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Daniel Garrie

Founder

Biography

Daniel Garrie is one of the rare experts who can sit equally at the engineer’s workstation and the witness stand. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Computer Science from Brandeis alongside his law degree from Rutgers, and that pairing lets him speak as fluently with developers about forensic imaging, malware, and source code as he does with lawyers, judges, and juries about what the evidence actually proves. It is a combination that distinguishes him from practitioners who can do one or the other, and it is the foundation of everything Law & Forensics is built to deliver: named, court-tested experts rather than anonymous vendors.

Daniel co-founded Law & Forensics LLC in 2008 and leads its Cyber Security and Forensics practice teams, growing it into a boutique cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and forensic engineering firm. For more than twenty years he has worked at the front edge of digital forensics, e-discovery, cybersecurity, and blockchain — drawing on the perspective of an operator who founded, built, and sold technology start-ups before turning that experience to high-stakes disputes. He is a co-inventor on multiple U.S. cybersecurity and forensic patents, including technology that scans forensic images with several malicious-code detection engines at once from a single control point.

Daniel regularly testifies as a digital forensics, cybersecurity, and e-discovery expert witness, authoring forensic expert reports in multi-million- and multi-billion-dollar matters in state and federal court — including testimony on vehicle-specific cybersecurity issues before Judge Douglas Woodlock in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and work in matters such as United States v. Joseph Sullivan and the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" MDL. His investigative range runs from cloud and mobile forensics to network intrusion and reverse engineering: recovering data a disgruntled employee tried to destroy, tracing IP theft to its source, surfacing previously unknown bank accounts in a cross-border bankruptcy, and translating each finding into testimony a jury can follow.

Beyond his work as a testifying expert, Daniel is among the most frequently appointed neutrals in his field. He serves as an Arbitrator, Forensic Neutral, and E-Discovery Special Master at JAMS (https://www.jamsadr.com/garrie/), has been named a Distinguished Neutral by the Academy of Court Appointed Masters and the Daily Journal, and holds appointments and fellowships with bodies including the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. Courts and parties have turned to him as a special master in matters ranging from In re: Facebook, Inc. to the Amplify Energy litigation.

Daniel is also a prolific teacher and scholar. He serves on the adjunct faculty at Harvard Extension School and has taught at Cardozo and Rutgers, and he has delivered more than 600 seminars to lawyers, judges, and students worldwide, including training for the FBI, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice. He has authored over 400 articles and publications — cited in more than 500 articles and court opinions — including law-review scholarship and, with federal judges, guidebooks such as Understanding Software, the Internet, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud: A Guide for Judges for the Federal Judicial Center.

Representative Matters

*A full list of cases/disputes is available upon request.

Board-Level Consulting

  • Provided training for the board of the company and was then further recommended to other boards of other companies to provide the same training for other boards.
  • Created a cyber security playbook to manage incidents in a way that limits damage, increases the confidence of external stakeholders, and reduces recovery time and costs; created playbooks for numerous large organizations’ boards of directors.
  • Arbitrator and mediator in partnership and board member disputes involving technology startup companies. Used startup experience and deep knowledge of the industry to help the parties reach amicable resolutions.

Cloud Forensics

  • Located and recovered deleted or partially-disrupted files in private and public cloud computing environments using off-the-shelf and patent-pending cutting-edge software; in less than forty-eight hours cleaned and recovered the data from the servers from a cloud hosting provider that was compromised by a malicious cyber-attack, identified the source of the breach, and remediated the problem.
  • Recovered hundreds of files deleted from a Dropbox by a disgruntled employee and identified several backdoors that the employee had left that, if not deleted, could have resulted in a breach costing more than fifty million dollars (Global Health & Beauty Company).
  • Located and recovered deleted or partially-disrupted files in cloud computing environments using off-the-shelf and patent-pending cutting-edge software in private and public computing environments; identified the breach in the private cloud of an Aerospace & Defense Company and spearheaded the remediation efforts that included cleaning and recovering dozens of servers that hosted critical and essential data in the company’s private cloud.

Crypto Expert/Mediator

  • Wang, Xin v. Injective Labs, Inc., JAMS Case No. 1220072698 (2022).
  • Valdez v. Sprint Solutions, JAMS Case No. 1220063794.
  • McCarthy, Tommy v. Sprint Solutions, Inc., JAMS Case No. 1220058903 (2018).

