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Ashby, Sarah E.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: +1 617 526 6022 (Business Phone)
Fax: +1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:www.wilmerhale.comSummary
Year Joined Organization: 2006
Lawyer Overview
Sarah Ashby is a staff attorney in the Litigation/Controversy Department. She joined the firm in 2006.
Practice
Ms. Ashby focuses her practice on issues of e-discovery. Specifically, she works with other attorneys, litigation technology project managers, and paralegals on teams that manage electronic and other documents in large cases and investigations. Attorneys on these teams take a leadership role in the document control process, systematically tracking documents from preservation to collection and through review and production. They work with e-discovery vendors and their review and analytical tools; review documents; train and oversee other firm and contract attorneys who review documents; and partner with project managers to perform production quality control.
Ms. Ashby has direct experience with white-collar defense and complex criminal investigations, primarily involving the pharmaceutical industry. She is also a member of the firm's E-Discovery Committee.
Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Ashby was an associate with another Boston firm, where she focused her practice on domestic relations, franchise, construction and contract matters. Ms. Ashby has additional experience in insurance and intellectual property law. She also worked in the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office in Portland, Maine, representing the state in trials, hearings and plea negotiations.Community Involvement
Ms. Ashby serves on the Boston Lyric Opera's Young Professional Advisory Board, and is active in her law school and college alumnae organizations. She serves as a Programming Committee Co-Chair and board member for the Wellesley College Alumnae of Boston, and as a Chair of her Class of 1997 Reunion Committee.Areas of Practice
- Litigation/Controversy
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
Education
- University of Maine School of Law,
2002
JD - Wellesley College,
1997
BA, English
Honors: cum laude
Articles
Published Works
- E-Discovery for Corporate Counsel: Corporate Governance and eDiscovery, 2008
Office Information
Address
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Phones
+1 617 526 6022 (Business Phone)
Faxes
+1 617 526 5000 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)