LA · NYC · TEL AVIV · GENEVA · SINGAPORE NEUTRAL PRACTICE · BY APPOINTMENT DOCKET № TM-2026-001

· Technical Neutral · AI · Forensic · Special Master

Disputes that turn on code, data,
and the line between them.

A neutral practice for high-stakes mediation, special master appointments, and forensic neutral work — built around matters where the technology is the dispute.

Begin a matter See engagements
400+
Technical & legal publications
20yr
At the bench of complex disputes
$10M–$1B
Typical matter exposure
FIG.01 · CONVERGENT RESOLUTION TOPOLOGY
PARTY · APARTY · B RESOLUTION NS WE
Appointed COURTS & TRIBUNALS
U.S. Court of Appeals
2ND · 3RD · 7TH CIRCUITS
U.S.D.C. W.D. Pa.
eDISCOVERY SPECIAL MASTER
U.S.D.C. S.D.N.Y.
FORENSIC NEUTRAL · S/M
L.A. Superior Court
DISCOVERY REFEREE
N.Y. Supreme Court
APPEARED · APPOINTED
Delaware Supreme Court
APPEARED · APPOINTED
L.C.I.A.
LONDON COURT OF INTL. ARBITRATION
H.K.I.A.C.
HONG KONG INTL. ARBITRATION

Each appointment, panel, and publication links to the issuing body where available.

§ 01 · Thesis

SOURCE 01function isEnforceable(contract) {02 const signed = verify(contract.sig);03 const cutoff = contract.term.expires;04 if (signed && now() < cutoff) {05 return ENFORCEABLE;06 }07 return CHALLENGED;08} WHERE THEY MEET CASE LAW In re Facebook Consumer Privacy Litig., 402 F. Supp. 3d 767 (N.D. Cal. 2019).
“When you share sensitive information with a limited audience … you retain privacy rights and can sue someone for violating them.”
— EXCERPTED FROM THE OPINION

FIG. CODE × CASE LAW · WHERE THEY MEET

Most disputes settle when someone in the room can read the source code and the case law.

Tailored Mediation is built for matters that exceed conventional ADR. AI-system liability. Trade-secret theft expressed in commits and access logs. Smart-contract disputes auto-executed before counsel can file. Multi-million-dollar cyber insurance coverage fights with TB-scale forensic records. When the dispute is technical, the neutral must be too.

— D.B.G.

§ 03 · Match Intake

Tell us about the matter.
We'll route to the right neutral.

Eight considered questions. Five minutes. A confidential match request to a vetted neutral with subject-matter fluency for your specific dispute — Daniel or a curated panelist from our network.

Begin a matter

Q.03 / 08 · DISPUTE TYPOLOGY

What is the closest characterization of your matter?

  • AI / model output liabilitySELECTED
  • Trade secret · software, ML weights, schematics
  • Smart contract · on-chain auto-execution
  • Cyber insurance coverage
  • eDiscovery / ESI dispute
Daniel B. Garrie, Esq. № 01 D.B.G. DANIEL B. GARRIE, ESQ. PORTRAIT · PLATE I

§ 05 · Principal Neutral

Daniel B. Garrie, Esq.

Mediator · Arbitrator · Special Master · Forensic Neutral

Twenty years at the intersection of technology and the law. Adjunct Professor at Harvard. Author of 20+ books and 300+ articles, cited in 500+ articles and judicial opinions. Co-inventor on four cybersecurity patents. Founder of Law & Forensics.

Most recently appointed Special Master in In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation.

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