dance classes, reads books, and is an avid Philadelphia sports fan. Go Birds!