Ashley Joyner Chavous is a trusted advisor to senior leadership, public companies, and financial institutions navigating high-stakes investigations, enforcement risk, and institutional culture challenges.

Ashley's multifaceted practice spans:

Congressional Investigations and Risk Assessments — Leading strategic responses to congressional subpoenas, hearing demands, and oversight inquiries, as well as proactive assessments of congressional and regulatory exposure across business units and jurisdictions
Compliance, Culture and Governance Reviews — Designing and managing enterprise-wide reviews of compliance systems, ethics programs, and organizational culture to identify risk trends, strengthen governance, and address issues of workplace equity and nondiscrimination, diversity and inclusion, and institutional accountability.
Enforcement Defense and Internal Investigations — Conducting sensitive, cross-border investigations and defending clients in DOJ, SEC, and multiagency enforcement matters.
Litigation and Trial Strategy — Bringing issues into litigation, preparing clients for trial and appellate phases, and managing testimony, expert engagement, and oral argument.

As a member of Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group, Ashley frequently advises clients in connection with congressional letters and subpoenas, offers tailored risk mitigation strategies, and prepares senior executives for interviews, depositions, and hearing appearances. In her role with Covington’s Institutional Culture and Social Responsibility Practice Group, she leads high-stakes reviews of systemic practices and institutional change. She frequently speaks on government investigations, compliance, and governance, and has received national recognition for her work in these areas.

Before entering private practice, Ashley covered crime and the courts as a journalist, experience that informs her work at the intersection of law, policy, and public perception.