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Ashish S. Prasad
Partner
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Litigation Partner. Experienced
in all aspects of complex litigation, including:
managing multidistrict litigation; defending
antitrust, product liability, intellectual
property, technology, class action and other
claims; handling all phases of discovery
(including depositions, contested motions and
experts) and trial; counseling regarding
potential litigation; and handling arbitrations
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Chair, Electronic Discovery and
Records Management Group. Experienced in
counseling companies on all aspects of the
discovery and management of electronic
information, including: the development and
implementation of policies and procedures for
the discovery of computer-based information
across multiple litigation and investigations;
the development and implementation of records
management programs for large organizations; the
remediation of large volumes of legacy
electronic and paper information; the management
of the preservation, review and production of
electronic information in major litigation and
investigations; and the defense of discovery
procedures before federal and state regulators
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Co-Chair,
India Practice Group. Experienced in
representing companies in legal issues relating
to India, including outsourcing agreements,
joint ventures, project financings, mergers and
acquisitions, investment agreements, and
arbitrations.
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Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, 1994
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Law
Clerk to The Honorable Charles L. Levin,
Michigan Supreme Court, 1993-1994.
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University of Chicago Law
School, J.D., 1993; |
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Member, University of
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The
University of Michigan, A.B., with highest
honors and high distinction, 1989
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Illinois, 1994 |
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U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois,
1995 |
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U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1999
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Executive Editor, “The Sedona Principles: Best Practices
Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document
Production,” Available at www.thesedonaconference.org
(2006); “The Proposed Electronic Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure,” Defense Research Institute (2006); “The Discovery of
Electronic Documents in India,” Unpublished Manuscript (2005); “Electronic
Discovery,” from Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel
(Thomson West, 2005); “
The Ethics and Due Diligence of Responding to Electronic Discovery," Defense Research Institute
(2003); “The Proposed Changes to the ABA Civil
Discovery Standards and Electronic Discovery,”
The Sedona Conference (2004); “Sampling of
Backup Tapes,” For the Defense (2004); U.S.
Discovery of Electronic Documents in Europe, The
Sedona Conference Journal (2004); "Strategies
for Mitigating Litigation and Regulatory Risk of
US Companies Doing Business in India,"
Practicing Law Institute (2007); "The Practical
Implications of Proposed Rule 502," Forthcoming
(2007); "Critical Issues in Legal Process
Outsourcing," Forthcoming (2007); “Rights
Without Remedies: Section 1983 Enforcement of
Title IV-D of the Social Security Act,” 60
University of Chicago Law Review 197, Winter
1993.
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Northwestern University Center for
International Human Rights; The Sedona
Conference Complex Litigation Seminar (Sedona);
The Sedona Conference Electronic Discovery
Working Group Seminar (Phoenix, Vancouver, Santa
Fe); Defense Research Institute Electronic
Discovery Seminar (Washington, D.C. and
Philadelphia) and Annual Meeting (San
Francisco); Association of Corporate Counsel,
Westchester, New York City and New Jersey
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Contact: aprasad@mayerbrown.com
Ph: +1 312 701 8438
Fax: +1 312 706 8670
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