JAMS Neutral · SIAC Panel · Stipulated into AAA Matters
Complex Commercial Arbitration
Daniel B. Garrie has served as a neutral — mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee — in 1,000+ disputes over the past 20 years. He sits as arbitrator in complex commercial matters: partnership dissolutions, post-M&A disputes, joint-venture exits, contract disputes, and multi-jurisdictional matters where factual density demands a decision-maker who can manage the record and issue durable awards.
01 — Practice Scope
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
Why it matters here
“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
02 — Why Daniel
What counsel weigh when selecting the arbitrator.
- Arbitration practice200+ as sole or tri-panelJAMS · SIAC · LCIA · HKIAC · CPR · AAA by stipulation · AAA-ICDR
- Adjudicative discipline100+ court appointmentsIncluding In re: Facebook & Powers v. McDonough
- Practitioner-arbitratorStill leads investigationsFounder, Law & Forensics — current in the technology and forensic practice parties bring to the seat
- Technical fluencyReads code, logs, forensicsThe native lens for cyber, AI, source-code, and trade-secret matters
Complex commercial disputes — partnership breakdowns, post-M&A accounting fights, joint-venture exits — arrive with large evidentiary records, competing financial models, and technical systems at the center of the fact pattern. Daniel's two decades as an active practitioner means those records do not slow him down.
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.
03 — Selected Matters
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.
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
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
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
When the parties are ready
Consent Daniel in. Begin with Sonya.
Once both sides have agreed in principle, Sonya Morgan coordinates Daniel's availability, runs the conflicts check, and shares the engagement materials. Most counsel are arbitrator-confirmed within two business days.