Overview
Ashley Picker Dubin counsels clients and provides practical and strategic advice on electronic discovery (eDiscovery) and information governance (IG) processes. She has extensive knowledge about best practices in these areas and has won several major discovery victories. Ashley partners with in-house legal counsels, technology teams and records management departments to develop and implement effective and defensible workflows for discovery. She advises clients on data loss and records retention, as well as challenges and solutions generated by emerging technologies in records and information management.
Ashley successfully leverages technology to assist clients in all phases of discovery, from preservation and collection to review and production of large volumes of data, as well as expert discovery on subjects related to forensics and electronically stored information (ESI). She serves as eDiscovery liaison in jurisdictions across the United States, and collaborates with Day Pitney attorneys in a number of practice areas to tailor strategies and discovery management plans for clients in the United States, Europe, South America and Singapore. Ashley has significant and wide-ranging experience representing financial institutions, the aviation industry, and Fortune 500 companies in internal investigations, government investigations, claims of fraud, securities compliance and cross-border litigation, including data privacy and antitrust matters. She also represents corporations to provide strategic advice on an enterprise and individual level to devise a customized plan for information governance and use policies to further information governance compliance needs.
With over a decade of eDiscovery experience, Ashley is a frequent speaker at conferences, continuing legal education (CLE) courses, seminars and webcasts. She addresses case law updates, best practices, and practice pointers for key phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). She also covers crucial trends in eDiscovery, including bring your own device (BYOD), social media, technology-assisted review (TAR) , cloud computing, ABA ethics rule changes and the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Experience
Directs use of artificial intelligence (AI) in discovery in innovative manners to efficiently and effectively process large quantities of data
Negotiates TAR protocols and litigates motions related to discovery disputes
Advises on collection methodology, search and retrieval methodology, FRE 502(d) orders, and production specifications
Develops internal and external discovery guidelines addressing each phase of EDRM, including innovative uses of AI, including TAR, predictive coding, advanced analytics and related forms of data evaluation and analysis
Negotiates discovery protocols with U.S. and state government agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as numerous state U.S. Attorneys' and Attorney Generals offices, and private parties
Litigates motions related to discovery disputes, including spoliation
Education and Credentials
Education
- New England School of Law, J.D., New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, Executive Articles Editor
- Goucher College, B.A.
Admissions
- State of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- State of Maryland
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- The Sedona Conference, the leading think tank on law and practice relating to electronic discovery; Working Group 1 (WG1), Possession, Custody, or Control, Team Lead; Working Group 6 (WG6)
- Women in eDiscovery
- International Legal Technology Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
Languages
- Russian
Recognition and Community
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Recognitions
Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters), E-Discovery, 2024
Recognized with an Innovation Leadership Award as part of Corporate Counsel's 2024 Women, Influence and Power in Law (WIPL) Awards.
Selected to the 500 X – The Next Generation list by Lawdragon, 2024
Recipient of a Legal Innovator & Disrupters Award by the Connecticut Law Tribune (ALM Media Properties, LLC), 2023-2024
Selected to the "Young Professionals to Watch List" by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), 2023
Community Involvement
Connecticut Ballet, Ambassador
In The Media
Speaking Engagements
- "Collective Wisdom: Modernized Data Identification and Collection Strategies," 21st Annual Georgetown Law Advanced eDiscovery Institute, November 15, 2024
- Scaling the Cliffs of AI Insanity: Managing Data Created by Generative AI, September 26, 2024
- "Enhancing Technology Assisted Review with Generative AI," Relativity's AI Bootcamp, June 5, 2024
- "Generative AI & Deep Fakes: IP Implications, Authentication, Access to Justice," Connecticut Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, April 8, 2024
- "Bias, Deepfakes and Hallucinations (oh, My!), Navigating the Ethical Minefield of Generative AI (GAI)," 2024 Legalweek Conference, January 30, 2024
- "Beer and Basics: The Artificial Intelligence Edition," Relativity Fest, September 26, 2023
- "Modern Communications, Data and Discovery: Leveraging All Available Data to Tell the Story," The Masters Conference, May 23, 2023
- "What's the Verdict: Updating The Sedona Conference Commentary on Rule 34 and Rule 45 'Possession, Custody, or Control,'" The Sedona Conference, April 27, 2023
- "Women Who Lead: Young Professionals," ILTA's Grit & Grace: The Art of Finding Balance Conference, April 18, 2023
- "AI Can See Clearly Now: Innovative Integration of Images," ILTACON 2022, ILTACON 2022, August 23, 2022
Media Mention
- Ashley Picker Dubin Named to 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation List, Lawdragon, July 1, 2024
- Ashley Picker Dubin Featured in Legaltech News Q&A, Legaltech News , February 8, 2024
- The ChatGPT Effect, Finding Deepfakes, and More, Legaltech News
- Legal's Tech Maturity Isn't (Yet) Meeting the Moment, Legaltech News, December 19, 2023
- Generative AI May Worsen Access to Justice—At Least in the Short Term, Legaltech News, October 19, 2023
Publications
- Nobody Gets Hurt?, Georgetown Journal of International Law, November 22, 2010