Alison A. Grounds

Alison A. Grounds is a litigation partner in the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders LLP and the founder and managing director of the firm's wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to e-discovery strategy and technology: Troutman Sanders eMerge. She leads a team of dedicated lawyers and technologists who collaborate with clients and case teams to provide matter-specific solutions to improve efficiencies in the handling of data in litigation and governmental investigations. Ms. Grounds leverages her litigation experience to advocate on behalf of clients in relation to e-discovery issues at hearings and depositions in state and federal courts around the country and consults with clients on all phases of e-discovery. She is a frequent speaker and author on e-discovery issues and has served on Georgia's eDiscovery Task Force. Ms. Grounds was named Technology Advocate of the Year for 2013 by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and was the inaugural recipient of the Monica Bay STEM Leadership Award in 2015. She received her B.A. summa cum laude in 1997 from Loyola University and her J.D. with honors from the University of North Carolina in 2001.