Ashley L. Roessler

Ashley L. Roessler is an associate in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. The cornerstone of Ashley’s practice is representing employers in litigation and providing practical advice tailored to organizations’ long-term business goals. 

Ashley has successfully defended employers in litigation in various judicial and administrative tribunals, including:

• Drafting a successful motion to dismiss a complaint alleging breach of employment contract and civil conspiracy filed by a former school district employee against a board of education
• Settling a complaint alleging a failure to accommodate the employee with primarily injunctive relief, minimizing financial exposure to the client
• Drafting a position statement and preparing client witnesses for investigatory interviews, which led to the dismissal of the complaint before the DCR alleging discrimination and retaliation. 

Additionally, Ashley has experience conducting workplace investigations involving claims triggering the NJLAD, CEPA, and various employer policies. She has revised numerous internal policies, employee handbooks, and employment contracts. Ashley has also handled employee discipline matters internally and on appeal, and counseled human resources and personnel staff on workplace accommodations, leaves of absence, other benefits, and terms and conditions of employment. Ashley is also versed in the collective bargaining process in the context of public employment. 

Before entering private practice, Ashley clerked for the Honorable Robert L. Polifroni (Ret.), Presiding Judge of the Civil Division, New Jersey Superior Court, Bergen County. During law school, she interned in the Appellate Division for the Honorable Thomas V. Manahan (Ret.) and clerked at a plaintiff 's-side personal injury firm in New Jersey. She also served as the Managing Editor of the Rutgers University Law Review and as a Senior Member of the Moot Court Board.