Digital Forensics Investigations

  • Served as a forensic neutral and advisory in a bankruptcy case worth hundreds of millions of dollars and involved extensive work and cooperation with the FBI, Interpol, and other law enforcement agencies. Arranged the collection of computers, iPhones, and other devices in Europe (Paris, Madrid, Brussels); retrieved and analyzed multiple devices and identified numerous bank accounts previously unknown to the bankruptcy trustee responsible for the appointment.
  • Assisted companies in finding relevant data by collecting, preserving, and harvesting data, recovering recoverable data from mobile devices, hard drives, and backup tapes (e.g., deleted, hidden, lost or encrypted files). Assisted in collecting data in a wide range of formats and media worldwide; preserving data in a forensically sound fashion (e.g., locked, fireproof safe).
  • Conducted a digital investigation on behalf of a financial services company when four high-level employees were suspected of stealing proprietary information. The investigation involved in-person interviews, forensic imaging, searching through millions of files, and finding that the employees had copied many confidential documents from the company’s server. Testified in court on the matter and obtained a temporary restraining order.
  • Served as a forensic neutral in a $500 million bankruptcy; efforts included analyzing many electronic devices, including MacBooks, iPhones, iMacs, Supermicro servers, Dell EMC servers, and HPE servers.
  • Forensically imaged and analyzed dozens of Macintosh computers involved in a trade secret theft case. Discovered key evidence our client used to compel settlement; forensically imaged all a client’s communications within two days when handling a time-sensitive case (Regional Kosher Foods Company).
  • Assisted law firms and clients in assuring the complete removal of sensitive data before returning computers to opposing parties; oversaw several dozen consultants that work with companies to investigate data breaches through electronic forensics, including analysis of hard drives.
  • Established that the employee of a gambling/entertainment company was a critical bad actor in a $100,000,000+ fraud, which was instrumental in forcing the insurer to honor the policy the company had purchased to protect against such threats and theft.
  • Identified, collected, and preserved sensitive, responsive information from a Fortune 500 company’s systems to minimize intrusion into the company’s data and isolate only the responsive information.

Cybersecurity Consulting

  • Known for conducting detailed cybersecurity audits and assessments, identifying vulnerabilities and enhancing organizational security.
  • Devises customized audit strategies to boost cybersecurity resilience and meet regulatory standards.
  • Performed an internal investigation of a healthcare company’s systems to determine if allegations of modifying diagnoses and procedure codes in healthcare claims to support higher reimbursements from health insurance plans and the government were possible, and if so, how the alleged fraud could be perpetrated; reviewed manuals and user guides for each system available and drafted targeted questions concerning each system to understand how they function in the claims processing workflow; performed a series of on-site interviews with employees knowledgeable in the system functions and compiled the findings into a presentation to the General Counsel of the healthcare company.
  • From 2016 to the present, consulted various companies in the insurance, manufacturing, automobile, financial, crypto, software/hardware, and chemical sectors on issues relating to the establishment of bug bounty programs. Work included performing extensive analysis and review of bug bounty programs available in the marketplace, understanding how different bug bounty programs structure reward programs and determine eligibility, analyzing compliance with laws, reviewing the workflow taken in reporting vulnerabilities, and making recommendations as to the course of actions relating to bug bounty programs.
  • Audited global aerospace firm’s information security defenses and protocols, identifying and remediating critical gaps.

Cybersecurity Expert Witness

  • United States v. Miklos Daniel Brody, N.D. Cal., Case No. 3:22-CR-00168-WHO (2023)
  • United States v. Joseph Sullivan, N.D. Cal., Case No. 3:20-cr-00337-WHO (2022).
  • Advocare, LLC v. Continuum Health Alliance, LLC, Super. Ct. N.J. Chancery Div., Burlington County, Case No. BUR-C-55-19. (2019).
  • Apogee Telecom Inc. v. Brian Rosenblatt, Super. Cal., San Diego County, Case No. 37-2016-00003229-CU-BT-CTL. (2017).
  • Andrew Sun v. Valencia Imperial LLC et al., Super. Cal., Orange County, Case No. 30-2014-00738773-CU-NP-CXC. (2017).

