Alison A Grounds

Alison combines her litigation experience and technological proficiency to deliver innovative, AI-driven services and data management solutions, helping clients leverage information effectively and reduce risk.

Alison is the founder and managing partner of Troutman eMerge, a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm, which provides end-to-end, integrated discovery services for legal matters and data management consulting. Troutman eMerge’s attorneys and technologists combine legal strategy with the latest technology to manage data, reduce costs, and identify facts needed to resolve disputes or address business objectives in data management. Their novel approach effectively addresses two common causes of unanticipated costs and risks: disconnected stakeholders and processes. eMerge is an industry-leader and nationally recognized for its innovative use of AI and other technology to reduce costs and identify the information necessary to resolve legal matters. Troutman eMerge also creates bespoke staffing, technological, and project management solutions to ensure clients’ goals are achieved.

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 and data management. 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 consults with clients on their deployment, integration, and use of AI in litigation and helps clients navigate legal and technical issues associated with data management and eDiscovery, including issues associated with AI, collaboration tools, and other technologies. She also serves as national discovery counsel to ensure consistent approaches to eDiscovery across a portfolio of matters for clients.

Alison is an authority on eDiscovery law and a frequent speaker and author on eDiscovery issues.

Additionally, Alison chairs the firm’s Innovation Committee, serves on the Policy Committee, and is a leader of the firm’s Generative AI Task Force.