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Ashley E. Bashur

Bashur_Ashley

Ashley E. Bashur

Partner

Washington DC + 1 202 663 6433

Ashley Bashur represents clients in complex enforcement and regulatory matters and internal investigations concerning the federal and state securities and commodities laws. Ms. Bashur has extensive experience representing corporations, financial institutions, and individuals in investigations and proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the New York Attorney General’s Office, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nasdaq Market Regulation, the Cboe Regulatory Division, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and other agencies and self-regulatory organizations. Ms. Bashur has represented clients in a variety of matters, including matters involving high-frequency and algorithmic trading, market manipulation, anti-money laundering, trade reporting, suitability, complex products, auditor independence, insider trading, books and records, and whistleblower protection.

Ms. Bashur also has represented clients in civil litigation and criminal appeals, and she has argued before the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. She maintains an active pro bono practice, focusing her efforts on the representation of indigent criminal defendants and veterans and volunteering at the DC Landlord Tenant Resource Center and Election Protection.

Experience

    • Represent broker-dealers, investment advisers, and swap dealer in off-channel communications sweep.
    • Represented broker-dealer in FINRA enforcement action pertaining to trade reporting to the Consolidated Audit Trail. 
    • Counsel to broker-dealer in enforcement action alleging violations of close-out requirements pertaining to interdealer fails in municipal securities and related supervisory failures.
    • Counsel to a municipal underwriter in SEC enforcement action pertaining to MSRB and SEC disclosure rules.
    • Successfully negotiated settlement on behalf of broker-dealer in NYSE enforcement action pertaining to the firm’s supervision of floor broker activities.
    • Counsel to several broker-dealer firms in FINRA, SEC, and Exchange investigations into compliance with the Market Access Rule. 
    • Represented broker-dealer in Cboe and FINRA investigations into potential market manipulation by high-frequency trading client.
    • Counsel to multinational Fortune 500 company and company CEO in SEC investigation relating to potential Sarbanes-Oxley Act and FCPA violations.
    • Defended an energy-sector corporation in numerous securities class actions and shareholder derivative actions.
    • Represented senior executives of broker-dealers in SEC investigation into the Market Access Rule. 
    • Counsel to broker-dealer firm in FINRA enforcement action pertaining to supervision of lines of credit subject to bank regulations.
    • Conducted internal investigations of public issuers, financial institutions, and other companies pertaining to potential fraud or insider trading.

    Pro Bono Work

    • Represent veterans seeking Combat-Related Special Compensation and upgrades to discharge.
    • Represented indigent criminal defendant in appeal to Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.
    • Represented the Public Defender of Maryland in appeal to Court of Appeals of Maryland involving the right to counsel at bail hearings.
    • Served as volunteer at the Landlord Tenant Resource Center in Washington DC and for the Election Protection Hotline in North Carolina.

Recognition

  • Named to the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, recognizing attorneys who dedicate significant pro bono service to expanding access to justice in the District of Columbia

Insights & News

  • Speaking Engagement
September 14-16, 2026

Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference 2026

WilmerHale is participating in the 2026 Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference to contribute our on-the-ground perspective and insights from SEC and broader regulatory enforcement into the conversations shaping legal risk and compliance. 
  • Client Alert
July 13, 2026

Report From FINRA Enforcement External Review: Five Practical Takeaways for Member Firms

In this alert, we summarize five of these insights and offer practical advice on using them in Enforcement matters.
  • Sponsorship
May 6, 2026

Women in Law & Leadership Summit: Washington, D.C.

WilmerHale is proud to sponsor the Women in Law & Leadership Summit in Washington DC. Partner Ashley Bashur will join the panel “From Token to Trailblazer: Building Enduring Power for Women in Leadership” where panelists will discuss how women can transform visibility into lasting influence, convert symbolic roles into structural power and lead with authenticity in environments still calibrated for conformity.
View all of Ashley's insights & news

Credentials

  • Education

    • Harvard Business School Online

      Credential of Readiness (CORe), Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers, with Honors, 2015

    • JD, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2009

      summa cum laude Valedictorian; Staff Member, University of Baltimore Law Review; Heuisler Honor Society

    • BA, Political Science, Dickinson College, 2006

      magna cum laude

  • Admissions

    • District of Columbia

    • Maryland

Credentials

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