Cybersecurity Education & Training

  • Trained employees and developed courses to help ensure the company’s legal and technical stakeholders stay current on technical and legal developments, developed, and delivered lectures for several organizations such as the FBI, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and several top law firms.
  • Created functional strategies to offer intensive immersion training designed to assist a company and its legal, business, and technical staff in mastering the practical steps necessary for defending systems and networks against the most dangerous threats; provide a step-by-step “how-to” training that enables individuals to perform their job with a higher degree of efficiency and success.
  • Created a two-day seminar for the C-Suite of the company. The training was highly successful and used in six different locations of that company.

Data Collection

  • Verified completeness of data collections on a dispute involving a fifteen-terabyte collection, hundreds of devices, and multiple locations; assisted in an extensive oil and gas investigation involving over one hundred million dollars by forensically collecting and obtaining more than seventy-five terabytes of data, and over one hundred legacy backup tapes and multiple computers. Upon completion, submitted a detailed expert report setting forth evidence that documented a previously unknown fraudulent letter of credit.
  • Assisted the Court in structuring an overall protocol for e-discovery or forensic matters, including identifying the computers and devices from which data is to be collected and creating and developing search parameters that limit the width of the discovery; helped draft, implement, and monitor comprehensive legal hold protocol.
  • Created ESI search protocol for litigation involving a publicly traded company in a multibillion-dollar dispute. Both sides deemed the protocol acceptable and adopted it with minimal edits made.

eDiscovery Expert Witness

  • PennyMac Loan Services, LLC v. Black Knight Origination Technologies, LLC, AAA Case No. 01-20-0005-00778 (2023). DC
  • Washington Commanders v. National Football League, JAMS Case No. 1410009206 (2022).
  • Ricchio, Michael v. Denker, Elissa Anne, JAMS Case No. 1220072686 (2022).
  • Mirejovsky v. Bergener, Super. Ct. Cal., Orange County, Case No. 30-2019-01046697-CU-MC-CJC. (2019).
  • Crossfit, Inc. v. National Strength and Conditioning Association, S.D. Cal., Case No. 14-CV-1191-JLS. (2019).
  • Potterf v. National Strength and Conditioning Association, Ohio Ct. of Pleas, Franklin County, Case No. 14 CV 3293. (2019).
  • Volkswagen “Clean Diesel,” MDL, N.D. Cal., Case No. 15-MD-2672-CRB (JSC). (2018).

eDiscovery Consulting & Strategy

  • Leads eDiscovery projects, managing electronic data strategically and ensuring efficient legal compliance.
  • Acted as a 30(b)(6) witness on behalf of a global pharmaceutical company involved in a multibillion-dollar dispute, made it through the deposition, and was found credible.
  • Offers expert guidance on technology use for analyzing legal data, navigating legal and technical challenges.
  • Uncovered undisclosed ESI sources and collect relevant data in a neutral and forensically sound manner on behalf of the courts for a trade secret dispute between competing pharmaceutical firms.
  • Used predictive coding to mine data from the documents from an employee in questions’ cell phone records even though the employee attempted to clear his phone; pulled further documentation from the employee’s computer, to which he had synced his mobile device; forensically analyzed the banking app on his mobile device to prove that he stole money and placed it into his account; wrote an expert witness report to explain findings to the legal counsel and the court clearly.
  • Consult for a variety of malpractice claims related to electronic health records (E.H.R.), including technology and design issues; lack of integration of hospital E.H.R. systems; failure or lack of alerts and alarms in E.H.R. systems; copy-and-paste errors; data entry errors; and alert fatigue.
  • Assist courts and parties involved with compliance issues relating to state and federal court orders (issuing findings for the court on compliance with the court orders, identifying, discovering, and/or recovering susceptible evidence from the hard drive and backup tapes, mediating key-word search disputes between warring parties).

eDiscovery Special Master

  • In the Matter of the Complaint of Dordellas Finance Corp. Owner, et al. (LA 22-CV-02153-DOC-JDE), JAMS Case No. 1220072736 (2022).
  • Gutierrez Jr., Peter Moses, et al. v. Amplify Energy Corp., et al. (SA 21-CV-1628-DOC-JDE), JAMS Case No. 1220071875 (2021).
  • Patel, Paulomi v. FCA US, LLC, JAMS Case No. 1220070886 (2021).
  • Ullrich, Kelsey, et al. vs. Mugo, Mercy, et al., JAMS Case No. 120067246 (2021).
  • Malsten, Rebecca, et al. vs. Merced Faculty Associates Group Inc, et. al., JAMS Case No. 1220067437 (2021).
  • In re: Facebook, Inc. JAMS Case No. 1200058674 (2021).
  • In re: Facebook, Inc. JAMS Case No. 1200058189 (2021).
  • Fishman v. Tiger Natural Gas, Inc. et al., N.D. Cal., Case No. C 17-05351 WHA. (2018).
  • C.D.S., Inc. v. Zetler and Amazon Web Services, Inc., S.D.N.Y., Case No. 16 Civ. 3199 (VM) (2018).
  • Small v. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, D. Nev., Case No. 13-CV-00298-APG-PAL, 2014.

