Ashley J. Heilprin

Ashley J. Heilprin


Phelps Dunbar LLP

Recognized since 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Litigation - First Amendment

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Ashley Heilprin practices in the areas of civil trial and commercial litigation. She regularly appears in Louisiana’s courts. Her commercial litigation experience includes state and federal matters in the following areas: business torts; construction on behalf of engineers, architects, contractors and developer clients; professional liability including lawyers, insurance broker and agent clients; First Amendment and defamation; breach of contract; breach of warranty; unfair trade practices; fraud; charter schools and public education; internal investigations; election challenges; and class actions.

Ms. Heilprin has represented clients from case inception through resolution at trial, and where appropriate, resolution through settlement and alternative dispute resolution. She has an eye toward obtaining favorable resolution for clients at a reasonable cost.

Ashley represents both plaintiffs and defendants in their disputes involving public and private construction projects. She has represented owners, tenants, contractors and sub-contractors in state and federal courts in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. She has handled matters involving various aspects of the construction process, including delay claims, claims involving construction and design defects, lien claims and claims involving performance and payment bonds. Ashley has successfully assisted in the resolution of construction disputes for clients through negotiation, litigation and mediation. She has litigated claims involving breach of contract, breach of warranty, construction and/or design defects, negligence, unjust enrichment and construction liens.

Ashley is particularly adept at advising clients and working with our litigation teams to facilitate eDiscovery plans for clients of all sizes. Specifically, she counsels clients on eDiscovery issues including the selection of eDiscovery technologies, pre-litigation preparedness and the preservation, collection, review and production of electronic information in litigation. Her depth of knowledge of the underlying technology has enabled her to work efficiently and collaboratively with clients’ internal IT departments and outside counsel teams. Ashley’s use of technologies and analytics has made document search and review more effective, less time-consuming and less costly.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000
    New Orleans, LA 70130-6534
Education
  • College of William & Mary, Master of Public Policy, graduated 2013
  • College of William & Mary, J.D., graduated 2013
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., graduated 2007
Bar Admissions
  • Louisiana, Louisiana
  • Texas, Texas
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana - Board of Directors
  • Collegiate Academies - Board of Directors
  • Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans - Class of 2014
  • Great New Orleans Louis A. Marinet Society - 2017-2018 President, 2016-2017 President Elect, 2015-2016 Corresponding Secretary and Young Lawyers Chair
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Minority Involvement Section member
  • New Orleans Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section executive council member; Women in the Profession committee, Inn of Court
  • New Orleans Marinet Legal Foundation Inc. - 2017-2018 President
  • Young Leadership Council - Board of Directors (2014-2016)
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Phelps Dunbar LLP
Headquarters: New Orleans, Louisiana

175 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - First Amendment
Awards:
  • Commercial Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2021)
  • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (2017-2020)
  • 40 Under 40, National Bar Association (2018)
  • Outstanding Young Lawyer, National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division "Women of Achievement" (2018)
  • Top Attorneys in Louisiana Rising Stars, Louisiana Life (2016-2018)
  • Louis Westerfield Award, Loyola University Black Law Students Association (2018)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation

Publications

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