Experts & Advisors
Colin Swank
Senior Director
Ankura – Main Office
2000 K Street NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
+1.202.797.1111 Main
+1.213.670.2740 Direct
+1.703.401.0112 Mobile
Colin Swank is a Senior Director at Ankura, based in Washington, DC. He has over 18 years of experience consulting with the federal government, law firms, and corporations on legal technology and analytics solutions for litigation and investigations.
Colin began his career as an aide at the Supreme Court of the United States moving onto managing legal technology solutions at an AM100 law firm serving large commercial litigation for the reinsurance industry. After years of supporting data-intensive civil and criminal litigation for U.S. Department of Justice clients, he now develops solutions for antitrust enforcement actions, government investigations, complex litigation, and corporate investigations.
Experience
Colin’s professional experience includes:
- Created bespoke discovery workflows for merger and acquisition corporate clients under FTC second request subpoenas utilizing data analytics solutions to create cost savings for managed review and consistency of document release across millions of records and diverse data sources.
- Led full cycle e-discovery efforts for corporate client, in partnership with multiple AM50 law firms, to address concurrent internal and SEC investigations. Developed forensic collection, data processing, hosting, and managed review infrastructure to address both investigations simultaneously and efficiently to reduce review time and cost.
- Developed and led managed review workflow for review of executive branch communications for DOJ civil and criminal suits involving the oil and gas industry, with supporting efforts contributing to historic Clean Water Act violation settlement for the U.S.
- Education
- MA, Global Security Studies, Johns Hopkins University
- BA, Political Science, Bucknell University
- Certifications
- Certified E-Discovery Specialist, Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)
