Attorney Ashley Wilburn: Mediating family disputes with kindness

THE BIO

Ashley Wilburn, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, proudly comes from North Hagerstown High School, where she completed her secondary education. With a deep-rooted passion for family law, Ashley's current legal practice focuses on various aspects of family issues. She concentrates her practice on divorce cases, alimony issues, marital property division, child custody battles and child support arrangements. She also handles post-divorce and enforcement matters as well as step-parent adoptions, private adoptions for parties as well as concerns about child welfare. Ashley handles estate planning, wills, trusts and probate cases, as well as civil, commercial and contract litigation. Learn more about Ashley Wilburn

Ashley has served as a mediator appointed by a court since the year she assists parties in helping them settle their disputes without needing court involvement. Ashley mediates private disputes and also court-appointed mediation for those who want to avoid court processes and litigation.

After finishing her undergraduate studies at Loyola University of Maryland, where she received dual Bachelor's degrees in History and Political Science, Ashley pursued her legal education at Western New England University School of Law. Graduating in 2013, she excelled academically, placing among the top 10 students in her class. While in law school, Ashley served as a Note Editor for the prestigious Western New England Law Review and demonstrated her dedication to legal research and scholarship.

Following the completion of her law degree, Ashley embarked on a clerkship experience, working for prominent jurists in Connecticut and Maryland. She was privileged to serve as a law assistant to the Honorable Richard A. Robinson at the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Honorable Elliott D. Prescott. In 2014, she returned home to her hometown of Hagerstown to work as a clerk for the Honorable M. Kenneth Long at the Washington County Circuit Court, increasing her knowledge of the local legal landscape. Learn more about Ashley Wilburn

Ashley joined Poole & Kane P.A. in 2015 as an associate attorney. As an associate attorney. Her primary focus in the firm was to represent the Washington County Department of Social Services on cases which involved child welfare. Ashley's devoted efforts were instrumental in helping children who were victims of abuse or negligence at the care of their parents or caregivers. Her dedication to social justice spanned beyond her legal profession as she actively served as a board member for the Washington County Human Trafficking Task Force, which worked hard to increase awareness of human trafficking in the tri-state region.

In 2017, she was a founding member of Kane, Wilburn & Stone, P.A., where she developed her practice in the area of family law including divorce custody, child support and guardianships - as well for estate planning, such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance directive/healthcare proxy and mediation.

Ashley started Wilburn Law Office, LLC 2023 with the commitment to provide an individual approach to each client's need.