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Jennifer Ashley

Jennifer Ashley

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Chicago, IL26 years experienceAdmitted 1999
Wrongful Death

About Jennifer Ashley

Jennifer L. Ashley is a Partner at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., focusing on personal injury and wrongful death cases involving vehicle accidents, premises liability, and products liability. She joined the firm in 2012 and was named Partner in 2014. Prior to joining the firm she spent 12 years at an auto insurance defense firm. She has tried more than 100 cases to verdict and has been published in the Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter more than 75 times for successful verdicts. Over her career she has personally secured more than $70 million on behalf of injured clients. She also serves as a trial team coach at Chicago-Kent College of Law and is a regular arbitrator in Cook and Lake Counties.

Notable case results

$16,000,000Settlement

(Lake County record)

Reported by the firm
$10,500,000Verdict

Wrongful death verdict

Reported by the firm
$9,000,000Settlement

Wrongful death settlement

Reported by the firm

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Wrongful Death

Education

Chicago-Kent College of Law
J.D., 1999
Western Illinois University
Undergraduate, 1995

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Illinois, admitted 1999
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, admitted 1999
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Lake County Bar Association (Director)
Lake County Bar Foundation (8-year board member)
Chicago-Kent College of Law Trial Team coach

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers 'Lawyer of the Year' — Product Liability Law, Plaintiffs (2026)
Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois (2021-2025)
Super Lawyers Top 50 Female Super Lawyers in Illinois (2019-present)
Illinois Super Lawyers (2016-present)
Leading Lawyers (2016-present)
Best Lawyers — Personal Injury & Product Liability Litigation (2016-present)
CALI Awards (highest grades in three law school classes)

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