Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney

Amy Ashworth grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania and moved to Virginia to attend James Madison University, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree in 1992. After college, she attended George Mason University School of Law and received her Juris Doctorate degree in 1995. Ms. Ashworth began her legal career as an Associate Attorney at the law firm of Farrell & Croft handling cases in the field of domestic relations, criminal defense, and juvenile law.  

In 1997, Ms. Ashworth opened her own law firm and was hired as a part-time prosecutor for the City of Manassas Park and the Town of Haymarket. During her time as a solo practitioner, Ms. Ashworth was named Guardian ad litem of the year for her work on behalf of abused and neglected children. In 2005, she became a full-time prosecutor for the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Prince William County as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney. During her tenure, Ms. Ashworth prosecuted violent offenders who preyed upon the most vulnerable and innocent victims. Ms. Ashworth prosecuted hundreds of cases including homicide, domestic violence, child abuse, rape and sexual assault cases.

Ms. Ashworth left prosecution in 2016 and rejoined Farrell & Croft as a partner and focused her practice on criminal defense and family law. She holds an AV rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards from Martindale Hubbell and was awarded the Justicia Award by the VWAA – Prince William Chapter in 2017 for her work with victims of sexual assault and domestic violence  

In November of 2019, Amy Ashworth became the first woman to be elected as Commonwealth’s Attorney for the County of Prince William and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. She began her first term on January 1, 2020. In February 2020, Ms. Ashworth became a founding member of Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice, a workgroup comprised of prosecutors from across the Commonwealth who are focused on smart and effective criminal justice reform. In 2022, Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly named Ms. Ashworth one of the most influential women attorneys in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Ms. Ashworth was re-elected to her second term on November 7, 2023.