An accomplished trial lawyer, Solomon Ashby, has over 25 years of experience litigating in circuit courts across the state of Virginia, federal district courts, and Maryland, Florida and Louisiana courts of record. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in legal disputes involving individuals, corporations, cities, authorities, chief administrative officers, municipal employees and department heads. His practice focuses on the representation of individuals, corporations, businesses, cities, counties, towns and authorities in personal injury, wrongful death, automobile accident, product liability, workplace injury, PTSD claims, compliance, commercial disputes, casino gaming, diversity, equity and inclusion, employment claims and contracts.Mr. Ashby, a civil lawyer, has served as counsel for individuals, municipalities and businesses involving contract negotiations, development agreements, casino gaming, land use, zoning, public procurement, and commercial litigation.Diversity, inclusion and equity has always been a hallmark of Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. Mr. Ashby’s service on the board of non-profits and specialty bar associations exemplifies a lifelong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. A child of the 1960’s whose mother integrated the teaching faculty in Chesapeake Public Schools, Mr. Ashby’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion has continued since his early advocacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that resulted in the 1987 Steering Committee on Minority Affairs Final Report (“The Holley Report”), a demand for diversity and equity that resulted in the university’s response, The Madison Plan .