Ashley West, the 2015 Solo and Small Firm Section Attorney of the Year

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Author: By Steven M. Mayer
• Publication year: 2015
• Citation: Vol. 21 No. 3

Ashley West, the 2015 Solo and Small Firm Section Attorney of the Year

By Steven M. Mayer^*

Ashley West

At its Meyer Sankary Reception held at the June 2015 California Solo and Small Firm Summit, the Section presented Sacramento attorney Ashley West with its prestigious 2015 Attorney of the Year Award. Ashley is a founding partner of the boutique transactional firm Carter West, focusing on high-dollar corporate and real estate matters with her law partner, Ian Carter.

This year's nominees were a group whose histories of involvement and achievement exemplified the ideals of leadership ofthe profession and service to the community that the Award is meant to recognize. Ashley stood out for the depth of her dedication to the community and professional work to which she has been devoted since her admission to practice in California in 2004, and the prodigious amount of that work.

Ashley's dedication to the profession and public service shines brightest through her work with WEAVE, Inc., Sacramento's primary provider of services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Ashley joined WEAVE's Board of Directors in 2005, and since then has served on or chaired many of its committees, and notably served for...