Arbitrator · Complex commercial
An arbitrator for complex commercial disputes.
Daniel B. Garrie sits as arbitrator in complex commercial disputes — including partnership dissolutions, post-M&A claims, joint-venture wind-downs, and insurance-coverage matters — and accepts AAA arbitrations by party stipulation.
Sonya Morgan coordinates availability, runs the conflicts check, and shares the engagement materials. She replies to every inquiry, and most are resolved within two business days.
01 — What lands here
The matters counsel bring to this page.
Matters large enough to fall under the AAA Large, Complex Commercial Procedures, where the panel and the schedule are negotiated rather than assumed.
Disputes with several separately represented parties, where the Additional Party Fee and the scheduling both scale.
Proceedings in which an accounting or a valuation, not a single breach, is the substance of the claim.
02 — Fit
What counsel can verify before naming him.
- Daniel B. Garrie is a neutral — mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee — in 1,000+ disputes over the past 20 years.
- Partnership dissolutions, post-M&A claims, joint-venture wind-downs, complex commercial matters, and insurance-coverage matters are among the disputes he hears.
- He has taught at Harvard University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
- He sits as a JAMS Neutral, serves on the panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and is admitted to the LCIA, HKIAC, and CPR.
- He has served as sole arbitrator, as chair, and as party-appointed arbitrator, in domestic and international matters.
Every line above is checkable against Daniel's JAMS profile, the source of record for his neutral practice, and is set out in full on the about page.
03 — How parties name him
By mutual consent, not by appointment.
Daniel B. Garrie is not on the AAA National Roster of Arbitrators. Under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, parties are not confined to that roster: by mutual consent they may designate any qualified neutral, and the AAA administers the matter under its Rules, subject to its standard disclosure and confirmation process. The clause and stipulation page carries ready-to-adapt language for both a pending matter and a new agreement.
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04 — Before you decide
The guides counsel read first.
What AAA arbitration costs
Filing fees, arbitrator compensation, and what drives each.
AAA fee estimator
What the administrative fees come to on your amount in dispute.
Arbitration compared with litigation
Where each is genuinely better, and where it is not.
The full guide library covers how AAA arbitration works, what it costs, how long it takes, and how awards are enforced.
Availability
Considering Daniel for this matter?
The inquiry form asks for the role you are in, the amount in controversy, and the hearing window — enough for Sonya to answer on availability and conflicts in one reply rather than three.