Alison A Grounds
USA Guide 2023
Band 3 : E-Discovery & Information Governance
Band 3
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Alison Grounds is an eDiscovery advocate who combines legal strategy and evolving, leading-edge technology to discover the facts needed to help clients achieve optimal results, win cases and settle at the right value.
With a practical, efficiency-obsessed approach, Alison assists clients in all discovery-related aspects of litigation, internal and governmental investigations, subpoena response, and due diligence, as well as proactive litigation readiness. Clients across varied industries rely on Alison’s litigation experience and technology prowess to develop and manage the overall strategy and to advocate on their behalf during discovery conferences, meet and confers, and hearings. She regularly handles discovery disputes across the country to ensure the compliance and responsiveness of her clients’ adversaries, and takes and defends eDiscovery-related depositions in support of her clients.
Alison is the founder and managing director of eMerge, a wholly owned subsidiary of Troutman Pepper, which provides end-to-end, integrated discovery services for legal matters. eMerge’s attorneys and technologists combine legal strategy with the latest technology to manage data, reduce costs and identify facts needed to resolve disputes. Their novel approach effectively addresses two common causes of unanticipated costs and risks: disconnected stakeholders and processes.