Ashley Crowder

Ashley Crowder has been practicing law since 2012 where, upon graduation from law school she returned home to Charlotte to grow her career in her hometown. She began her career in the real estate field. She honed her skills as a litigation and appellate attorney at a mid-sized firm where her practice was focused on family law cases, appellate cases in both civil and criminal matters, as well as post judgment relief matters. Ms. Crowder was board certified as a specialist in Family Law in 2021. In May 2024, Ms. Crowder was sworn as a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. In August 2024, Ms. Crowder transitioned into solo practice and founded Round 2 Legal. Round 2 Legal is a boutique law firm focusing on appellate matters and living by the motto: Our Business is Second Chances and Comebacks. 

Ashley is passionate about working with her clients to ensure they have an active role in their representation as well as fully understanding all options available to them to resolve their case. Ashley’s practice focuses on appellate advocacy and post judgment/conviction relief. She tackles every appeal and post judgment relief motion with the same zealous advocacy that she practices in her trial level cases. Ashley has been involved with several appeals which have resulted in published opinions that are regularly discussed and relied upon throughout the North Carolina legal community.

Ashley Crowder is a native Charlottean. While growing up in Charlotte, she attended Paw Creek Elementary, Piedmont Open Middle School and graduated from West Mecklenburg High School as salutatorian. She left North Carolina to pursue undergraduate studies at Tulane University of New Orleans, where during her freshman year Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, forcing her to return home for the fall semester. While back in North Carolina, Ms. Crowder attended Belmont Abbey College for a semester before returning to Tulane.

Ms. Crowder is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association and the Mecklenburg County Bar. She is also rated “Good” on Avvo. Ms. Crowder is honored to have been selected as a Super Lawyers, Rising Star continuously since 2020 and is thrilled to be selected for a sixth consecutive year in 2025.