Ashoke is an attorney, CPA, and Level 3 CFA with extensive experience leading e-discovery, compliance, and contract lifecycle management programs for corporate and law firm clients. He has built and led service delivery functions in the United States, India, the United Kingdom and the European Union, delivering over $100 million in managed services engagements. Ashoke has extensive experience in all aspects of discovery workflow across legal, compliance, technology, and information governance domains.
Before joining Shook, Ashoke was vice president of Legal Business Services at Deloitte, where he led managed discovery programs for law firm and corporate clients; led electronic communications surveillance programs including technology deployment and BAU monitoring of email, instant messaging and voice data; led CLM software implementation programs for organizations across industries including energy, technology, health care, and financial services; and developed Relativity-based practice tools using generative AI to automate document classification/tagging and document data extraction.
Other roles and responsibilities include vice president of financial services documentation, and a position as a senior manager for EY Law, where he led dedicated managed discovery programs for corporate and law firm clients, electronic communications surveillance programs for buy-side and sell-side financial institutions, and CLM remediation programs. Ashoke was also an assistant vice president of Pangea3 Legal Managed Services, where he led a global team of more than 1,500 resources and led post-acquisition practice integration into the Thomson Reuters organization. Earlier in his career, Ashoke was a manager of disputes and investigations focused on forensic accounting investigation and restatements for a global management consulting firm.
Ashoke’s three academic degrees include an LL.M. with a focus on taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan.
Publications
Information Governance Reform for Benchmark Submitters, White Paper, Thomson Reuters.
Recent Cases Affecting the Use of Predictive Coding in Litigation, Corporate Counsel Connect.
A Practical Guide to the Bank Examiner Privilege, Corporate Counsel Connect.