JAMS Neutral · SIAC Panel · Stipulated into AAA Matters

When the dispute requires
more than a panel default.

Daniel B. Garrie is the arbitrator counsel stipulate to when the substance of the matter — the data, the code, the forensics, the technology — must be evaluated by a neutral who has spent a career at the intersection of law and technical fact.

How parties consent to Daniel Inquire about availability
  • JAMS Neutral
  • Arbitrator
  • SIAC Panel
  • Special Master
  • Mediator
  • Forensic Neutral
  • Hearing Officer
  • Judge Pro Tem
Portrait of Daniel B. Garrie — AAA arbitrator, JAMS Neutral, SIAC panel arbitrator, available for AAA arbitrations by party consent
Daniel B. Garrie Arbitrator · JAMS Neutral
Arbitrations · sole or tri-panel
200+
Years of practice
20+
Court appointments
100+
Scholarly citations
800+
Books authored
6
Articles published
300+

01 — About

An arbitrator built for matters that turn on technical fact.

Daniel Garrie is a neutral arbitrator whose practice sits squarely on the seam where contracts meet code. He sits as a JAMS Neutral, serves on the panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), accepts AAA arbitrations by party stipulation, and is admitted to the LCIA, HKIAC, and CPR — running domestic and international hearings, managing complex evidentiary records, and issuing reasoned awards built to be durable on review.

In Daniel's words

"As an arbitrator, I am able to hear arguments and objectively look at the facts, similar to looking at 1's and 0's, and apply the law without ever forgetting the importance of efficiency of time and money." Daniel B. Garrie

Two decades of practice — sitting as sole arbitrator or on a tri-panel in more than two hundred arbitrations, leading forensic investigations, untangling source-code and trade-secret claims, supervising discovery in matters measured in terabytes, and serving by court appointment as Special Master in more than one hundred cases — feed directly into the arbitral seat. The matters that find him share a common shape: high stakes, technical density, and the kind of factual record that rewards an arbitrator who can read it without translation.

The stipulation path is not theoretical. Daniel has been stipulated in by the parties to sit as the arbitrator in multiple AAA matters within his areas of specialization, and has served as arbitrator in several AAA-ICDR international arbitrations. Counsel know the road because it has already been walked.

02 — Why Daniel

Four reasons counsel ask for him by name.

From the bench

"His report was a model of clarity — even to a lay person — and demonstrated how extremely conscientious and thorough he had been. The report was directly responsible for the prompt settlement not only of the case immediately before me, but also seven other disputes between the parties." Federal Judge — on Daniel's report as Special Master
Figure 02 — Capability comparison vs. a typical AAA panelist
Capability the seat asks for Typical AAA panelist Daniel Garrie
Reads source code, server logs, and forensic evidence without translation Rare Native — career-long practice
Court-appointed Special Master experience in technical matters Uncommon More than 100 appointments, including In re: Facebook
Published author and editor in cybersecurity, e-discovery, and digital forensics Rare 6 books · 300+ articles · Editor-in-Chief, J. of Law & Cyber Warfare
Adjunct faculty at Harvard, Cardozo, and Rutgers in technology and cyber law Rare All three
International panel admissions (SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC, CPR) Sometimes one All four
AAA-ICDR international arbitration experience Possibly Several matters
Already stipulated by parties into AAA matters in the specialization Not the path Multiple times — the path is established
Active practitioner — still leads investigations, current in the field Rare Yes — Founder, Law & Forensics
Scholarship cited by U.S. Courts of Appeals and recognized by Supreme Court Justices Rare 2nd, 3rd, and 7th Circuits · 500+ citations

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03 — Practice Areas

Where Daniel sits.

Technology, AI & cyber disputes

  • AI-driven disputes — model behavior, training data, output liability, governance
  • Cybersecurity incidents, data breach & ransomware
  • Privacy, GDPR, CCPA, and regulatory exposure
  • E-discovery disputes & digital forensics
  • Software, SaaS, and source-code disputes
  • Trade secrets & misappropriation of technical IP
  • Cloud, infrastructure, and platform disputes
  • Cyber-insurance coverage disputes

Complex commercial

  • Partnership dissolution & break-up disputes
  • Joint-venture wind-downs and exit disputes
  • Complex commercial & contract disputes
  • Post-M&A and earn-out disputes
  • Licensing, royalty, and technology-transfer disputes
  • Professional services & vendor disputes
  • Insurance coverage
  • Multi-jurisdictional and international matters

04 — Credentials

A record built outside the panel as much as inside it.