Forensic Expert Witness/Neutral

  • Nicky Laatz v. Zazzle, Inc. and Mohamed Alkhatib, N.D. Ca., Case No. 5:22-cv-04844-BLF VKD (2023). DC
  • Donahue, John E. v. Topa Insurance Group, et al., JAMS Case No. 1220072313 (2022).
  • Colourpop Cosmetics, LLC v. Wynn, Jordynn, Sup. Ct. Cal., Ventura County, Case No. 56-2020-00542852-CU-BT-VTA (2020).
  • Richter, Haoning V. Oracle America, Inc., et al., JAMS Case No. 1100106052 (2019).
  • U.S. v. Mogal et al., N.D. Cal., 5:18-cr-00259-BLF. (2019).
  • Quid, Inc. v. Gourley, JAMS Case No. 121003677. (2019).
  • Align Real Estate, LLC v. Fossum, JAMS Case No. 1220062350. (2019).
  • Day, Aaron v. Trend Offset Printing Services, Inc., JAMS Case No. 1210033646. (2018).
  • Jawbone, Inc. v. Fitbit Inc. et al., Super. Cal., S.F. County, Case No. CGC-15-546004. (2018).

Incident Response

  • Directs effective incident response for cybersecurity incidents, developing robust plans for various threats.
  • Coordinates with stakeholders during and post-incidents, managing crisis situations to safeguard assets and reputation.
  • Identified a breach in a private cloud and spearheaded remediation efforts, including cleaning and recovering dozens of servers that hosted critical and essential data in the company’s private cloud. (Aerospace & Defense Company).
  • Investigates and responds to a data breach within hours of being retained, uses cutting-edge systems and investigative technologies to identify and remediate the data breach source quickly, and analyzes network packets and malware activity RAM, video, and tapes at the lab.
  • Led a team of cybersecurity experts from two of the biggest cybersecurity firms in the world to remediate a cyber incident; the team used personally-invented patent pending cutting-edge cybersecurity incident response tools to analyze 50+ computers of a global company in half the time of current industry norms and identified and remediated the infected devices on time and under budget.
  • Used emerging and established cybersecurity technology such as Palantir, FTK, and EnCase to curate an incident response playbook unique to each client, blending legal and technical advisement to produce a comprehensive set of guidelines and procedures.

Network/Server Forensics

  • Conducted cyber investigation of massive IP theft and determined that two criminal organizations in Asia were responsible; analysis enabled clients to recover millions from their insurance policy.
  • Located and recovered deleted or partially-disrupted files in cloud computing environments using off-the-shelf and patent-pending cutting-edge software in private and public computing environments; identified the breach in the private cloud of an Aerospace & Defense Company and spearheaded the remediation efforts that included cleaning and recovering dozens of servers that hosted critical and essential data in the company’s private cloud.
  • Conducted network forensics investigation around the theft of critical intellectual property via a former employee’s cyberattack and provided an expert report documenting and calculating the damages. The expert report was relied upon by Counsel in calculating economic impact, resulting in a positive outcome for the client (Medium-Size Generic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company).

Mobile Forensics

  • Recovered data from smartphones, mobile phones, tablets, and other personal digital devices. Apple iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets, and Windows devices like the Surface. Evidence forensically retrieved includes deleted emails, text messages, pictures, GPS, and location data.
  • Conducted forensic investigations that included collecting and analyzing a dozen mobile devices and several Bloomberg terminals in a dispute between investment banks and identified malware that demonstrated one of the parties acted in bad faith, resulting in a settlement between parties.
  • Forensically analyzed and investigated various documents and banking applications on an employee’s mobile device, computer, and tablet to prove he stole money from the non-profit organization he worked for. This evidence allowed the client (the non-profit) to win the case and recoup all the money they had lost.
  • Utilize various forensic tools designed to preserve social network profile(s) (Facebook, MySpace, Google+, etc.)
  • Analyze social network platforms to determine who created the account, if it was deleted, if specific aspects of an account were modified, and recover other necessary details surrounding altered or destroyed social media accounts.
  • Investigate social media accounts to determine the method of entry and the scope of the event, as well as to profile and quantify the data loss.
  • Conducted many forensic investigations concerning data found on various social media platforms.

