Stacey M. Ashby
Partner
Stacey Ashby splits her practice as a Partner in MSS’s Commercial Litigation and Crisis Management Groups.
Ms. Ashby’s general commercial litigation practice includes virtually every type of dispute in a corporate context. She has handled multifaceted breach of contract cases, partnership and shareholder disputes, corporate dissolutions, lender liability claims, valuation disputes, and other business torts. She regularly represents clients in multi-million-dollar lawsuits in both state and federal courts and handles trial and appellate work, as well as alternative dispute resolution proceedings for all of her matters.
In her real estate litigation practice, Ms. Ashby has represented clients in a wide range of complex areas, including workouts, intercreditor disputes, bankruptcy proceedings affecting real estate, appraisal proceedings, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, and brokers’ claims. Ms. Ashby also has extensive knowledge concerning New York City rent regulations. She has successfully handled multiple litigations concerning affordable housing laws, including representing several different well-known NYC developers in Article 78 proceedings against various New York City and State agencies.
Ms. Ashby’s tough and quick NYC grit has also lent itself useful as a member of MSS’s Crisis Management team. She understands that in today’s current climate, a client’s reputation can be destroyed, or a client can be “cancelled” with each day’s media cycle. Ms. Ashby, along with her crisis team, which includes the very best crisis professionals, including cyber tech specialists, PR teams, and security, if necessary, are brought onto help strategize and help the client with how to best timely respond to the imminent threat to them. Her organization and meticulous attention to detail, not only to the salient facts but the current case law and its impact on the case at hand has produced victories for clients, both in the court of law and in the court of public opinion. Some of these more sensitive matters have included sexual abuse allegations, including civil claims for sex trafficking, receipt of child pornography, harassment, assault & battery, gender and sexual discrimination claims, gender violence claims, emotional distress, conversion claims and other general tort actions. Ms. Ashby tirelessly works to help resolve concerns that minimizes her client’s future financial, legal and reputational harm, all while providing the empathetic ear that is required for such stressful situations.
