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Ashley Hollan (she/they) is a multijurisdictional attorney, critical theorist, activist and educator with a focus on entertainment, tech, plant medicine and civil rights. She earned her BA in Public Policy and Visual Art/Art History at Duke University, attended law at the University of Denver and graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art (now Willamette University) with her MFA in Visual Studies and MA in Critical Studies. She also completed Music Business MBA coursework with Berklee College of Music/SNHU, studied art with SACI Italy and studied tropical ecology in Costa Rica with the Duke Talent Identification Program. She currently serves as a Visiting Professor of Arts Administration at Elon University. Ashley has been invited to speak and produce panels at myriad universities and entertainment, academic, legal, and business conferences. Her writing has been published in formal bar association periodicals, academic commentaries and pop culture publications and she has been a part of legal and production teams crafting groundbreaking movies, music, virtual reality, advertising and visual art content.

 

Ashley worked as a litigator in spaces such as public criminal defense with clients facing charges up to and including murder, with penalties up to and including life without parole; as an attorney for international law firm King & Spalding, LLP; and as General Counsel and Vice President for multiple private companies in media, recreation and plant medicine. She owned a law firm with a focus on entertainment law before joining Live Nation, where she served as an Artist Rights Consultant and then as Associate Counsel supporting the Legal, Productions, and Media and Sponsorship divisions on projects with A-List artists and top international brands.  She now consults on entertainment, cannabis and Adtech business and law matters and on civil rights and privacy policies. She has served as a leader and volunteer member with the American Bar Association, Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Triangle Artworks and The Recording Academy, among other legal, nonprofit and industry organizations. ​