Reverse Engineer

  • Reverse engineered and reconstructed hardware and software environments from backups, remnants, and historical software fragments.
  • Assisted an expansive multinational corporation in their adoption of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into their document retention policies, worked with the company’s IT department to architect financial document retention systems compliant with sections 302 and 404 of the Act, rewrote all security policies, standards, and guidelines in compliance with the Act; reengineered the corporation’s data center security, third-party access controls, and created pre-implementation security checklists for internal projects and enterprise level audit log requirements; refocused audit logging requirements, ensuring that only those applications capable of causing a material misstatement in SEC filings were flagged for management review thereby guaranteeing that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance was demonstrable in a court setting; reduced the company’s data logging time requirements and resources by almost 60%.

Professional Credentials

Patents

  • Co-inventor of multiple U.S. cybersecurity and forensic patents, including Nos. 10,546,129; 10,528,738; 9,990,498; 9,990,497; and 11,354,414.

Certifications

  • Certified Cyber Crime Examiner National White Collar Crime Center, 2021
  • Certified Privacy Solution Engineer ISACA, 2021
  • Certified Cyber Crime Investigator National White Collar Crime Center, 2021
  • Cybersecurity Provisional Assessor CMMC-AB, 2020
  • Certified Blockchain Engineer IIB Council, 2019
  • Certified CISO Professional UCLA Extension with GCI, 2018
  • Certified Forensic Engineer UCLA Extension with GCI, 2017

Memberships

  • Bar Membership, Washington and New York
  • Fellow, Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration
  • Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
  • eDiscovery Special Master, USDC, Western District of Pennsylvania
  • Distinguished Neutral, Academy of Court Appointed Masters
  • Distinguished Neutral, CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
  • Fellow, Ponemon Institute for Data Privacy and Protection
  • Member, 7th Circuit eDiscovery Pilot Program
  • Member, Sedona Conference (Working Groups One and Six)

Honors

  • Named Distinguished Neutral by the Academy of Court Appointed Masters in 2015.
  • Named Distinguished Neutral by the Daily Journal in 2015.
  • Law and Forensics was included in the Top 3 Best Data Security Provider list by the New York Law Journal in 2015.
  • Recognized by the New York Law Journal as a leading forensics and eDiscovery expert, 2015.
  • Distinguished Neutral, Daily Journal, 2015.
  • Recognized for contribution to Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Program in 2013.
  • Featured in New York Times Article, “Law Firms Are Pressed on Security for Data”.
  • Featured in Wall Street Journal Article, “Guarding Against a ‘Cyber 9/11′”.
  • Honorary admittance to the Federal Court of Claims.
  • Selected as a Ponemon Fellow by the Ponemon Institute, the pre-eminent research center dedicated to privacy, data protection, and information security policy.
  • Obtained and recognized as a certified Blockchain Professional by IIB Council.
  • Co-inventor of forensic technology that scans forensic images with multiple malicious-code detection engines simultaneously from a master control point (U.S. Patent No. 11,354,414).

Selected Books & Publications

Authored over 400 articles and publications. Cited in over 500 articles and court opinions. Complete list of articles and publications available upon request.

