Ashley G. Chrysler
- Partner
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- Jill Bonter
I really appreciate the depth and breadth of litigation practice here at Warner – and getting to work with so many talented and generous colleagues, in various areas, as I continue to grow my own practice. I like being challenged and rising to the occasion.
Ashley Chrysler is a litigation attorney who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, environmental matters and appeals. Her experience includes representing mining and renewable resource companies with a variety of commercial, zoning and environmental issues. Ashley provides strategic legal advice to her clients through every stage of the permitting and litigation process.
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- Represented mining company and successfully persuaded the Seventh Circuit to unanimously uphold the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s attempt to force the federal government to take jurisdiction of the state wetland permitting process under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v EPA et al., No. 19-1130, 947F.3d 1065(2020)).
- Successfully persuaded the Sixth Circuit to uphold the lower court’s dismissal of federal RICO lawsuit at the pleadings stage (Bachi-Reffitt v Reffitt, 802 Fed. Appx. 913 (2020)).
- Represented several mining and natural resource development companies throughout the country on permitting issues, compliance matters, and appeals in federal, state, and administrative c
- Represented mining company and successfully persuaded the Seventh Circuit to unanimously uphold the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s attempt to force the federal government to take jurisdiction of the state wetland permitting process under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin v EPA et al., No. 19-1130, 947F.3d 1065(2020)).
- Successfully persuaded the Sixth Circuit to uphold the lower court’s dismissal of federal RICO lawsuit at the pleadings stage (Bachi-Reffitt v Reffitt, 802 Fed. Appx. 913 (2020)).
- Represented several mining and natural resource development companies throughout the country on permitting issues, compliance matters, and appeals in federal, state, and administrative courts.
- Represented national wind energy facility developers on zoning and compliance issues for wind energy development projects in Michigan and appeals in federal and state courts.
- Represented several Michigan clients in municipal zoning and litigation matters and against efforts to enjoin project development in state courts.
- Successfully appealed tax dispute on behalf of health maintenance organization and obtained reversal after tax tribunal granted summary disposition.
- Researched and briefed cases before the United States Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Michigan Court of Appeals.
- “Webinar: The Wonderful World of WOTUS – The Ever-Changing Meaning of Waters of the United States,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, July 2, 2020
- “Impact of the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on eDiscovery,” Warner Webinar, October 20, 2016
- “Is Cyber Security an Oxymoron?,” Warner Seminar, October 22, 2015, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- “Webinar: The Wonderful World of WOTUS – The Ever-Changing Meaning of Waters of the United States,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, July 2, 2020
- “Impact of the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on eDiscovery,” Warner Webinar, October 20, 2016
- “Is Cyber Security an Oxymoron?,” Warner Seminar, October 22, 2015, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Can a molder extinguish the moldbuilder’s lien by paying the amount owed the moldbuilder to someone else?
- MSC: When is a governmental entity liable under an inverse condemnation theory?
- MSC questions applicability of statutory employee provision of the workers disability compensation act
- MSC to consider whether its “lights out” on the open and obvious doctrine
- MSC to consider whether of evidence from past medical malpractice cases is relevant under MRE 404(b)
- Is a wife who did not physically live with her husband a surviving spouse? The MSC will decide.
- MSC grants MOAA to consider applicable standard of care for injury from a golf cart
- MSC to consider whether county’s authority to site buildings trumps township’s zoning authority
- MSC to consider whether playing on a beach is “outdoor recreational use” of land
- MSC approves public censure of Sixth Circuit Judge for making disparaging remarks to children in a divorce proceeding
- MSC grants leave to consider whether an attorney can prepare estate planning documents that leave the decedent’s estate to the attorney
- MSC grants MOAA to consider scope of collateral attack rule in child custody matters
- MSC grants MOAA to determine whether merely claiming a debt as a “bad debt” is sufficient to entitle the lender to bad-debt tax deduction
- MSC denies leave to consider whether municipalities can bring suit for violating zoning ordinances after decades of use
- MSC grants mini-oral argument to clarify the retroactive application of Executive Order 225 to retiree benefit contributions
- MSC grants MOAA to consider scope of landlord’s statutory duty to ensure that internal stairways are “fit for the use intended by the parties” and in “reasonable repair”
- MSC grants MOAA to consider when the 90-day limitations period under the Whistleblowers Protection Act is triggered
- MSC: Insurer’s untimely payment of underinsured motorist benefits is subject to penalty interest under Uniform Trade Practices Act
- MSC: State electrical transmission law prevails over local ordinances regulating new construction
- MSC grants leave to consider whether a court must indemnify judges for judgments against them
- MSC: Contracting parties waive their right to jury trial where contract requires an issue to be “fixed by the court”
- To satisfy the no-fault act requirements, notice need not be in particular format or expressly identify a possible claim for benefits, says the MSC
- MSC: Amid wintry conditions, black ice can be an open and obvious hazard
- A statute of limitations defense belongs only to the party raising it and cannot be resolved before that party is added to an action
- MSC grants MOAA on whether 60-day appeal period applies to challenges of permits to install control devices
- MSC grants MOAA to determine whether common practice of reaching into a press constitutes a reasonably foreseeable misuse
- MSC denies leave after MOAA on whether attorney fees award should have been submitted to the jury
- Back off the front-end loader: it is exempt from registration requirements under Michigan’s no-fault act
- MSC grants leave to appeal as to whether percentage allocation of premium contributions is a mandatory subject of bargaining
- MSC grants MOAA on whether a court’s postjudgment order denying request to change child’s school enrollment is an order affecting the custody of a minor
- MSC grants second MOAA on whether an order denying a motion to change schools is a postjudgment order affecting the custody of a minor
- Police officer’s reassignment to dangerous part of Flint was sufficient to plead a retaliatory action under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, says the MSC
- MSC grants MOAA on whether the Court of Claims has subject matter jurisdiction over decisions by the Michigan Film Office
- MSC grants MOAA on whether award of attorney fees should have been decided by trial court or jury
- Court of Appeals clarifies that not all false accusations of criminal behavior will constitute defamation per se
- Crime victims generally have no right to intervene in claims brought by the State Treasurer under the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act, says the Court of Appeals
- What an en-tangled web we weave: MSC grants MOAA to consider the scope of the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
- MSC grants MOAA on whether the Public Service Commission has authority to enforce a settlement agreement
- MSC vacates COA holding that $0.25 Friend of the Court assessment is a tax
- MSC grants mini-oral argument on whether a court must consider all seven factors in MCL 600.2955(1) when determining an expert witness’s reliability
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- 18 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
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- Can a molder extinguish the moldbuilder’s lien by paying the amount owed the moldbuilder to someone else?
