Ashley P. Withers

Biography

Ashley P. Withers is an attorney in the tax practice of Jackson Walker’s Dallas office. She helps businesses and individuals strategize in their business decisions by advising them on tax incentives and how to structure transactions with favorable tax treatment. Her experience includes assisting business and investors with tax planning related to the CARES Act, aircraft purchases, Qualified Opportunity Zone investments, qualified small business stock, litigation settlements, and company asset and stock sales as well as assisting religious and charitable organizations with property tax matters. Practice spans complex corporate, partnership, family, and tax-exempt organization transactions as well as tax controversy matters including IRS audits and appeals.

Prior to focusing her practice on tax, Ashley was a Research Attorney at Jackson Walker. As a Research Attorney, she conducted in-depth legal research for a variety of practice areas and analyzed the development of novel legal issues, legislative history, federal and state case law, regulations, and statutes, jury verdicts, and judicial ruling history.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Ashley served as the Associate Director of Employer Relations at Texas Tech University School of Law, where she researched legal employer hiring practices, employer news, and industry trends. Ashley also previously practiced as an associate attorney at a small firm in Lubbock, where she served as the primary legal researcher and writer for the firm’s major cases, drafting petitions and complaints, discovery requests and responses, deposition questions, correspondence with clients and opposing counsel, settlement agreements, orders, and legal memoranda.

Education

B.A., summa cum laude, Stephen F. Austin State University

J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2011