Ashley M. Teesdale practices insolvency law and business litigation. Ms. Teesdale’s experience includes representing debtors, trustees, and creditors in Chapter 7 and 11 cases and related litigation, including adversary proceedings regarding objection to discharge, non-dischargeability, and preferential and fraudulent transfer actions. Ms. Teesdale served a two-and-a-half year term as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Scott C. Clarkson, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California and also served as a full time volunteer law clerk for the Honorable Mark S. Wallace, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California.
Ms. Teesdale earned her juris doctorate degree in 2012 from American University Washington College of Law, where she was a Note and Comment Editor for the Business Law Review and a Line Editor for the Criminal Law Brief. She graduated from Dickinson College in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and minors in mathematics and Spanish.
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia (J.D., 2012)
- Law Review: American University, Business Law Review, Note & Comment Editor, 2011 – 2012
- Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 2009)
Admissions
- State Bar of California, 2013
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California
- Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, Board Member, 2020 to Present, Secretary, 2023 to present
- OCBA, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, Member, 2013 to Present
- Attorney Representative for the IT Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, February 2022 to present
- NextGen Committee Member, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
- Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2021-2022
- Panelist, “Emerging Issues in Attorney Discipline: Disciplining Politically-Motivated Attorney Misconduct and Discharging State Bar Sanctions,” AIRA, Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, 2023
- Co-Producer, “Good Faith in Bankruptcy in the Ninth Circuit and Beyond,” Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2023
- Producer and Moderator, “Getting Paid Painlessly: How to Avoid Objections to your Fee Applications,” Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2022
- Co-Program Chair & Moderator, “The Harried and Hassled Attorney: Combating Stress Through Understanding Brain Science, Embracing Adversity and Other Strategies,” Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 2022