Arbitrator
Has served as sole arbitrator or on a tri-panel in more than two hundred arbitrations over two decades. Sits in domestic and international commercial disputes; available for sole-arbitrator, party-appointed, and chair appointments. Conducts evidentiary hearings, issues reasoned awards, and manages technical proof — including source-code review, forensic evidence, and expert testimony — with discipline appropriate to the seat.
AAA track record
Stipulated in by the parties as the arbitrator in multiple AAA matters within his areas of specialization. Served as arbitrator in several AAA-ICDR international commercial arbitrations. The stipulation path is established, not theoretical.
Forum experience
Available for AAA matters by party stipulation. Panel arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Distinguished Neutral, CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution. Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). Sits as a JAMS Neutral domestically and through JAMS International. Experience in AAA, ICDR, JAMS, SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC, CPR, and ad-hoc administered proceedings.
Hearing types
Arbitration · Mediation · Special Master / Discovery Referee · Forensic Neutral · Neutral Evaluator · Hearing Officer · Judge Pro Tem.
Court appointments
Special Master and court-appointed neutral in more than one hundred state and federal matters, including appointments by judges in the Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California, the Southern District of New York, the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the Delaware courts. Scholarship cited by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits. The judicial track record sharpens the arbitration practice — same fact patterns, same evidentiary discipline, applied at the arbitral seat.
Practice
Founder, Law & Forensics LLC — a global cybersecurity, digital-forensics, and e-discovery practice. Former Worldwide Director of Discovery & Information Governance, Charles River Associates. The day-to-day investigative practice keeps Daniel current on the technical fact patterns parties bring into arbitration.
Scholarship
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare. Author or co-author of six books and more than three hundred articles on cybersecurity, digital forensics, and e-discovery. Scholarship cited in over five hundred articles, publications, and judicial opinions, and recognized by Supreme Court Justices.
Teaching
Adjunct faculty, Harvard University and Harvard Extension School (cybersecurity law, cryptocurrency and smart contracts, computer forensics). Adjunct, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (data governance and cybersecurity). Adjunct, Rutgers School of Law (cybersecurity and cyber warfare).
Honors
Fellow, Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals. Distinguished Neutral, Daily Journal (2015) and the Academy of Court Appointed Masters (2015). Distinguished Neutral, CPR Institute. Ponemon Fellow.
Bar admissions
New York · Washington · Honorary admittance, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Education
J.D., Rutgers School of Law (Editor, Journal of Law & Public Policy). M.A. (with honors), Computer Science, Brandeis University. B.A., Computer Science, Brandeis University.

Daniel's arbitration record runs alongside a decade-plus of court-appointed adjudicative work in factually similar matters. The expandable sections below illustrate the technical density and adjudicative discipline he brings to the arbitral seat.

Selected matters · Loop through

Where Daniel has sat.

A representative cross-section of arbitration matters drawn from Daniel's record. Where confidentiality applies, parties and case captions are generalized; only public-record matters are named.

  1. JAMS arbitration · Forensic-neutral engagement

    IV Solutions v. Aetna, Inc.

    JAMS Case No. 1200055122

    Created a forensic discovery protocol, executed it, and delivered a report and recommendation to the arbitrator within forty-five days.

    Repositories
    50+
    Files processed
    15M+
    Window
    45 days

  2. Sole arbitrator · Contract dispute

    Bank v. enterprise-software provider

    Confidential commercial arbitration

    Arbitrator in a contract dispute between a bank and a software provider over the scope of an enterprise services agreement. Resolution combined technical, business-management, and legal analysis to issue a reasoned award.

    Sector
    Financial / SaaS
    Role
    Sole arbitrator
    Outcome
    Reasoned award

  3. Arbitrator & mediator · Founder dispute

    Tech-startup partnership and board dispute

    Confidential venture-backed company

    Arbitrator and mediator in a partnership and board-member dispute at a technology startup, drawing on Daniel's two decades of operating experience inside venture-backed companies.

    Subject
    Equity / control
    Parties
    Founders & board
    Role
    Arbitrator

  4. Sole arbitrator · Cyber liability

    Client v. law firm — data-breach arbitration

    Confidential professional-services dispute

    Arbitrator in a data-breach dispute in which a client sued its law firm following a targeted cyberattack that resulted in a leak of client data. Required forensic root-cause analysis and a standard-of-care assessment.

