About the Neutral
Daniel B. Garrie, Esq. technical special master and forensic neutral.
Daniel B. Garrie is a court-appointed technical special master, discovery referee, and forensic neutral, and the founder of Law & Forensics LLC. He has served in more than one hundred court-appointed and expert-witness matters involving source code, e-discovery, cybersecurity, and artificial-intelligence systems, and is an adjunct professor at Harvard University.
A neutral appointed to decide questions of technical fact.
Daniel B. Garrie, Esq. is Founder and Managing Partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a court-appointed technical special master, forensic neutral, arbitrator, and mediator with JAMS since 2016, with more than twenty years at the intersection of law and technology.
Verification
The neutral profile is published by JAMS. Chambers and counsel evaluating a candidate can also review the appointment packet, which sets out representative appointments and engagement mechanics in a form that can be attached to a proposed order, and how to propose a technical special master.
Title: Court-Appointed Technical Special Master & Forensic Neutral. The credentials, panels, distinctions, and books recorded below are the same facts published in this site’s structured data.
Education, admission to the bar, and certification.
Degrees
- Rutgers School of Law
- J.D. — Editor, Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Brandeis University
- M.A., Computer Science (with honors); B.A., Computer Science
Admissions
- Member, Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
- New York Bar Admission (2007)
- Washington Bar Admission (2012)
Certifications
- Certified Forensic Engineer (UCLA / GCI)
- Certified Chief Information Security Officer
- Certified Cyber Crime Examiner & Investigator (NW3C)
- Certified Blockchain Engineer
- CMMC Provisional Assessor
Where the work is reviewed by peers.
Panel rosters, standards bodies, and faculty appointments are the record a court can check independently. Each entry below names the organization and the role held in it.
- Academy of Court Appointed Masters / Neutrals
- Fellow & Distinguished Neutral
- JAMS
- Neutral since 2016, serving nationwide
- CPR Institute
- Distinguished Neutral
- The Sedona Conference
- Member, Working Groups 1 & 6 (WG1 & WG6)
- 7th Circuit eDiscovery Pilot Program
- Member
- Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare
- Editor-in-Chief
- Ponemon Institute
- Ponemon Fellow
- Harvard University
- Adjunct Professor since 2020 — Cybersecurity Law, Cryptocurrency & Smart Contracts, Computer Forensics
Recognitions of record.
- 01Fellow & Distinguished Neutral, Academy of Court Appointed Masters / Neutrals
- 02Distinguished Neutral, CPR Institute
- 03eDiscovery Special Master, U.S.D.C. Western District of Pennsylvania
- 04Ponemon Fellow
Written for the bench and the bar.
Titles addressed to judges and litigators who need the technology in a dispute explained accurately. The first was published by the Federal Judicial Center as a guide for judges.
- 01Federal Judicial Center · 2015
Understanding Software, the Internet, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud: A Guide for Judges
- 02Wolters Kluwer
Cybersecurity & the Courthouse
- 03Thomson Reuters
Plugged In: Guidebook to Software and the Law
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