E. Ashley Cranford

acranford@wdklaw.com 
Birmingham Office
205-328-9576, vCard

Ms. Cranford’s practice is focused in the areas of complex class action and mass tort litigations involving product liability, drug and medical devices and personal injury. She has been extensively involved in the mediation and settlement of many of the firm’s multi-district pharmaceutical and product liability mass actions. She has also been asked to speak on both national and local levels regarding her experience in mediation of multi-district pharmaceutical actions. She is registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster.

She is a member of the Alabama Bar since 2003 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. She is a member of the Birmingham and American Bar Associations, Alabama Association for Justice and American Association for Justice.

She earned her B.S. in Secondary Education in English and Political Science, magna cum laude, in 1999 from Auburn University where she was a member of Mortar Board Honorary, Gamma Sigma Alpha Honorary, Kappa Delta Pi Honorary, and Golden Key Honorary.

Before attending law school, Ms. Cranford taught Eighth Grade English in the Jefferson County School System in Birmingham, Alabama.

She obtained her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2003 where she was a member of the Bench and Bar Honor Society, a Senator for the Student Bar Association, and a participant on the Jessup International Moot Court Team. Ms. Cranford was born in Birmingham, Alabama.