Ashley H. Lukis Attorney At Law

Ashley is a shareholder in GrayRobinson’s Tallahassee office. Ashley’s practice focuses on litigation in state and federal courts and the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings. She has broad experience with Florida’s executive agencies as outside litigation counsel and representing private entities in administrative matters. Ashley has experience handling licensing matters with state agencies for private clients, including administrative appeals of license denials and revocations, and has assisted clients seeking licensure to operate medical marijuana treatment facilities.

• Education
  • Florida State University, B.S., communication studies (magna cum laude, 2009)
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude, 2013)
    • Moot Court Team,  Vice President
    • Book Award, Supreme Court Role Play
    • Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, Articles and Notes Editor
• Admissions
  • Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• Reported Cases
  • Department of Management Services v. AFSCME Florida Council 79 of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 2022--- So.3d ----, No. 1D21-1810, 2022 WL 17842157 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec. 22, 2022)
  • Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Voter Approval of Constitutional Amendments, 290 So. 3d 837 (Fla. 2020)
  • Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Prohibits Possession of Defined Assault Weapons, 296 So. 3d 376, No. SC19-1266 (Fla. June 4, 2020)
  • Alexander v. Mayhew, 451 F. Supp. 3d 1293 (N.D. Fla. Mar. 31, 2020)
  • Alexander v. Mayhew, 334 F.R.D. 626 (N.D. Fla. Mar. 31, 2020)
  • Berlin v. State Dep’t of Transp., 287 So. 3d 631 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020)
  • Snyder v. Fla. Prepaid College Board, 269 So. 3d 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019)
  • Corcoran v. Geffin, 250 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018)
  • C.V. v. Dudek, 209 F. Supp. 3d 1279 (S.D. Fla. 2016)
  
  
• Professional Associations and Memberships
  • The Florida Bar
  • Tallahassee Bar Association
    • Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section (2016-2019)
  • The Federalist Society
  • Republican National Lawyers Association
• Civic
  • Guardian Ad Litem, Second Judicial Circuit
• Articles and Publications
  • Co-Author, “Legal Fact and Fiction: The Contraction and Expansion of Florida’s Collateral-Source Rule, ” Washington Legal Foundation Counsel’s Advisory, January 29, 2016
  • “Unsuccessful Inverse Condemnation Claims May Expose Property Owner to Paying Other Side’s Costs,” The Florida Eminent Domain Blog, September 2015
• Awards and Recognitions
  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2021-2023
    • Administrative / Regulatory Law
    • Appellate Practice
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
    • Government Relations Practice
    • Transportation Law
  • Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2023
• Insights
  • “Intersection of the Law & the LGBTQ Community,” Federalist Society Second Annual Florida Young Lawyers Summit, July 16, 2022