LOS ANGELES— The Los Angeles Times named Covington lawyers Wade Ackerman and Ashley Simonsen to its Consumer Goods Business Visionaries list, which honors the top professionals whose expertise, leadership, industry impact, and community involvement help consumer brands grow and succeed.
Wade is a partner in Covington’s Los Angeles office who advises companies and trade associations on complex FDA issues requiring coordinated legal, regulatory, and public policy strategies. Drawing on more than two decades of experience in private practice and senior government roles with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the FDA’s Office of Chief Counsel, Wade provides unique insight into the interplay of innovation and regulation. He works with clients across the life sciences, technology, and consumer products sectors, with a particular focus on cutting-edge products and the evolving consumer health and wellness landscape. Wade also co-leads Covington’s multidisciplinary Digital Health Initiative, which draws on the firm’s global resources to advise companies using data, technology, and wearables to transform healthcare and improve outcomes. Wade has previously been named a Los Angeles Times Life Sciences Visionary and Legal Visionary, a Los Angeles Business Journal Minority Attorney Leader of Influence, and a Daily Journal Top Health Care Lawyer.
A partner in Covington’s Los Angeles office, Ashley focuses on defending complex class actions and mass torts in state and federal courts nationwide. A frequent advocate in the Northern District of California and Los Angeles Superior Court, she represents clients across the technology, financial services, and consumer products sectors through all stages of litigation, including trial. Ashley has a strong track record of success on early dispositive motions, as well as at the class certification and summary judgment stages. She has been appointed to leadership roles in both federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) and California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCPs). Her practice spans a broad range of high-stakes matters, including advertising, antitrust, consumer protection, and product liability disputes. She has received numerous recognitions for her work, including three Law360 MVP awards (Class Actions, Technology, and Banking) and inclusion in the Daily Journal’s lists of Leading Commercial Litigators, Top 100 Lawyers, and Top Women Lawyers in California. She has also been featured in Variety’s Legal Impact Report and named to Forbes’ America’s Top Lawyers and America’s Top Women Lawyers lists.
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