Ashanti M. Crawford, Esq. ’10 joined the Office of Career Strategy and Advancement after serving as the co-lead of Student Recruiting Initiatives and manager of Legal Talent Recruiting for the mid-Atlantic offices of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, a national law firm. She began her legal career by spending her 1L and 2L summers and the first three years following graduation from Villanova Law as a general commercial litigation associate at White and Williams LLP, a large regional law firm. She also spent time as an attorney search director, where she placed attorneys into lateral associate, partner, and in-house counsel positions, thus rounding out her extensive experience in attorney recruiting and hiring. Ashanti has also demonstrated unwavering commitment to Villanova Law through her membership and past and current leadership of the executive boards of the Villanova Law Alumni Association, the Minority Alumni Society, and the J. Willard O’Brien American Inns of Court, as well as serving as a founding member of the Villanova Law Women’s Network. Ashanti is a native of Texas and earned her BA from Duke University.