Robbie Ashe represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. He focuses on issues involving politics, governments and governmental authorities throughout Georgia, particularly the City of Atlanta, metro Atlanta governments and the Georgia General Assembly.

Robbie was recently appointed by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the Atlanta City Council to serve on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), where he serves as the Vice Chair of the Planning & External Relations Committee, and is a member of the Ethics Committee and the Business Management Committee.

Robbie’s government and political experience includes:

• Negotiating transfers of government assets worth tens of million of dollars.
• Successfully supervising teams of governmental finance experts and attorneys in the evaluation, negotiation and implementation of:
  • local government procurement codes, including procurement issues and disputes;
  • redevelopment powers for local governments, including condemnation and bonded indebtedness;
  • issuance of commercial paper by local government enterprise funds;
  • amending, interpreting and complying with Georgia’s Open Records Act;
  • sales taxes;
  • local government ethics issues;
  • campaign finance issues;
  • development impact fees;
  • liquor licenses, investigations and disciplinary hearings; and
  • property tax assessments, exemptions and appeals.
• Planning and executing a multi-year, public communications and advocacy campaign resulting in a successful multi-billion dollar sales tax referendum.
• Negotiating legislation to consolidate Atlanta’s court system.
• Advising the election and re-election campaigns of the two most recent Atlanta mayors, several members of the Atlanta City Council and the Atlanta Public School Board, and numerous Georgia General Assembly members.

Professional Activities

Member, American Bar Association

Founder and Board Member, Red Clay Democrats

Advisory Committee Member, Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Member, American Constitution Society

Board Member and Secretary, Woodward Academy Alumni Association

Board of Directors, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

Class Representative, Georgia State Law Alumni Council

Honors and Awards

Marshall Memorial Fellow

Graduate, Leadership Atlanta, 2006