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Ashley L. Paterson

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Ashley Paterson has a multifaceted commercial practice focused on class action, product liability, consumer protection and privacy litigation. She is an experienced litigator with a broad background in the defence of complex class actions, capable of providing tactical advice at all stages of complex litigation.

Ashley has worked on several particularly influential cases, including successfully defeating certification of a multiple-model product liability class action, defending a class action involving one of the largest data breaches ever reported, and defending a high profile class action alleging systemic abuse and negligence. Ashley has extensive experience in the defence of medical device and pharmaceutical class actions, including pelvic mesh, hernia mesh and inferior vena cava filters. Ashley has also acted for defendants in product liability cases related to allegedly defective automobile airbags, gear shifters, printer paper, electrical power bars, guardrails and water heaters, among others.

Much of Ashley's work is international in scope and she frequently works with clients facing cross-border litigation. Consequently, Ashley has experience managing and coordinating Canadian litigation in multi-jurisdictional proceedings, and working collaboratively with U.S. counsel on parallel matters.

Ashley is praised as being “an excellent lawyer” and "smart, reliable and attentive." Ashley recently received the IFLR Rising Star Award in the category of Product Liability (2022) and is ranked as "Up and Coming" by Chambers & Partners in the category of Litigation: Products Liability (2021). Before becoming partner, she was ranked by Chambers & Partners as an “Associate to Watch” in the same category (2018 and 2019). In addition to her practice, Ashley is the Co-Chair of the 2023 Cambridge Forum on Canadian Class Actions; is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Defence Research Institute; and is a former member of the Ontario Bar Association's Class Actions Law Section Executive.

Ashley regularly speaks and writes in the above-noted areas and is a frequent attendee of industry conferences. She has published extensively in the above-noted areas, both at the local and international levels.

Education

Wilfred Laurier University, BA (Hons), 2007 University of Windsor, JD, 2011 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2012

Recent Experience

Marriott International Inc. in class actions commenced across Canada arising from the Starwood Guest Reservation Security Database Incident.
Trinity Industries, Inc., a highway guardrail manufacturer, in a national consumer class action alleging negligence and breach of warranty.
Fairmont Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Delta Hotels and Resorts and Sandman Hotels, in a national consumer class action alleging improper fee charges.
C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions regarding surgical mesh indicated to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.
C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions regarding surgical mesh indicated for hernia repair.
C.R. Bard Inc. and its affiliates in defence of several proposed product liability class actions relating to medical devices which prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs in patients at risk of pulmonary embolism.
Volkswagen AG and its affiliates in defence of an emissions class action.
A.O. Smith as Canadian national product liability counsel with respect to its hot water products.

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Chambers Canada
Ranked Up & Coming, Litigation: Product Liability

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Ashley Paterson and Robyn Enslen Honoured In Americas 2022 Rising Star Awards

October 14, 2022
       

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No Harm, No Class Action (Again): Ontario Superior Court Refuses to Certify Risk of Cancer Claim

August 17, 2022
       

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May 12, 2022
       

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