    Theory
    Cyber liability
    Sector
    Professional services
    Role
    Sole arbitrator

  5. Arbitrator · Trade-secret / source-code

    Software code-theft arbitration

    Confidential — multiple matters

    Arbitrator in matters involving alleged unauthorized copying of source code. Direct review of code differences and version-control history produced focused issue-identification and accelerated resolution.

    Subject
    Source code
    Theory
    Trade secret
    Role
    Arbitrator

  6. Sole arbitrator · Healthcare contract

    Medical-billing v. medical-group arbitration

    Confidential healthcare commercial dispute

    Arbitrator in a contractual dispute between a medical-billing company and a medical group, addressing reimbursement, scope-of-services, and stop-loss coverage. Resolution required deep familiarity with healthcare information systems.

    Sector
    Healthcare
    Subject
    Contract
    Role
    Sole arbitrator
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Selected court appointments
  • In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation — N.D. Cal. — appointed Special Master by Hon. Vince Chhabria to oversee discovery in one of the largest consumer-privacy class actions in U.S. history.
  • Powers v. McDonough — C.D. Cal. — appointed by Hon. David O. Carter as Special Master to resolve discovery disputes in the federal veterans-benefits litigation.
  • Federal homelessness monitorship — C.D. Cal. — court-appointed monitor directed by Hon. David O. Carter to gather, review, and verify the City of Los Angeles's homelessness data.
  • eDiscovery Special Master — U.S.D.C., Western District of Pennsylvania — multiple class actions involving discrimination and wage-and-hour claims.
  • Discovery Referee — Los Angeles County Superior Court — dozens of disputes involving trade secrets, source code, and complex e-discovery.
Selected publications

A representative selection. Daniel's complete publications list is available on request.

  • Digital Forensic Evidence in the Courtroom: Understanding Content and Quality. Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property, Vol. 12 (2014).
  • So You're Telling Me There's a Chance: How the Articles on State Responsibility Could Empower Corporate Responses to State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks (with Shane Reeves). Harvard National Security Journal (2016).
  • Hiding the Inaccessible Truth: Amending the Federal Rules to Accommodate Electronic Discovery (with M.J. Armstrong & B. Burdett). Review of Litigation, Vol. 25 (2006).
  • E-Discovery in Criminal Cases: A Need for Specific Rules (with D.K. Gelb). Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 43 (2009).
  • Voice over Internet Protocol and the Wiretap Act: Is Your Conversation Protected? (with M.J. Armstrong & D.P. Harris). Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 29 (2005).
  • Demystifying Clickstream Data: A European and U.S. Perspective (with R. Wong). Emory International Law Review, Vol. 20 (2006).
  • Coddling Spies: Why the Law Doesn't Adequately Address Computer Spyware (with A.F. Blakley & M.J. Armstrong). Duke Law & Technology Review (2005).
Books
  • Cybersecurity & the Courthouse: Safeguarding the Judicial Process. Wolters Kluwer (2019).
  • Plugged In: Guidebook to Software and the Law (with Hon. Francis Allegra). Thomson Reuters (4th ed. 2020).
  • Law Firm Cybersecurity (with Bill Spernow). American Bar Association (2017).
  • Cyberwarfare: Understanding the Law, Policy, and Technology. Thomson Reuters Legal Works (2016).
  • Understanding Software, the Internet, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud: A Guide for Judges (with Hon. Gail Andler, Ret.). Federal Judicial Center (2015).
  • Dispute Resolution and E-Discovery (with Yoav Griver, ed.). Thomson Reuters (2013).

For a complete biography, publications list, and representative engagements, see Daniel's JAMS profile and his Google Scholar profile.

05 — Counsel Comments

What counsel and judges say.

  1. Magistrate Judge · Seventh Circuit eDiscovery Pilot Program

    The quality of your instruction reflected the depth of both your technical expertise in electronic discovery and your facilitative expertise as a mediator.

  2. Chief Privacy Officer & Partner · Global Law Firm

    Mr. Garrie is one of the few people who understand both the technical and legal issues that arise in disputes. His knowledge of each is at an expert level. This allows for more nuanced mediation and the higher likelihood of finding a compromise.