  • D. Garrie, Peter Halprin, & Jennifer Deutsch, “Instegogram Update: A New Threat and Its Liability for Organizations”, CSO Online, December 2023
  • D. Garrie & Judge Andler, “Mediating E-discovery Can Save Time and Money”, Daily Journal, November 2023
  • D. Garrie, Karen Silverman, & Ryan Abbott, “Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World”, Law360, November 2023
  • D. Garrie & David Cass, “Don’t Blame Bug Bounties, Blame Joe Sullivan As Accountability Arrived at the CISO’s Doorstep,” Security Current, October 2022
  • D. Garrie & Doug Smith, “Attracting Top Cybersecurity Talent to the Federal Government: A Simple Yet Bold Solution”, LegalTech News, May 2021
  • D. Garrie, “What Are the Right Questions to Ask Law Firms to Know if They Were Compromised?”, Law.com, March 2021
  • D. Garrie & Hon. Gail Andler (Ret.), “When Does It Make Sense and How To Get a Special Master”, LA Daily Journal, March 2021
  • D. Garrie & Hon. Gail Andler (Ret.), “Trade Secrets: Is Litigating Infringement Worth It? What Can Be Done Instead?”, LA Daily Journal, March 2021
  • D. Garrie & Hon. Gail Andler (Ret.), “I Could Be Prosecuted for Paying Ransomware Ransom! How is that Possible?”, LA Daily Journal, February 2021
  • D. Garrie, “Don’t Fall Behind: A Cybersecurity Guide for Law Firms”, Lexeprint Publishing, February 2021
  • D. Garrie & Hon. Gail Andler (Ret.), “Remote Advocacy: Best Practices and Things to Know”, LA Daily Journal, January 2021
  • D. Garrie & Bill Spernow, “Law Firm Cybersecurity,” American Bar Association, February 10, 2017
  • D. Garrie & Shane Reeves, “So You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance: How the Articles on State Responsibility Could Empower Corporate Responses to State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks”, Harvard National Security Journal, January, 2016
  • D. Garrie et al., “Cyber Security Insurance: Not Just for the ‘Good Wife,’” Corporate Counsel, February 5, 2015
  • D. Garrie & Judge Francis Allegra. Understanding Software, the Internet, Mobile Computing, and the Cloud: A Guide for Judges, Federal Judicial Center, (1st ed. 2015)
  • D. Garrie & Judge Francis Allegra. Plugged In: Guidebook to Software and the Law, Reuters (2014)
  • D. Garrie & Yoav Griver. Dispute Resolution and E-Discovery, Thomson Reuters (ed. 2013)

Law Review & Academic Articles

Selected peer-reviewed law-review and academic scholarship. Daniel has authored more than 400 articles, cited in over 500 articles and court opinions; a complete list is available on request.

  • An Unsatisfactory State of the Law: The Limited Options for a Corporation Dealing with Cyber Hostilities by State Actors, Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 37, Iss. 5 (2016) (with Shane R. Reeves).
  • Digital Forensic Evidence in the Courtroom: Understanding Content and Quality, Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2014) (with J. David Morrissy).
  • Cyber-Security Insurance: Navigating the Landscape of a Growing Field, John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law, Vol. 31 (2014) (with M. Mann).
  • E-Discovery Mediation & the Art of Keyword Search, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 13, p. 467 (2011) (with E.A. Machuca).
  • Data Protection: The Challenges Facing Social Networking, BYU International Law & Management Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 127-152 (2010) (with M. Duffy-Lewis, R. Wong, R.L. Gillespie).
  • E-Discovery in Criminal Cases: A Need for Specific Rules, Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 393 (2009) (with D.K. Gelb).
  • Digital Issues in Mergers & Acquisitions, E-Discovery, & Information Technology Systems, Widener Law Journal, Vol. 19, p. 25 (2009) (with Y.M. Griver).
  • Network Neutrality: Laissez-Faire Approach or Not, Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal, Vol. 34, p. 315 (2007) (with R. Wong).
  • Voice over Internet Protocol and the Wiretap Act: Is Your Conversation Protected?, Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 97 (2005) (with M.J. Armstrong, D.P. Harris).
  • Coddling Spies: Why the Law Doesn't Adequately Address Computer Spyware, Duke Law & Technology Review, Vol. 4, p. 1 (2005) (with A.F. Blakley, M.J. Armstrong).
  • Electronic Discovery and the Challenge Posed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, UCLA Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 9, p. 1 (2005) (with M.J. Armstrong).
  • Sexual Harassment: Limiting the Affirmative Defense in the Digital Workplace, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 39, p. 73 (2005) (with D.P. Harris, M.J. Armstrong).
  • The Legal Status of Software, John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Vol. 23, p. 711 (2004).

Selected Lectures & Teaching

Lectured before the bench and bar worldwide in more than 600 seminars. Complete list of seminars available upon request.

