Rectifying Document Production Errors: Failure to Preserve, Failure to Identify & Inadvertent Production of Confidential/Protected Materials

Ms. Grounds is a partner at Troutman Pepper based in Atlanta and is the founder and Managing Director of eMerge – a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm focused on providing clients with end-to-end, integrated discovery services. She serves a national discovery counsel for clients, ensuring for the effective, efficient, and proportional use of eDiscovery across matters. Ms. Grounds uses her trial experience to advocate on behalf of clients in courts across the country, takes and defends depositions related to eDiscovery issues, and leverages technology to help her clients find the facts necessary to resolve their legal matters. She is also an adjunct professor of eDiscovery and Legal Technology at Emory University School of Law and is nationally ranked for her eDiscovery practice by Chambers and Partners. 

Mr. Hamilton is a civil litigator and e-discovery counsel with over 24 years of experience representing clients in complex pharmaceutical products liability and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of federal multidistrict litigation, coordinated state court actions, class actions, and other complex matters. His practice encompasses all phases of e-discovery litigation, training and management of contract counsel, and alternative legal service providers. He is certified in legal project management and legal lean sigma, with a singular focus on client value.

Ms. Levitt’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including the areas of antitrust, securities, intellectual property and class action defense work in matters pending before federal and state courts, as well as various federal agencies. She has developed particular experience in complex electronic discovery and obtaining discovery from companies abroad. She has also written extensively on the subject.