  3. Bankruptcy Law Attorney · After settlement

    I can't tell you enough how grateful I am that we picked you as our mediator and how lucky we are to have settled all things now being considered.

  4. Federal Judge · Special Master report

    His report was a model of clarity — even to a lay person — and demonstrated how extremely conscientious and thorough he had been. The report was directly responsible for the prompt settlement not only of the case immediately before me, but also seven other disputes between the parties.

Verbatim from Daniel's JAMS profile. Names withheld per JAMS convention.

06 — Frequently Asked Questions

How parties consent Daniel into AAA matters,
and what counsel typically ask.

Why isn't Daniel on the AAA arbitrator roster?

Daniel is a JAMS Neutral. He also serves on the SIAC panel and is admitted to the LCIA, HKIAC, and CPR. AAA maintains an independent roster, and Daniel is not on it. Under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, however, parties are not confined to the AAA roster — by mutual consent the parties may designate any qualified neutral, and AAA will administer the matter accordingly.

How do parties consent Daniel into a pending AAA arbitration?

Three steps: (1) contact Sonya Morgan to confirm availability, conflicts, and fee schedule (most inquiries resolved within two business days); (2) submit a joint stipulation to AAA naming Daniel as the arbitrator (or as chair / party-appointed arbitrator on a tri-panel); (3) AAA administers the matter in the ordinary course and Daniel proceeds to scheduling, preliminary hearing, and pre-hearing orders.

The path is established. Daniel has been consented in by the parties to sit as the arbitrator in multiple AAA matters within his specialization, and has presided over several AAA-ICDR international arbitrations.

How do we name Daniel in a new contract's arbitration clause?

Specify Daniel directly in the dispute-resolution clause, or describe the qualifications the parties want in the arbitrator. Either approach functions. Sample language is in the next item.

What is sample stipulation language for a pending AAA matter?

Adapt to the matter and review with counsel. 

The parties hereby stipulate and agree, pursuant to their authority under
the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, that Daniel B. Garrie shall serve as
the [sole arbitrator / chair / party-appointed arbitrator] in this matter,
notwithstanding that Mr. Garrie does not appear on the AAA National Roster
of Arbitrators. The American Arbitration Association shall administer the
arbitration in accordance with its Rules. The parties further stipulate
that this designation is mutual, knowing, and voluntary.
What is sample contract-clause language for a new agreement?

Tailor the qualifications to the subject matter of the contract. 

Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or the breach, termination, or validity thereof, shall be
finally resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American
Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The
parties agree that Daniel B. Garrie shall serve as the sole arbitrator.
If Mr. Garrie is unavailable or unable to serve, the parties shall agree
on a successor arbitrator with substantial experience in [cybersecurity,
e-discovery, software, and intellectual property] disputes. The seat of
the arbitration shall be [city, state]. The arbitration shall be conducted
in English. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
How quickly can Sonya confirm availability and clear conflicts?

Most inquiries are resolved within two business days. Sonya Morgan runs a comprehensive conflicts check against Daniel's matter ledger, confirms his calendar for proposed hearing dates, and shares the engagement materials and fee schedule.

Will Daniel sit as sole arbitrator, party-appointed, or chair?

All three. Daniel has served in each capacity in the arbitrations he has heard, with current availability for sole-arbitrator, party-appointed, and chair seats in domestic and international matters.

Does Daniel hear AAA-ICDR international matters and other forums?

Yes. Daniel has heard several AAA-ICDR international arbitrations. He sits as a JAMS Neutral domestically and through JAMS International, serves on the SIAC panel in Singapore, and is admitted to the LCIA (London) and HKIAC (Hong Kong). He is a Distinguished Neutral at the CPR Institute.

What types of disputes does Daniel typically hear?

Cyber, data-breach, AI-driven disputes, source-code, e-discovery, intellectual property, trade secrets, partnership-dissolution, post-M&A, joint-venture wind-downs, complex commercial, and insurance-coverage matters. See Practice Areas for the full list.

Are the sample stipulation and contract-clause languages legal advice?

No. The sample language is provided as a starting point only and is not legal advice. Counsel should review and adapt the language for the matter and the governing jurisdiction.

07 — Contact

For availability, conflicts, and engagement.

Scheduling & inquiries

Sonya Morgan

Sonya coordinates Daniel's calendar, conflicts intake, and engagement paperwork. Most inquiries receive a response within two business days.

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