  • Adjunct Faculty at Harvard Extension School, lecturing on cybersecurity law, complex forensics, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency
  • Adjunct Professor, Data Governance, Cardozo School of Law
  • RSA 2023 “Bug Bounty: Keeping Hacks Ethical in 2023”
  • Federal Judges Association (FJA) Tenth Quadrennial Conference, and Epiq Mass and Class Summit
  • Adjunct Professor, Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare, Rutgers School of Law
  • Presenter, West Legaledcenter: Potential Pitfalls of Cloud Computing in eDiscovery Part 1 of 2, December 2022
  • Presenter, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Cybersecurity for Lawyers, CLA 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2022
  • Presenter, Data Privacy and Security Law Fundamentals, NBI Webinar, July 2022
  • Presenter, West Legaledcenter: The 10 Commandments of eDiscovery, July 2022
  • Presenter, eDiscovery Issues in Mass Tort, Epiq’s Special Master Summit, Puerto Rico, June 2022
  • Presenter, Cybersecurity, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, ARMA-NJ INFORM, Princeton University, June 2022
  • Presenter, Virtual Litigation, FJA Quadrennial, Washington, D.C., May 2022
  • Presenter, Cyber Insurance: Do you have it? Do you need it?, Canadian Legal & Legislative Update, Ottawa, Canada, May 2022
  • Presenter, Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals: Everything You Need to Know When Working with Forensic Experts, May 2022
  • Presenter, Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements, NBI Webinar, May 2022
  • Presenter, Guide for Personal Injury Attorneys, NBI Webinar, May 2022
  • Presenter, Technology Investment: Keeping Pace with Your Peers, Thomson Reuters, April 2022
  • Presenter, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Email, and Smartphone Evidence: The Ultimate Guide, NBI Webinar, April 2022
  • Presenter, Discovery from Start to Finish: A how to guide for paralegals, NBI Webinar, April 2022
  • Presenter, ABA Tech Show, American Bar Association, March 2022
  • Presenter, West Legaledcenter: Understanding the eDiscovery Process, September 2021
  • Presenter, A Guide to eDiscovery in Artificial Intelligence, EDRM, July 2021
  • Presenter, West Legaledcenter: Understanding the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the eDiscovery Process, July 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: Case Guidance on the Use of Machine Learning in eDiscovery, March 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: California Consumer Privacy Act – 2021 Developments and Enforcement, March 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: Preparing Social Media Evidence for Trial Part 2, March 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: 10 Commandments of eDiscovery, February 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: Don’t Litigate That Data Breach Dispute! Resolve It Swiftly and Efficiently Through Mediation, January 2021
  • Presenter, West LegalEdcenter: Lawyer’s Guide for Handling Ethical Issues in eDiscovery – Navigating Sanctions and Other Concerns, January 2021
  • Presenter, Standard & Poor’s 32nd Annual Insurance Conference: Cyber In the Fast Lane, June 2016
  • Featured Presenter, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference: 2014 District Court Conference, August 2014

Background & Career

Daniel spent a decade as a Venture Partner for a New York City-focused Venture Development firm working with dozens of companies, founders, investors, and technologists in finance, insurance, entertainment, fashion, security, and media content verticals.

  • Adjunct Professor, Harvard University, 2020–present
  • Founder, Law & Forensics, LLC, 2008–present
  • Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law, Spring 2015, 2016, 2018
  • Adjunct Professor, Rutgers School of Law, Lecturer, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
  • Partner, Pulse Advisory Venture Development Group, 2009 – 2019
  • Director, Charles River Associates, 2007–2008
  • Co-Founder and General Counsel, LegalTech Group LLC, 2005–2007
  • Legal Analyst, Federal Judicial Center, 2005
  • Technical Specialist for Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, 2002–2003
  • Senior Team Lead of e-Banking, Westpac Trust Bank, 2001–2002
  • Founder, Searchapp.com, 1994–2000
  • Cybersecurity and Forensics, UCLA School of Continuing Education, 2019
  • J.D., Editor Journal of Law & Public Policy, Rutgers School of Law
  • M.A., with honors, Computer Science, Brandeis University
  • B.A., Computer Science, Brandeis University

Technical Skills

  • Digital forensics — forensic imaging and examination of computers, mobile devices, servers, cloud environments, and vehicles using industry-standard tools (e.g., EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite, Magnet, X-Ways).
  • eDiscovery — processing, search, review, and production across leading eDiscovery platforms (e.g., Relativity).
  • Incident response & malware analysis — host, memory, and network forensics; malware triage and reverse engineering.
  • Cybersecurity — intrusion detection, network security monitoring, and security analytics.
  • Programming & development — C/C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, SQL, and Solidity.
  • Systems & data — Windows, macOS/iOS, Android, and Linux/Unix environments, with common database and web technologies.

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