Ashley was born in Miami, Florida. He attended Westminster Christian High School and received his Bachelor of Arts in English in 1990 from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He moved to Jackson, Mississippi in 1991 to attended Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson. He graduated in 1994 with his Juris Doctorate. He is licensed to practice in both Mississippi and Florida and has been practicing law in Mississippi and Florida since 1994. He is a successful businessman, volunteer, and attorney. In April 2000 Ashley opened his own firm, Ogden and Associates to specialize in consumer protection cases. He is a member of the Hinds County Bar, Mississippi Bar, America Bar Association., and Inns of Court. He is the 5th grade class sponsor and mentor at Poindexter Elementary in Jackson actively involved in helping to direct and positively influence the children at the school. He is the current vice president and was the president for four years of the Sheffield Area Homeowners Association which is his neighborhood crime watch association. He also is his neighborhood acting police liaison with Jackson Police Department Precinct 4 for over seven years. Ashley is also a family man; he and his lovely wife and children live in Northeast Jackson. Ashley decided to run for Hinds County Circuit Court Judge in a response to the rising crime rate that is destroying Jackson’s businesses and families. Ashley will bring his enthusiasm and work ethic to the bench to directly attack the criminal case backlog so that more criminals are behind bars and not on the streets. He also plans on directly attacking the crime problem with solutions that will save Jackson. Ashley’s campaign slogan is Take Back Jackson from the Criminals..
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