Ashley C. Bateman, Ph.D.
Ashley C. Bateman, Ph.D.
Ashley C. Bateman, Ph.D.
Biography
Ashley Bateman's practice covers general and commercial litigation across a variety of industries, with particular experience in the life sciences and technology sectors.
Prior to joining the firm, Ashley attended the University of Oregon where she obtained her doctorate in biology. She studied the human microbiome using next-generation DNA sequencing technology, and was a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award. She has a decade of hands-on laboratory experience across a wide variety of scientific disciplines that gives her clients a strategic advantage, in and out of the courtroom.
During law school, Ashley was selected for membership in the Order of Barristers for excellence in courtroom advocacy and was a competitor at several national trial practice and moot court competitions, winning two quarterfinalist awards. She was also the organizing chair of the inaugural 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Trial Competition hosted by the University of California-Davis. Ashley gained practical courtroom experience through a judicial externship in the chambers of Federal Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes in the Eastern District of California.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2012-2015
- University of Oregon, Technology Entrepreneurship Fellow, 2012
- University of California-Davis, Witkin award (highest grade) in Bioethics, 2018
Professional Affiliations
- Member of the ABA, September 2017
- Member of the Order of Barristers, 2020
Admissions
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Washington, 2024
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California, 2021
Education
University of California-Davis, J.D., Order of the Barristers, 2020
University of Oregon, Ph.D., 2017
University of Wisconsin, B.S., with distinction, 2009
Related Practice Areas
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Business & Commercial Disputes
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Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
Resources
Publications
Bateman, A. C. (2017). The dynamics of microbial transfer and persistence on human skin. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oregon).
Vandegrift, R., Bateman, A.C., Siemens, K.N., Nguyen, M., Wilson, H.E., Green, J.L., Van Den Wymelenberg, K.G. and Hickey, R.J., 2017. Cleanliness in context: reconciling hygiene with a modern microbial perspective. Microbiome, 5(1), p.76.
Meadow, J. F., Altrichter, A. E., Bateman, A. C., Stenson, J., Brown, G. Z., Green, J. L., & Bohannan, B. J. (2015). Humans differ in their personal microbial cloud. PeerJ, 3, e1258.
Meadow, J. F., Bateman, A. C., Herkert, K. M., Connor, T. K. O., & Green, J. L. (2013). Significant changes in the skin microbiome mediated by the sport of roller derby. PeerJ, 1–17.
Adams, R. I., Bateman, A. C., Bik, H. M., & Meadow, J. F. (2015). Microbiota of the indoor environment: a meta-analysis. Microbiome, 3(1), 1.
Gilbert, J. A., Ball, M., Blainey, P., Blaser, M. J., Bohannan, B. J., Bateman, A. C., ... & Knight, R. (2014). Meeting report for the 1st skin microbiota workshop, boulder, CO October 15-16, 2012. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9(1), 13.
Martin, L. J., Adams, R. I., Bateman, A. C., Bik, H. M., Hawks, J., ... & Dunn, R. R. (2015). Evolution of the indoor biome. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(4), 223-232.
Sexton, J. P., Hufford, M. B., Bateman, A. C., Lowry, D. B., Meimberg, H., Strauss, S. Y., & Rice, K. J. (2016). Climate structures genetic variation across a species' elevation range: a test of range limits hypotheses. Molecular Ecology, 25(4), 911-928.