About
Daniel B. Garrie, Esq.
Mediator, arbitrator, and Special Master — a neutral who is as fluent with engineers and developers as with lawyers and judges.
About the neutral
A jurist who speaks both languages: the rules of discovery and the systems the evidence lives on.
Over more than two decades, Daniel has been appointed by and appeared before state and federal courts nationwide, including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits. He teaches at Harvard and serves as a neutral through JAMS.
Daniel B. Garrie serves as an eDiscovery mediator, arbitrator, and Special Master in complex disputes nationwide. Counsel describe him as an exceptional communicator and a careful listener who builds a trusting, understanding, and respectful environment — the conditions that let parties settle.
Over more than two decades, he has been appointed and appeared before the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the New York Supreme Court, the Delaware Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Seventh Circuits. He recently served as Special Master in In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation in the Northern District of California, part of his technical special master services.
His work sits where the law and the technology meet. He is comfortable engaging with entrepreneurs, developers, and IT professionals as readily as with legal teams, and he has authored more than 400 legal and technical articles cited in over 500 publications and court opinions.
Beyond the bench
Daniel is the founder and managing partner of Law & Forensics, a consulting firm he started in 2008 through which he also serves as an eDiscovery expert witness, and he teaches cybersecurity, computer forensics, and smart contracts at Harvard. He co-created the JAMS AI Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures, and he is a co-inventor on four U.S. cybersecurity patents. He co-authored the Federal Judicial Center's guide Understanding Software, the Internet, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud: A Guide for Judges.
Credentials & Distinctions
- Roles
- Mediator, arbitrator, court-appointed neutral (referee / Special Master), neutral evaluator, hearing officer, and temporary judge.
- Academic
- Adjunct Professor, Harvard University; former faculty at the Cardozo and Rutgers schools of law.
- Firm
- Founder & Managing Partner, Law & Forensics LLC (founded 2008) — a separate expert-services firm.
- Standards
- Co-creator, JAMS AI Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures.
- Patents
- Co-inventor on four U.S. cybersecurity patents.
- Scholarship
- 400+ articles cited across 500+ publications and judicial opinions; co-author, Federal Judicial Center guide for judges.
- Distinctions
- Fellow, Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals; Distinguished Neutral, Daily Journal; Ponemon Institute Fellow.
- Admissions
- Admitted in Washington and New York.
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