Newspaper touts Alison Grounds, Troutman Sanders’ eMerge leader
In a special section of the July 9 edition of the Daily Report – The Art of Managing Litigation – Atlanta partner Alison Grounds was featured and had her photograph appear in an article titled “ Bringing tech in house.”
The article, about law firms catching up “with the times” by handling more data and e-discovery on their own rather than hiring third-party vendors to do the job for them, touted Grounds recent tapping to head Troutman Sanders’ eMerge, a new wholly owned subsidiary created to manage the firm’s electronic discovery and litigation management entirely in-house.
“We just basically wanted to take that back,” said Grounds, adding that the firm used to rely on vendors to assist in cases involving copious amounts of electronic discovery.
“We think this is more efficient,” she added. “Also the case law holds law firms accountable” for the handling of electronic discovery.
Additionally, the article noted that Grounds “recently was appointed to a state task force to examine recent court decisions on e-discovery and how to prevent growing technology costs from overwhelming the legal system.”