Arbitrator · Intellectual property and trade secrets
An arbitrator for intellectual-property and trade-secret disputes.
Daniel B. Garrie sits as arbitrator in intellectual-property and trade-secret disputes, 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.
Disputes over what was taken, when, and by which route — questions answered from devices and access records.
Licence and royalty disagreements where the scope of a grant is contested rather than its existence.
Matters where the parties want the record kept out of a public docket while the claim is decided.
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.
- His practice sits on the seam where contracts meet code — cyber, AI, source-code, trade-secret, e-discovery, and complex commercial matters.
- Intellectual property, trade secrets, and source-code disputes are among the subjects he arbitrates.
- He is the founder of Law & Forensics, a global cybersecurity, e-discovery, and forensic-investigations practice.
- 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.
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.
Choosing an arbitrator
What to test for when the record is technical.
Enforcing an award
Confirmation, vacatur, and the narrow grounds for review.
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.
05 — Other dispute types
All five are listed on the arbitrator overview.
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.