Ashley Mattingly
Partner | Tampa
amattingly@butler.legal
813-281-1900
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Ashley M. Mattingly is a Partner at Butler’s Tampa office and practices in the area of construction defect litigation. Ashley’s construction experience includes representing developers, contractors, and nearly every trade in the construction process, as well as suppliers of building components. Prior to joining the firm, Ashley served indigent Hillsborough County residents as an Assistant Public Defender for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit for four years. While at the Public Defender’s Office, Ashley worked in the juvenile, misdemeanor, and felony divisions before various county, juvenile, and circuit court judges in Hillsborough County, Florida and handled thousands of cases. Ashley also litigated over thirty trials during her time as an Assistant Public Defender.
Ashley earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Criminology, cum laude, from the University of South Florida in 2010. Ashley is also an alumna of the University of South Florida Judy Genshaft Honors College where Ashley completed a yearlong graduate thesis project during her senior year at the University of South Florida. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Valparaiso University School of Law in Valparaiso, Indiana in 2013. While at Valparaiso University, Ashley focused her studies on Litigation and Trial Advocacy while also serving as a member of the Valparaiso University Criminal Law Clinic and handled both misdemeanor and felony cases serving indigent clients in Porter County, Indiana as a certified legal intern. Ashley is licensed to practice in the state courts of Florida. Her professional memberships include the Florida Bar, the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. Ashley regularly speaks to clients and peers on various construction and civil litigation topics at conferences throughout the United States. While she was born in St. Louis, Missouri, Ashley has lived most of her life in Florida and has been employed with Butler since January 2018.
Admissions
- Florida
Education
- University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science
- Valparaiso University School of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Media
Butler Welcomes Our Newest Partners in 2025
We are thrilled to celebrate the promotion of Senior Associates Yonit Rosengarten, Scott Hefner, and Ashley Mattingly to Partners! Their hard work, dedication, and exceptional contributions have been invaluable to our firm. Congratulations to Yonit, Scott, and Ashley on these well-deserved milestones! With Yonit's work in third-party coverage law, Ashley's experience in construction litigation, a...
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch – 2025 Edition
Join us in congratulating our attorneys who were recognized in the Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch 2025 publication! You can click on their bios above to learn more about each attorney. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Their process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their coll...
Up on the Rooftop: Exploring Complex Defects Claims Involving Shingle Fastening and Transitions – A Hands-On Workshop
Join Tampa Senior Associate Ashley Mattingly and co-presenters Mark Hopkins (Guardian Group), Frank Griffin (Envista Forensics), and Christopher Lambert (Engle Martin) for the CLM Construction Conference on September 28, 2023, in Austin, TX. The program description is below: It is becoming more common for roofers to become primary targets of the claimants in construction defect claims or cases...
Hail Hath No Fury: An Interactive Workshop
Join Partner Ashley Mattingly as she collaborates with Frank Griffin (Envista Forensics), Brian O'Connor (Engle Martin), and Brett Reuter (Arch Insurance Group) for the CLM's one-of-a-kind Annual Conference in Tampa on March 29-31. In this interactive workshop, participants will create simulated hail damage using a wide variety of tools. How real can you make it look? Will your team’s shingl...
Butler Proudly Sponsors the 2022 CLM Construction Conference
We are proud to be a Platinum Sponsor for the 2022 CLM Construction Conference. This event will take place from September 21-23, 2022 in San Diego. Partner Denise Anderson will be presenting "Stick To Your Guns: How Changes Can Come Back To Bite You," on September 22nd. In attendance will be Tampa attorneys Ashley Mattingly and Kim Ramey. For over a decade, the CLM Construction Conference has be...
