Sep 2024–Present
Current role
Associate Attorney
Dowd Bennett LLP
Clayton, Missouri
AttorneyCivil LitigationLegal
About
Ashanti D. Carey is an associate in Dowd Bennett’s St. Louis office. Ashanti concentrates on commercial litigation in both state and federal courts working on matters involving employment disputes, breaches of contract, and products liability. Ashanti also assists clients in handling white collar defense matters.
Prior to joining Dowd Bennett, Ashanti spent two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Brian C. Wimes of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In law school, Ashanti served as a Staff Editor and Senior Staff Editor for the Washington University Law Review, Vols. 98 and 99 respectively.
Roles
Aug 2022–Aug 2024
Former role
Judicial Law Clerk
U.S. District Court
(appointed)Missouri
Law ClerkResearchLegal Assistant
Served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Brian C. Wimes, researching and drafting opinions, orders, and bench memoranda.
Aug 2021–Dec 2021
Former role
Judicial Intern
U.S. District Court
(appointed)Missouri Eastern District
Legal AssistantLegal
Judicial Intern for the Honorable Chief Judge Rodney Sippel.
May 2021–Jul 2021
Former role
Summer Associate Law Clerk
Stinson LLP
Clayton, Missouri
Law ClerkResearchLegal Assistant
Also June 2020-Aug 2020.
Jan 2021–Apr 2021
Former role
Legal Intern
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Sector Adjudication
(appointed)Missouri
ResearchLegal Assistant
Aug 2020–May 2022
Former role
Student Representative
LexisNexis
Technology
1L Specialist.
Jun 2020–May 2022
Former role
Senior Staff Editor
Washington University Law Review
St. Louis, Missouri
Writing and Editing
Staff Editor for Vol. 98. Promoted to Senior Staff Editor for Vol. 99.
Jan 2019–May 2019
Former role
Substitute Teacher
Pattonville School District
Education, Curriculum and TeachingEducation
May 2017–Jul 2017
Former role
Intern
U.S. Attorney’s Office, McLennan County Criminal District
(appointed)Texas Eastern District
ResearchLegal Assistant
Jan 2017–Aug 2018
Former role
Tutor
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
Education and Training
Tutor: Tutoring student-athletes in subjects such as English, Anthropology, History, and entry level business courses.
Spring Inter: Intern for the Department of Institutional Effectiveness