- MSC: When is a governmental entity liable under an inverse condemnation theory?
- MSC questions applicability of statutory employee provision of the workers disability compensation act
- MSC to consider whether its “lights out” on the open and obvious doctrine
- MSC to consider whether of evidence from past medical malpractice cases is relevant under MRE 404(b)
- Is a wife who did not physically live with her husband a surviving spouse? The MSC will decide.
- MSC grants MOAA to consider applicable standard of care for injury from a golf cart
- MSC to consider whether county’s authority to site buildings trumps township’s zoning authority
- MSC to consider whether playing on a beach is “outdoor recreational use” of land
- MSC approves public censure of Sixth Circuit Judge for making disparaging remarks to children in a divorce proceeding
- MSC grants leave to consider whether an attorney can prepare estate planning documents that leave the decedent’s estate to the attorney
- MSC grants MOAA to consider scope of collateral attack rule in child custody matters
- MSC grants MOAA to determine whether merely claiming a debt as a “bad debt” is sufficient to entitle the lender to bad-debt tax deduction
- MSC denies leave to consider whether municipalities can bring suit for violating zoning ordinances after decades of use
- MSC grants mini-oral argument to clarify the retroactive application of Executive Order 225 to retiree benefit contributions
- MSC grants MOAA to consider scope of landlord’s statutory duty to ensure that internal stairways are “fit for the use intended by the parties” and in “reasonable repair”
- MSC grants MOAA to consider when the 90-day limitations period under the Whistleblowers Protection Act is triggered
- MSC: Insurer’s untimely payment of underinsured motorist benefits is subject to penalty interest under Uniform Trade Practices Act
- MSC: State electrical transmission law prevails over local ordinances regulating new construction
- MSC grants leave to consider whether a court must indemnify judges for judgments against them
- MSC: Contracting parties waive their right to jury trial where contract requires an issue to be “fixed by the court”
- To satisfy the no-fault act requirements, notice need not be in particular format or expressly identify a possible claim for benefits, says the MSC
- MSC: Amid wintry conditions, black ice can be an open and obvious hazard
- A statute of limitations defense belongs only to the party raising it and cannot be resolved before that party is added to an action
- MSC grants MOAA on whether 60-day appeal period applies to challenges of permits to install control devices
- MSC grants MOAA to determine whether common practice of reaching into a press constitutes a reasonably foreseeable misuse
- MSC denies leave after MOAA on whether attorney fees award should have been submitted to the jury
- Back off the front-end loader: it is exempt from registration requirements under Michigan’s no-fault act
- MSC grants leave to appeal as to whether percentage allocation of premium contributions is a mandatory subject of bargaining
- MSC grants MOAA on whether a court’s postjudgment order denying request to change child’s school enrollment is an order affecting the custody of a minor
- MSC grants second MOAA on whether an order denying a motion to change schools is a postjudgment order affecting the custody of a minor
- Police officer’s reassignment to dangerous part of Flint was sufficient to plead a retaliatory action under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, says the MSC
- MSC grants MOAA on whether the Court of Claims has subject matter jurisdiction over decisions by the Michigan Film Office
- MSC grants MOAA on whether award of attorney fees should have been decided by trial court or jury
- Court of Appeals clarifies that not all false accusations of criminal behavior will constitute defamation per se
- Crime victims generally have no right to intervene in claims brought by the State Treasurer under the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act, says the Court of Appeals
- What an en-tangled web we weave: MSC grants MOAA to consider the scope of the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
- MSC grants MOAA on whether the Public Service Commission has authority to enforce a settlement agreement
- MSC vacates COA holding that $0.25 Friend of the Court assessment is a tax
- “The Scope of Appellate Review: An Evolving Problem of Constitutional Proportions,” Appellate Issues, November 2017
- “All Work, No Pay: The Crucial Need for the Supreme Court to Review Unpaid Intership Classifications Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” 2014 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1561
- “American Hunger: A Political Introduction,” reprinted in Keys for Writers (Ann Raimes & Susan K. Miller-Cochran eds. 7th ed. 2013)
- “The Scope of Appellate Review: An Evolving Problem of Constitutional Proportions,” Appellate Issues, November 2017
- “All Work, No Pay: The Crucial Need for the Supreme Court to Review Unpaid Intership Classifications Under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” 2014 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1561
- “American Hunger: A Political Introduction,” reprinted in Keys for Writers (Ann Raimes & Susan K. Miller-Cochran eds. 7th ed. 2013)
