Ashley Matlock Perkinson
Attorney At Law
Legal Experience
Everett, Gaskins, Hancock, & Stevens, LLP, Raleigh, NC, 2004 to 2010
Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, 2001 to 2003
North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge John Martin, Extern, 2000
Activities & Community Leadership
- North Carolina Symphony Board of Trustees
- Community Workforce Solutions
- Board Co-Chair
- Phi Beta Kappa Association of Wake County
- President
- Junior League of Raleigh
- Distinguished Guests Chair, 2013 Inaugural Ball Executive Committee
- Government Affairs and Public Relations, Committee Chair, 2008
- North Carolina Bar Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section Council
- Legislative Chair
- Wake County Bar Association and Tenth Judicial District Bar
- Secretary
- Policies Subcommittee Chair
- Bylaws Committee
- Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, Member
- North Carolina Professional Lobbyist Association, Member
- Wake Bar Flyer, Editor, 2005-2008
- NC Young Lawyers Division Lawyers Effectiveness Committee, Co-Chair 2004
- Helvey for Congress, Campaign Manager, 2004
- North Carolina General Assembly, Office Assistant, Raleigh, NC, 1998
- White House West Wing Press Office Intern, President Clinton, Washington, D.C., 1997
- Representative Howard Coble Intern, Washington, D.C., 1995
- Chair, Public Policy Symposium at UNC School of Law, 2001
- Program Director, Carolina Forum at UNC School of Law, 2001
- NC Zoological Park, Research Assistant, 1996
- Daily Tar Heel, Reporter for state and national issues
- UNC Journalist, Staff Writer
- Radio-Television News Directors’ Association of the Carolinas – Student Chapter, President
Education
- Duke Nonprofit Management Certificate, 2010
- Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP), 2007
- Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law, 2001
- Recipient, Brandis Scholarship and Alala Scholarship (merit-based scholarships)
- Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1998
- Phi Beta Kappa; Outstanding Graduating Senior in Electronic Communication
- Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society in Journalism
- WTVD Endowment Scholarship
- Golden Key National Honor Society and Outstanding Sophomore
- Beatrice Cobb Journalism Scholarship
- North Carolina School of the Arts, 1994-1995